FNS51220 is the nationally recognised Diploma behind insurance broker work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced FNS51215. About 220 insurance broker jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 9% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Diploma of Insurance Broking are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 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 insurance broker jobs than a year ago. About 220 insurance broker jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 9% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 3,000 job ads, while 575 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 commodities traders, finance brokers, insurance brokers and financial brokers necs as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Commodities Trader, Finance Broker, Insurance Broker and Financial Brokers nec as not in shortage.
Insurance broker jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 50,642 workers in May 2025, 53,684 by May 2030 (up 6%) and 57,048 by May 2035 (up 12.6%).
Enrolments in the Diploma of Insurance Broking are steady. Across Australia, 580 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 575, down 0.9% in a year. National data for FNS51220 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for FNS51220 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 Insurance Broking is 11 units: 7 core, plus 4 electives chosen from 24 options on the register. One unit has prerequisites, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps FNS51220 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2221) 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: register training.gov.au, synced 16 September 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.