CUA50925 Diploma of Photography and Digital Imaging
CUA50925 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Photography and Digital Imaging. It prepares you for work as a photographer. It has been the current version on the national register since 2025, when it replaced CUA50920. Employers posted about 28 photographer jobs in June 2026, down 22.9% on a year earlier.
Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
28last month
Photographer roles advertised across Australia
Down on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Mixed
One structural signal up; current job ads down
Register status
Current
Replaced CUA50920 in 2025
Enrolments
First year
1,135 enrolled in 2025, its first data year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The signals behind the Diploma of Photography and Digital Imaging are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 22.9% 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.
Jobs and Skills Australia
Is the work there?
Employers are posting fewer photographer jobs than a year ago. About 28 photographer jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 22.9% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 400 job ads, while 1,135 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index · latest month June 2026 · ANZSCO 2113
Combined monthly online job ads across Photographer, to June 2026
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates photographers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Photographer as not in shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
Photographer jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 15,231 workers in May 2025, 16,143 by May 2030 (up 6%) and 17,181 by May 2035 (up 12.8%).
15,231
workers, May 2025
16,143
workers, May 2030
17,181
workers, May 2035
Jobs and Skills Australia employment projections · May 2025 to May 2035
Occupation mapping by Get Course, shown with ANZSCO codes so it can be checked.
NCVER Total VET Activity
Who is training
National enrolment data for CUA50925 starts in 2025: 1,135 people enrolled that year. There is no earlier year to compare yet.
2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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2023
not yet introduced
2024
not yet introduced
1,135
2025
NCVER Total VET Activity · 2025 collection
training.gov.au · Australian Qualifications Framework
What does studying it involve?
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
How long it takes
A Diploma is typically 1 to 2 years of full-time study under the Australian Qualifications Framework. Providers set the exact length and pace.
Delivery
Providers set the delivery mode.
Credit for experience
Recognition of prior learning applies to CUA50925 like any qualification on the national register: an approved provider assesses your evidence against each unit.
training.gov.au national register; Australian Qualifications Framework.
State subsidised training lists
What does it cost, and who funds it?
State funding for CUA50925 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.
Official state subsidised training program lists, verified per state. Full-fee prices will appear here as partner courses are listed.
training.gov.au · unit packaging
What is in the qualification
The Diploma of Photography and Digital Imaging is 17 units: 4 core, plus 13 electives chosen from 73 options on the register.
CUAPHI523Employ colour management in a digital imaging workplace
CUAPHI531Apply visual communication theory to photo imaging practice
CUAPHI532Research and apply photo imaging trends and emerging technologies
CUAPHI533Explore and apply photo lighting techniques
View the 73 elective options
BSBAUD514Interpret compliance requirements
BSBAUD515Evaluate and review compliance
BSBCRT413Collaborate in creative processes
BSBCRT512Originate and develop concepts
BSBESB402Establish legal and risk management requirements of new business ventures
BSBESB406Establish operational strategies and procedures for new business ventures
BSBFIN501Manage budgets and financial plans
BSBHRM523Coordinate the learning and development of teams and individuals
BSBLDR414Lead team effectiveness
BSBMKG541Identify and evaluate marketing opportunities
BSBMKG542Establish and monitor the marketing mix
BSBMKG546Develop social media engagement plans
BSBMKG547Develop strategies to monetise digital engagement
BSBMKG551Create multiplatform advertisements for mass media
BSBOPS502Manage business operational plans
BSBOPS504Manage business risk
BSBPEF501Manage personal and professional development
BSBPMG430Undertake project work
BSBPRC402Negotiate contracts
BSBTEC501Develop and implement an e-commerce strategy
BSBTWK401Build and maintain business relationships
BSBTWK502Manage team effectiveness
BSBWHS512Contribute to managing work-related psychological health and safety
BSBWHS521Ensure a safe workplace for a work area
CHCDIV001Work with diverse people
CUAACD522Work with photomedia in creative practice
CUAACD525Manage specialised finishing processes
CUAACD532Create observational drawings
CUAACD533Select and refine a specialised drawing technique
CUAACD535Work with the human form in creative practice
CUAACD536Refine 2-D design ideas and processes
CUACMP511Manage copyright arrangements
CUADES511Implement design solutions
CUADES512Establish, negotiate and refine a design brief
CUADIG401Author interactive media
CUADIG412Design user interfaces
CUADIG413Create user interfaces
CUADIG415Produce innovative digital images
CUADIG512Design digital applications
CUADIG518Refine digital art techniques
CUADIG519Investigate technologies for the creation of digital art
CUAFIM511Source funding for projects
CUAIND411Extend expertise in specialist creative fields
CUAIND412Provide freelance services
CUAIND512Enhance professional practice using creative arts industry knowledge
CUAMWB401Develop and implement own self-care plan in the creative industries
CUAMWB402Manage feedback on creative practice
CUAMWB403Prepare to work with confronting material and processes in the creative industries
CUAPHI316Capture images using drone technology
CUAPHI520Produce technical photo images
CUAPHI521Make illustrative photo images for publication and display
CUAPHI522Plan and produce stock photo images
CUAPHI524Prepare digital images for pre-press processing
CUAPHI534Employ specialised imaging technologies
CUAPHI535Produce commercial photo images
CUAPHI536Provide photographic portrait services
CUAPHI537Produce media photo images
CUAPHI538Provide wedding photo imaging services
CUAPHI539Plan and produce visual art photo images
CUAPOS412Manage media assets
CUAPPR408Integrate disability access and inclusion
CUAPPR414Develop self as artist
CUAPPR511Realise a body of creative work
CUAPPR512Develop sustainability of own professional practice
CUAPPR513Present a body of own creative work
CUAPPR514Establish and maintain environmentally sustainable creative practice
CUAPPR515Establish and maintain safe creative practice
CUAPPR616Extend expertise in a specialised art form to professional level
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Get Course maps CUA50925 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2113) 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; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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