HLT52315 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Clinical Aromatherapy. It prepares you for work as a natural remedy consultant. It has been the current version on the national register since 2015, when it replaced HLT51407. 40 people enrolled in 2025, up 14.3% on the year before.
The signals behind the Diploma of Clinical Aromatherapy are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are hiring for the jobs this qualification leads to. About 0 natural remedy consultant jobs were advertised online in June 2026.
Australia's official shortage list rates natural remedy consultants, weight loss consultants and herbalist (western)s as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Natural Remedy Consultant, Weight Loss Consultant and Herbalist (Western) as not in shortage.
Natural remedy consultant jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 4,669 workers in May 2025, 5,171 by May 2030 (up 10.8%) and 5,668 by May 2035 (up 21.4%).
Enrolments in the Diploma of Clinical Aromatherapy are growing. Across Australia, 35 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 40, up 14.3% in a year.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for HLT52315 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 Diploma of Clinical Aromatherapy is 20 units: 16 core, plus 4 electives chosen from 15 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps HLT52315 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4515) 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; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 18 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.