MST60122 is the nationally recognised Advanced Diploma behind fashion designer work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced MST60219 and MST60119. About 95 fashion designer jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 15.9% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Advanced Diploma of Apparel, Fashion and Textiles are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 15.9% 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.
Employers are posting fewer fashion designer jobs than a year ago. About 95 fashion designer jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 15.9% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 1,300 job ads, while 50 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 fashion designers, industrial designers and jewellery designers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Fashion Designer, Industrial Designer and Jewellery Designer as not in shortage.
Fashion designer jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 14,601 workers in May 2025, 16,240 by May 2030 (up 11.2%) and 17,656 by May 2035 (up 20.9%).
More people are choosing the Advanced Diploma of Apparel, Fashion and Textiles every year. Across Australia, 25 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 50, up 100% in a year. National data for MST60122 starts in 2024.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for MST60122 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 Advanced Diploma of Apparel, Fashion and Textiles is 10 units, chosen from 43 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to Two of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps MST60122 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2323) 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 5 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.