FNS51120 is the nationally recognised Diploma of General Insurance. It prepares you for work as an insurance agent. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced FNS51115. Employers posted about 577 insurance agent jobs in June 2026, down 14.1% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Diploma of General Insurance are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 14.1% 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 insurance agent jobs than a year ago. About 577 insurance agent jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 14.1% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 7,600 job ads, while 190 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 insurance agents as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Insurance Agent as not in shortage.
Insurance agent jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 16,703 workers in May 2025, 16,436 by May 2030 (down 1.6%) and 17,138 by May 2035 (up 2.6%).
More people are choosing the Diploma of General Insurance every year. Across Australia, 130 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 190, up 46.2% in a year. National data for FNS51120 starts in 2024.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for FNS51120 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 Diploma of General Insurance is 12 units: 3 core, plus 9 electives chosen from 39 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps FNS51120 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 6112) 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: employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register training.gov.au, synced 16 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.