CPP51222 is the nationally recognised Diploma behind urban and regional planners work. It is current on the national register, with no earlier version recorded. About 228 urban and regional planners jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 15.7% on a year earlier.
The long-term signals behind the Diploma of Bushfire Protection Assessment are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Urban and regional plannerses are in shortage in parts of the country and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 15.7% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer urban and regional planners jobs than a year ago. About 228 urban and regional planners jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 15.7% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 3,100 job ads, while 15 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 urban and regional planners as in shortage in parts of the country. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Urban and Regional Planner as in shortage in regional areas.
Urban and regional planners jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 20,525 workers in May 2025, 22,558 by May 2030 (up 9.9%) and 24,144 by May 2035 (up 17.6%).
National enrolment data for CPP51222 starts in 2025: 15 people enrolled that year. There is no earlier year to compare yet.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for CPP51222 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 Bushfire Protection Assessment is 12 units: 5 core, plus 7 electives chosen from 14 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps CPP51222 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2326) 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; register training.gov.au, synced 10 September 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.