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FNS60920 Advanced Diploma of Paraplanning

FNS60920 is the nationally recognised Advanced Diploma of Paraplanning. It prepares you for work as a financial investment adviser. It is current on the national register, with no earlier version recorded. Employers posted about 650 financial investment adviser jobs 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
One structural signal up; not rated in shortage
Register status
Current
No earlier version recorded
Enrolments
Steady
Down 3.9% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer

The signals behind the Advanced Diploma of Paraplanning are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 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 370 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
650
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 Advanced Diploma of Paraplanning are steady. Across Australia, 385 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 370, down 3.9% in a year. National data for FNS60920 starts in 2021.

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 Advanced Diploma is typically 1.5 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 FNS60920 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 FNS60920 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 Advanced Diploma of Paraplanning is 12 units: 9 core, plus 3 electives chosen from 45 options on the register.

  • FNSCUS516Record and implement client instructions
  • FNSFPL614Develop financial plans
  • FNSFPL615Present and negotiate financial plans
  • FNSFPL616Implement financial plans
  • FNSFPL621Comply with ethical and operational guidelines, legislation and regulations in financial planning
  • FNSFPL622Conduct financial planning analysis and research
View all 9 core units
  • FNSINC411Conduct work according to professional practices in the financial services industry
  • FNSINC511Conduct financial product research to support product recommendations
  • FNSPRM611Monitor and review organisational system compliance with legislation and regulations
View the 45 elective options
  • BSBAUD514Interpret compliance requirements
  • BSBAUD515Evaluate and review compliance
  • BSBAUD516Develop and monitor processes for the management of breaches in compliance requirements
  • BSBAUD601Establish and manage compliance management systems
  • BSBINS402Coordinate workplace information systems
  • BSBOPS505Manage organisational customer service
  • BSBOPS601Develop and implement business plans
  • BSBSTR501Establish innovative work environments
  • BSBSUS511Develop workplace policies and procedures for sustainability
  • FNSCUS511Develop and maintain professional relationships in financial services industry
  • FNSCUS512Monitor clients' financial requirements
  • FNSCUS515Determine client financial requirements and expectations
  • FNSFMB512Identify and develop credit options for clients with special financial circumstances
  • FNSFMK515Comply with financial services regulation and industry codes of practice
  • FNSFMK522Apply financial product knowledge in the context of the deal transaction cycle
  • FNSFMK525Analyse clients' financial risk
  • FNSFPL607Prepare advice in margin lending
  • FNSFPL608Prepare advice in foreign exchange
  • FNSFPL609Prepare advice in managed investments
  • FNSFPL610Prepare advice in superannuation
  • FNSFPL611Provide technical and professional financial planning guidance
  • FNSFPL612Determine client requirements and expectations in financial planning
  • FNSFPL613Monitor financial plans and provide ongoing service
  • FNSFPL617Prepare advice in derivatives
  • FNSFPL618Prepare advice in securities
  • FNSFPL619Prepare advice in life insurance
  • FNSFPL620Prepare advice in insurance broking
  • FNSIBK413Place client insurances with insurer and confirm insurance cover with clients
  • FNSIBK416Deliver insurance broking services
  • FNSIBK517Review insurance broking service performance
  • FNSIBK518Implement changes to insurance programs of broking clients
  • FNSIBK523Prepare submissions for new insurance broking business
  • FNSIBK525Monitor insurance broking client programs
  • FNSINC513Identify and apply complex ethical decision making to workplace situations
  • FNSINC514Apply ethical frameworks and principles to make and act upon decisions
  • FNSRSK512Assess risks
  • FNSRSK612Determine and manage risk exposure strategies
  • FNSSMS511Invest self-managed superannuation fund assets
  • FNSSMS512Manage changes to memberships in self-managed superannuation funds
  • FNSSMS513Manage administration activities of self-managed superannuation funds
  • FNSSMS514Meet self-managed superannuation fund compliance requirements
  • FNSSMS515Support trustees in selecting and monitoring performance of outsourced services
  • FNSSUP423Provide knowledge of retirement planning issues when dealing with superannuation clients
  • FNSSUP432Determine impact of social security entitlements on retirement income
  • FNSSUP434Develop and provide knowledge of aged care to superannuation clients
training.gov.au national register, FNS60920 release 2
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Where to study

Where can I study FNS60920?

No Get Course partner currently lists this qualification. Check the national register for organisations approved to deliver it, and remember that approval to deliver is a regulatory fact, not a recommendation. You can browse live courses from our partners and enquire today.

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How we calculate these figures

Get Course maps FNS60920 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: Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; 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.

About this page. Every number on this page shows its source and date. Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au. Compiled by Get Course from public data sources. It is not provided or endorsed by any training organisation, and nothing here is advice about your individual situation. Statistics describe groups; your result depends on you. If you represent a training organisation and want to correct or add to this page, contact hello@getcourse.com.au.