FNS80020 is the nationally recognised Graduate Certificate behind external auditor work. It is current on the national register, with no earlier version recorded. About 638 external auditor jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 0.3% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Graduate Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing line up. External auditors are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for external auditors are holding steady. About 638 external auditor jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 0.3% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 7,300 job ads, while 15 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 external auditors as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates External Auditor as in national shortage; Company Secretary, Corporate Treasurer and Internal Auditor as not in shortage.
External auditor jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 31,540 workers in May 2025, 34,072 by May 2030 (up 8%) and 36,554 by May 2035 (up 15.9%).
More people are choosing the Graduate Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing every year. Across Australia, 5 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 15, up 200% in a year. National data for FNS80020 starts in 2024.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for FNS80020 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 Graduate Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing is 3 units, all core.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps FNS80020 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2212) 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; register training.gov.au, synced 16 September 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; 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.