HLT46015 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV in Population Health. It prepares you for work as a health promotion officer. It has been the current version on the national register since 2015, when it replaced HLT42312. Employers posted about 41 health promotion officer jobs in June 2026, up 7.8% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Certificate IV in Population Health line up. Health promotion officers are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035, enrolments are rising and job ads in June 2026 were up 7.8% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more health promotion officer jobs than a year ago. About 41 health promotion officer jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 7.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 600 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 orthotist or prosthetists and health diagnostic and promotion professionals necs as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Orthotist or Prosthetist and Health Diagnostic and Promotion Professionals nec as in national shortage; Health Promotion Officer as not in shortage.
Health promotion officer jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 10,444 workers in May 2025, 12,007 by May 2030 (up 15%) and 13,259 by May 2035 (up 27%).
More people are choosing the Certificate IV in Population Health every year. Across Australia, 10 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 15, up 50% in a year.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for HLT46015 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 Population Health is 18 units: 9 core, plus 9 electives chosen from 51 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps HLT46015 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2519) 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; register training.gov.au, synced 18 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.