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CUA60325 Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design
CUA60325 is the nationally recognised Advanced Diploma behind graphic designer work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2025, when it replaced CUA60320. About 405 graphic designer jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 8.8% on a year earlier.
Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
405last month
Graphic designer 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 CUA60320 in 2025
Enrolments
First year
10 enrolled in 2025, its first data year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The signals behind the Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 8.8% 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 graphic designer jobs than a year ago. About 405 graphic designer jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 8.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 5,400 job ads, while 10 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 2324
Combined monthly online job ads across Graphic Designer, to June 2026
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates graphic designers, illustrators, multimedia designers and web designers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Multimedia Designer and Web Designer as not in shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
Graphic designer jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 55,688 workers in May 2025, 61,178 by May 2030 (up 9.9%) and 66,245 by May 2035 (up 19%).
55,688
workers, May 2025
61,178
workers, May 2030
66,245
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 CUA60325 starts in 2025: 10 people enrolled that year. There is no earlier year to compare yet.
2019
not yet introduced
2020
not yet introduced
2021
not yet introduced
2022
not yet introduced
2023
not yet introduced
2024
not yet introduced
10
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 Advanced Diploma is typically 1.5 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 CUA60325 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 CUA60325 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 register lists 6 core units for the Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design, plus 74 elective options.
CUADES512Establish, negotiate and refine a design brief
CUADES611Manage design realisation
CUAGRD603Extend typographic design expertise
CUAGRD611Engage in the business of graphic design
CUAGRD612Originate graphic designs for complex briefs
CUAPPR612Collaborate in professional creative projects
View the 74 elective options
BSBCRT512Originate and develop concepts
BSBCRT611Apply critical thinking for complex problem solving
BSBESB406Establish operational strategies and procedures for new business ventures
BSBINS603Initiate and lead applied research
BSBLDR601Lead and manage organisational change
BSBLEG525Apply legal principles in intellectual property law matters
BSBMKG437Create and optimise digital media
BSBMKG546Develop social media engagement plans
BSBMKG551Create multiplatform advertisements for mass media
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Get Course maps CUA60325 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2324) 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; 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 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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