BSB60619 is the nationally recognised Advanced Diploma behind occupational health and safety adviser work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2019, when it replaced BSB60615. About 950 occupational health and safety adviser jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 2.5% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Advanced Diploma of Work Health and Safety line up. Occupational health and safety advisers are in shortage in parts of the country and employment is projected to grow through 2035. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for occupational health and safety advisers are holding steady. About 950 occupational health and safety adviser jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 2.5% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 11,300 job ads, while 215 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates environmental health officers as in shortage in parts of the country. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Environmental Health Officer as in shortage in regional areas; Occupational Health and Safety Adviser as not in shortage.
Occupational health and safety adviser jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 40,030 workers in May 2025, 44,556 by May 2030 (up 11.3%) and 47,945 by May 2035 (up 19.8%).
Enrolments in the Advanced Diploma of Work Health and Safety are steady. Across Australia, 215 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 215, up 0% in a year.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for BSB60619 is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
The Advanced Diploma of Work Health and Safety is 11 units: 5 core, plus 6 electives chosen from 12 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps BSB60619 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2513) so the mapping can be checked. Job advertisement counts come from the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index and count online ads, not vacancies filled. Enrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register training.gov.au, synced 13 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.