CPC50320 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Building and Construction (Management). It prepares you for work as a project builder. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced CPC50308. Employers posted about 3,814 project builder jobs in June 2026, up 7.8% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Diploma of Building and Construction (Management) line up. Project builders are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035, enrolments are rising and job ads in June 2026 were up 7.8% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more project builder jobs than a year ago. About 3,814 project builder jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 7.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 42,900 job ads, while 575 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 construction project managers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Construction Project Manager as in national shortage; Project Builder as not in shortage.
Project builder jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 128,188 workers in May 2025, 147,311 by May 2030 (up 14.9%) and 156,627 by May 2035 (up 22.2%).
Enrolments in the Diploma of Building and Construction (Management) are growing. Across Australia, 520 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 575, up 10.6% in a year. National data for CPC50320 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for CPC50320 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 Diploma of Building and Construction (Management) is 15 units: 8 core, plus 7 electives chosen from 24 options on the register. One unit has prerequisites, marked below.
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Get Course maps CPC50320 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 1331) 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: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register training.gov.au, synced 15 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.