FNS20120 is the nationally recognised Certificate II in Financial Services. It prepares you for work as a financial and insurance clerks. It has been the current version on the national register since 2021, when it replaced FNS20115. 4,195 people enrolled in 2025, up 68.5% on the year before.
The independent signals behind the Certificate II in Financial Services line up. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Financial and insurance clerks jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 100 workers in May 2025, 103 by May 2030 (up 3%) and 108 by May 2035 (up 8%).
Certificate II in Financial Services graduates find work less often than is typical at Certificate II level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 67.5% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Certificate II result is 77.6%, across 63 qualifications. 85.3% were satisfied with the training, against 91.4% typical.
More people are choosing the Certificate II in Financial Services every year. Across Australia, 2,490 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 4,195, up 68.5% in a year. National data for FNS20120 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for FNS20120 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 Certificate II in Financial Services is 8 units: 4 core, plus 4 electives chosen from 12 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps FNS20120 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 5520) 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 Certificate IIs 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 Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 15 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.