CUA60620 is the nationally recognised Advanced Diploma behind film, television, radio and stage directors work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2021, when it replaced CUA60615. About 58 film, television, radio and stage directors jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 23.2% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Film, television, radio and stage directorses are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 23.2% on a year earlier and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer film, television, radio and stage directors jobs than a year ago. About 58 film, television, radio and stage directors jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 23.2% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 900 job ads, while 460 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 film and video editors as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Film and Video Editor as in national shortage; Art Director (Film, Television or Stage), Director (Film, Television, Radio or Stage), Director of Photography, Program Director (Television or Radio), Stage Manager, Technical Director, Video Producer and Film, Television, Radio and Stage Directors nec as not in shortage.
Film, television, radio and stage directors jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 15,468 workers in May 2025, 16,970 by May 2030 (up 9.7%) and 18,429 by May 2035 (up 19.1%).
Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media graduates do worse than is typical at Advanced Diploma level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 80.7% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Advanced Diploma result is 86.3%, across 4 qualifications. Median income after training was $49,200, against $68,500 typical. 80.5% were satisfied with the training, against 89.2% typical. Income here is the survey median about six months after training. It includes part-time work, so it is not the full-time award rate.
Fewer people are enrolling in the Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media than a year ago. Across Australia, 545 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 460, down 15.6% in a year. National data for CUA60620 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for CUA60620 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 register lists 4 core units for the Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media, plus 71 elective options. Prerequisites apply to Four of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps CUA60620 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2123) 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 Advanced Diplomas 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: Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 18 September 2026; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.