ICP50120 Diploma of Printing and Graphic Arts Business Management
ICP50120 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Printing and Graphic Arts Business Management. It prepares you for work as a printers. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced ICP50115. Employers posted about 27 printers jobs in June 2026, down 24.5% on a year earlier.
Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
27last month
Printers roles advertised across Australia
Down on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Mixed
One structural signal up; current job ads down
Register status
Current
Replaced ICP50115 in 2020
Enrolments
Rising fast
Up 100% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The signals behind the Diploma of Printing and Graphic Arts Business Management are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 24.5% on a year earlier and the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Jobs and Skills Australia
Is the work there?
Employers are posting fewer printers jobs than a year ago. About 27 printers jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 24.5% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 400 job ads, while 10 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index · latest month June 2026 · ANZSCO 3923
Combined monthly online job ads across Printers, to June 2026
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates printing machinists and small offset printers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Printing Machinist and Small Offset Printer as not in shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
Printers jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 10,868 workers in May 2025, 10,819 by May 2030 (down 0.5%) and 11,407 by May 2035 (up 5%).
10,868
workers, May 2025
10,819
workers, May 2030
11,407
workers, May 2035
Jobs and Skills Australia employment projections · May 2025 to May 2035
Occupation mapping by Get Course, shown with ANZSCO codes so it can be checked.
NCVER Total VET Activity
Who is training
More people are choosing the Diploma of Printing and Graphic Arts Business Management every year. Across Australia, 5 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 10, up 100% in a year. National data for ICP50120 starts in 2024.
2019
not yet introduced
2020
not yet introduced
2021
not yet introduced
2022
not yet introduced
2023
not yet introduced
5
2024
10
2025
NCVER Total VET Activity · 2025 collection
training.gov.au · Australian Qualifications Framework
What does studying it involve?
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
How long it takes
A Diploma is typically 1 to 2 years of full-time study under the Australian Qualifications Framework. Providers set the exact length and pace.
Delivery
Providers set the delivery mode.
Credit for experience
Recognition of prior learning applies to ICP50120 like any qualification on the national register: an approved provider assesses your evidence against each unit.
training.gov.au national register; Australian Qualifications Framework.
State subsidised training lists
What does it cost, and who funds it?
State funding for ICP50120 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.
Official state subsidised training program lists, verified per state. Full-fee prices will appear here as partner courses are listed.
training.gov.au · unit packaging
What is in the qualification
The Diploma of Printing and Graphic Arts Business Management is 20 units: 4 core, plus 16 electives chosen from 76 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to Four of them, marked below.
BSBSUS501Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainability
BSBXCM501Lead communication in the workplace
ICPSUP4160Manage quality in a production environment
ICPSUP4600Manage a safe work environment
View the 76 elective options
BSBCUS401Coordinate implementation of customer service strategies
BSBCUS501Manage quality customer service
BSBDES601Manage design realisation
BSBLDR403Lead team effectiveness
BSBMGT402Implement operational plan
BSBMGT403Implement continuous improvement
BSBMGT516Facilitate continuous improvement
BSBMGT517Manage operational plan
BSBMGT608Manage innovation and continuous improvement
BSBMKG401Profile the market
BSBMKG413Promote products and services
BSBMKG501Identify and evaluate marketing opportunities
ICPPRN4930Set up and monitor in-line printing operations
ICPPRN4960Set up and produce complex digital print (has prerequisites)
ICPPRP2840Produce PDF files for online and screen display
ICPPRP2970Transfer digital files
ICPPRP3220Digitise images for reproduction
ICPPRP3340Prepare imposition format for printing processes
ICPPRP3850Operate databases for digital printing
ICPPRP3960Generate high-end PDF files (has prerequisites)
ICPPRP422Digitise complex images for reproduction
ICPPRP4300Manage colour
ICPPRP4350Generate complex imposition
ICPPRP4840Set up and operate automated workflow
ICPPRP4940Develop document content and structure (has prerequisites)
ICPSCP3510Prepare machine and drying/curing unit
ICPSCP374Operate a semi-automatic screen printing machine
ICPSUP2160Inspect quality against required standards in a production environment
ICPSUP351Undertake basic production scheduling
ICPSUP488Ensure process improvements are sustained
ICPSUP553Prepare production costing estimates
ICPSUP583Troubleshoot and optimise the production process
ICTDBS504Integrate database with a website
ICTWEB429Create a markup language document to specification
ICTWEB510Analyse information and assign meta tags
MSMENV472Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
MSMSUP390Use structured problem-solving tools
MSS403010Facilitate change in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practices
MSS403040Facilitate and improve implementation of 5S
MSS405021Develop a Just in Time system
SIRXCEG005Maintain business to business relationships
TAEASS402Assess competence
TAEDEL402Plan, organise and facilitate learning in the workplace
training.gov.au national register, ICP50120 release 2
Where to study
Where can I study ICP50120?
No Get Course partner currently lists this qualification. Check the national register for organisations approved to deliver it, and remember that approval to deliver is a regulatory fact, not a recommendation. You can browse live courses from our partners and enquire today.
Get Course maps ICP50120 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3923) 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: employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 15 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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