BSB80120 is the nationally recognised Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning). It prepares you for work as a training and development professional. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced BSB80515 and BSB80615. Employers posted about 802 training and development professional jobs in June 2026, down 10.8% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning) are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 10.8% on a year earlier and the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer training and development professional jobs than a year ago. About 802 training and development professional jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 10.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 10,100 job ads, while 21,500 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 training and development professionals as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Training and Development Professional as not in shortage.
Training and development professional jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 31,794 workers in May 2025, 34,183 by May 2030 (up 7.5%) and 36,520 by May 2035 (up 14.9%).
Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning) graduates do about as well as is typical at Graduate Diploma level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 93% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Graduate Diploma result is 93%, across 1 qualifications. Median income after training was $68,600, against $68,600 typical. 96.1% were satisfied with the training, against 96.1% typical. Income here is the survey median about six months after training. It includes part-time work, so it is not the full-time award rate.
More people are choosing the Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning) every year. Across Australia, 14,845 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 21,500, up 44.8% in a year. National data for BSB80120 starts in 2020.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for BSB80120 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 Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning) is 8 units: 3 core, plus 5 electives chosen from 10 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps BSB80120 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2233) 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. Outcome benchmarks marked “typical” are medians computed by Get Course across all Graduate Diplomas in the same NCVER collection; they are derived figures, not official NCVER benchmarks. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 13 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.