CHC81115 is the nationally recognised Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution. It prepares you for work as a family and marriage counsellor. It has been the current version on the national register since 2015, when it replaced CHC80308. Employers posted about 424 family and marriage counsellor jobs in June 2026, down 18.1% on a year earlier.
The long-term signals behind the Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Family and marriage counsellors are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 18.1% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer family and marriage counsellor jobs than a year ago. About 424 family and marriage counsellor jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 18.1% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 5,600 job ads, while 315 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 rehabilitation counsellors as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Rehabilitation Counsellor as in national shortage; Careers Counsellor, Drug and Alcohol Counsellor, Family and Marriage Counsellor, Student Counsellor and Counsellors nec as not in shortage.
Family and marriage counsellor jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 34,045 workers in May 2025, 38,465 by May 2030 (up 13%) and 42,000 by May 2035 (up 23.4%).
Enrolments in the Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution are steady. Across Australia, 310 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 315, up 1.6% in a year.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for CHC81115 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 Family Dispute Resolution is 10 units: 6 core, plus 4 electives chosen from 19 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps CHC81115 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2721) 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; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 14 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.