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.
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.
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.
Australia's official shortage list rates photographers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Photographer as not in shortage.
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%).
National enrolment data for CUA50925 starts in 2025: 1,135 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 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.
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Browse coursesGet 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. Outcome benchmarks marked “typical” are medians computed by Get Course across all qualifications at the same level 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: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.