FNS60222 is the nationally recognised Advanced Diploma behind accountant (general) work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced FNS60217. About 3,323 accountant (general) jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 6.9% on a year earlier.
The long-term signals behind the Advanced Diploma of Accounting are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Accountant (general)s are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 6.9% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer accountant (general) jobs than a year ago. About 3,323 accountant (general) jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 6.9% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 40,100 job ads, while 910 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 taxation accountants as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Taxation Accountant as in national shortage; Accountant (General) and Management Accountant as not in shortage.
Accountant (general) jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 210,295 workers in May 2025, 228,043 by May 2030 (up 8.4%) and 245,260 by May 2035 (up 16.6%).
More people are choosing the Advanced Diploma of Accounting every year. Across Australia, 645 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 910, up 41.1% in a year. National data for FNS60222 starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for FNS60222 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 Advanced Diploma of Accounting is 14 units: 3 core, plus 11 electives chosen from 26 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to Nine of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps FNS60222 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2211) 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; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register training.gov.au, synced 16 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.