FNS51420 is the nationally recognised Diploma behind insurance loss adjuster work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2021, when it replaced FNS51415. About 644 insurance loss adjuster jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 0.9% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Diploma of Loss Adjusting are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Enrolments are rising. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for insurance loss adjusters are holding steady. About 644 insurance loss adjuster jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 0.9% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 7,700 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 investigators, insurance loss adjusters and insurance risk surveyors as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Insurance Investigator, Insurance Loss Adjuster and Insurance Risk Surveyor as not in shortage.
Insurance loss adjuster jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 7,928 workers in May 2025, 8,109 by May 2030 (up 2.3%) and 8,549 by May 2035 (up 7.8%).
Enrolments in the Diploma of Loss Adjusting are growing. Across Australia, 175 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 190, up 8.6% in a year. National data for FNS51420 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for FNS51420 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 Loss Adjusting is 9 units: 7 core, plus 2 electives chosen from 5 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps FNS51420 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 5996) 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: 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 training.gov.au, synced 16 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.