HLT41020 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV behind radio despatcher work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced HLT41015. About 264 radio despatcher jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 5.8% on a year earlier.
The long-term signals behind the Certificate IV in Ambulance Communications (Dispatch) are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Radio despatchers are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 5.8% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer radio despatcher jobs than a year ago. About 264 radio despatcher jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 5.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 3,300 job ads, while 230 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 clinical coders as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Clinical Coder as in national shortage; Production Assistant (Film, Television, Radio or Stage), Proof Reader, Radio Despatcher, Facilities Administrator and Clerical and Administrative Workers nec as not in shortage.
Radio despatcher jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 21,864 workers in May 2025, 22,751 by May 2030 (up 4.1%) and 24,176 by May 2035 (up 10.6%).
Enrolments in the Certificate IV in Ambulance Communications (Dispatch) are steady. Across Australia, 225 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 230, up 2.2% in a year. National data for HLT41020 starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for HLT41020 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 Certificate IV in Ambulance Communications (Dispatch) is 14 units: 9 core, plus 5 electives chosen from 9 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps HLT41020 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 5999) 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: register training.gov.au, synced 17 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; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.