FNS51822 is the nationally recognised Diploma behind financial investment adviser work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced FNS51820. About 650 financial investment adviser jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 9.4% on a year earlier.
Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
650last month
Financial investment adviser roles advertised across Australia
Up on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Mixed
Two structural signals up; not rated in shortage
Register status
Current
Replaced FNS51820 in 2022
Enrolments
Rising
Up 5.6% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The signals behind the Diploma of Financial Services are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035, enrolments are rising and job ads in June 2026 were up 9.4% on a year earlier. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Jobs and Skills Australia
Is the work there?
Employers are posting more financial investment adviser jobs than a year ago. About 650 financial investment adviser jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 9.4% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 7,100 job ads, while 95 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index · latest month June 2026 · ANZSCO 2223
Combined monthly online job ads across Financial Investment Adviser, to June 2026
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates financial investment advisers and financial investment managers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Financial Investment Adviser and Financial Investment Manager as not in shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
Financial investment adviser jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 65,810 workers in May 2025, 69,850 by May 2030 (up 6.1%) and 74,187 by May 2035 (up 12.7%).
65,810
workers, May 2025
69,850
workers, May 2030
74,187
workers, May 2035
Jobs and Skills Australia employment projections · May 2025 to May 2035
Occupation mapping by Get Course, shown with ANZSCO codes so it can be checked.
NCVER Total VET Activity
Who is training
Enrolments in the Diploma of Financial Services are growing. Across Australia, 90 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 95, up 5.6% in a year. National data for FNS51822 starts in 2023.
2019
not yet introduced
2020
not yet introduced
2021
not yet introduced
2022
not yet introduced
65
2023
90
2024
95
2025
NCVER Total VET Activity · 2025 collection
training.gov.au · Australian Qualifications Framework
What does studying it involve?
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
How long it takes
A Diploma is typically 1 to 2 years of full-time study under the Australian Qualifications Framework. Providers set the exact length and pace.
Delivery
Providers set the delivery mode.
Credit for experience
Recognition of prior learning applies to FNS51822 like any qualification on the national register: an approved provider assesses your evidence against each unit.
training.gov.au national register; Australian Qualifications Framework.
State subsidised training lists
What does it cost, and who funds it?
State funding for FNS51822 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.
Official state subsidised training program lists, verified per state. Full-fee prices will appear here as partner courses are listed.
training.gov.au · unit packaging
What is in the qualification
The Diploma of Financial Services is 10 units: 3 core, plus 7 electives chosen from 86 options on the register. One unit has prerequisites, marked below.
FNSINC411Conduct work according to professional practices in the financial services industry
FNSINC513Identify and apply complex ethical decision making to workplace situations
FNSRSK411Apply risk management strategies to own work
View the 86 elective options
BSBAUD514Interpret compliance requirements
BSBAUD516Develop and monitor processes for the management of breaches in compliance requirements
BSBCNV511Take instructions in relation to a conveyancing transaction
BSBCNV611Interpret a legal document and provide advice in a conveyancing transaction
BSBCNV612Identify and apply legal requirements for a conveyancing transaction
BSBHRM525Manage recruitment and onboarding
BSBLDR522Manage people performance
BSBLEG529Apply legal principles in corporation law matters
BSBMKG541Identify and evaluate marketing opportunities
BSBOPS502Manage business operational plans
BSBOPS505Manage organisational customer service
BSBPEF501Manage personal and professional development
BSBPMG430Undertake project work
BSBPMG536Manage project risk
BSBPMG540Manage project integration
BSBSTR501Establish innovative work environments
BSBSTR502Facilitate continuous improvement
BSBSUS511Develop workplace policies and procedures for sustainability
BSBWHS504Manage WHS risks
BSBWHS513Lead WHS risk management
BSBWHS517Contribute to managing a WHS information system
FNSASICM513Provide general advice in life insurance
FNSBNK511Manage banking and service strategy for small business customers
FNSBNK513Provide business advisory services within a financial services context
FNSBNK522Manage services in a Business Transaction Centre
FNSCMP501Comply with financial services legislation
FNSCRD401Assess credit applications
FNSCRD412Establish and maintain appropriate security options for credit facilities
FNSCRD511Respond to personal insolvency situations
FNSCRD513Promote client understanding of the role and effective use of consumer credit
FNSCRD514Identify and manage credit risk
FNSCRD515Respond to corporate insolvency situations (has prerequisites)
FNSCUS504Manage premium customer relationships
FNSCUS511Develop and maintain professional relationships in financial services industry
FNSCUS512Monitor clients' financial requirements
FNSCUS513Review business performance
FNSCUS515Determine client financial requirements and expectations
FNSCUS516Record and implement client instructions
FNSFLT511Assist customers to budget and manage own finances
FNSFLT512Facilitate customer awareness of the Australian financial system and markets
FNSFLT513Promote basic financial literacy in clients
FNSFLT514Facilitate customer knowledge of personal financial statements
FNSFLT515Facilitate knowledge of superannuation as an investment tool
FNSFMK509Process transaction documentation
FNSFMK515Comply with financial services regulation and industry codes of practice
FNSFMK520Develop and monitor risk management strategies for client
FNSFMK521Analyse financial markets and information
FNSFMK524Conduct work within financial markets organisational risk management framework
FNSIAD511Provide appropriate services, general advice and products to clients
FNSIAD512Develop financial investment options and strategies for clients
FNSILD501Prepare a distribution plan
FNSILD502Resource a distribution plan
FNSILD504Implement and manage the distribution plan
FNSILF507Manage group life insurance policy administration
FNSILF512Underwrite complex risks
FNSILF514Manage complex life insurance claims
FNSILF515Manage ongoing disability claims
FNSILF516Manage group life insurance claims
FNSINC412Apply and maintain knowledge of financial products and services
FNSINC511Conduct financial product research to support product recommendations
FNSINC514Apply ethical frameworks and principles to make and act upon decisions
FNSISV417Use medical terminology in an insurance context
FNSISV503Undertake post-loss risk management
FNSISV513Provide decisions on legal liability and indemnity of a claim
FNSISV514Review and update claim reserves in portfolio
FNSISV519Analyse financial, medical and psychological claims assessments
FNSISV537Review claims settlement policies and procedures
FNSORG501Develop and manage a budget
FNSORG503Develop a resource plan
FNSORG506Prepare financial forecasts and projections
FNSORG507Manage client service and business information
FNSORG508Analyse and comment on management reports
FNSORG512Develop, implement and monitor policy and procedures
FNSORG514Develop, monitor and supervise work practices to meet financial services regulatory requirements
FNSORG613Establish and implement operational guidelines in financial services organisations
FNSORG614Establish and manage outsourced services
FNSPRT513Assess, allocate and supervise work within the personal trustee sector
FNSRSK511Undertake risk identification
FNSRSK512Assess risks
FNSRSK611Develop and implement risk mitigation plan
FNSSAM503Monitor market opportunities
FNSSAM512Assess market needs and identify opportunities for new financial products and services
FNSSAM521Apply advanced techniques to provide financial products and services
FNSSAM612Identify and evaluate marketing opportunities in the financial services industry
FNSSAM613Tailor financial products to meet client needs
FNSSAM614Establish agreements with intermediaries for product distribution
training.gov.au national register, FNS51822 release 1
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Get Course maps FNS51822 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2223) 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: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 16 September 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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