CHC62015 is the nationally recognised Advanced Diploma of Community Sector Management. It prepares you for work as a welfare centre manager. It has been the current version on the national register since 2015, when it replaced CHC60312. Employers posted about 392 welfare centre manager jobs in June 2026, up 6.1% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Advanced Diploma of Community Sector Management are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 and job ads in June 2026 were up 6.1% on a year earlier. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more welfare centre manager jobs than a year ago. About 392 welfare centre manager jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 6.1% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 4,600 job ads, while 2,840 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 medical administrator / medical superintendents, nursing clinical directors, primary health organisation managers, welfare centre managers and health and welfare services managers necs as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Medical Administrator / Medical Superintendent, Nursing Clinical Director, Primary Health Organisation Manager, Welfare Centre Manager and Health and Welfare Services Managers nec as not in shortage.
Welfare centre manager jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 44,254 workers in May 2025, 50,965 by May 2030 (up 15.2%) and 56,240 by May 2035 (up 27.1%).
Advanced Diploma of Community Sector Management graduates do better than is typical at Advanced Diploma level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 95.4% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Advanced Diploma result is 86.3%, across 4 qualifications. Median income after training was $81,200, against $68,500 typical. 87.2% were satisfied with the training, against 89.2% 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.
Fewer people are enrolling in the Advanced Diploma of Community Sector Management than a year ago. Across Australia, 3,050 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 2,840, down 6.9% in a year.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for CHC62015 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 Community Sector Management is 13 units: 8 core, plus 5 electives chosen from 42 options on the register.
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Been in community work a while and ready to run the show?
The CHC62015 Advanced Diploma of Community Sector Management recognises what experienced managers already know.
Get Course maps CHC62015 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 1342) 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 Advanced 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; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; register training.gov.au, synced 14 September 2026; register synced 19 Sept 2026. Page last updated 20 Sept 2026.