HLT64121 is the nationally recognised Advanced Diploma of Nursing. It prepares you for work as an enrolled nurse. It has been the current version on the national register since 2021, when it replaced HLT64115. Employers posted about 688 enrolled nurse jobs in June 2026, down 11.2% on a year earlier.
The long-term signals behind the Advanced Diploma of Nursing are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Enrolled nurses are in shortage in parts of the country, employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 11.2% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer enrolled nurse jobs than a year ago. About 688 enrolled nurse jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 11.2% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 8,900 job ads, while 105 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 enrolled nurses as in shortage in parts of the country. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Enrolled Nurse as in shortage in regional areas; Mothercraft Nurse as not in shortage.
Enrolled nurse jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 22,104 workers in May 2025, 24,451 by May 2030 (up 10.6%) and 26,808 by May 2035 (up 21.3%).
More people are choosing the Advanced Diploma of Nursing every year. Across Australia, 40 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 105, up 162.5% in a year. National data for HLT64121 starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for HLT64121 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.
Finishing the advanced diploma is not the licence.
To work as an enrolled nurse you also register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), and your course must be ANMAC accredited. Not every provider’s course is. Check your provider and course on ahpra.gov.au before you enrol.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps HLT64121 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4114) 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. Outcome benchmarks marked “typical” are medians computed by Get Course across all qualifications at the same level in the same NCVER collection; they are derived figures, not official NCVER benchmarks. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.