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PMA60116 Advanced Diploma of Process Plant Technology
PMA60116 is the nationally recognised Advanced Diploma of Process Plant Technology. It prepares you for work as a production manager (manufacturing). It has been the current version on the national register since 2016, when it replaced PMA60108. Employers posted about 1,195 production manager (manufacturing) jobs in June 2026, up 6.4% on a year earlier.
Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
1,195last month
Production manager (manufacturing) roles advertised across Australia
Up on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Mixed
One structural signal up; not rated in shortage
Register status
Current
Replaced PMA60108 in 2016
Enrolments
Falling fast
Down 100% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The signals behind the Advanced Diploma of Process Plant Technology are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 and job ads in June 2026 were up 6.4% on a year earlier. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Jobs and Skills Australia
Is the work there?
Employers are posting more production manager (manufacturing) jobs than a year ago. About 1,195 production manager (manufacturing) jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 6.4% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 13,900 job ads, while 10 people were training in the qualification nationally (2024). 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 1335
Combined monthly online job ads across Production Manager (Manufacturing), to June 2026
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates production manager (forestry)s, production manager (manufacturing)s and production manager (mining)s as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Production Manager (Forestry), Production Manager (Manufacturing) and Production Manager (Mining) as not in shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
Production manager (manufacturing) jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 62,231 workers in May 2025, 67,835 by May 2030 (up 9%) and 72,682 by May 2035 (up 16.8%).
62,231
workers, May 2025
67,835
workers, May 2030
72,682
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
Enrolments in the Advanced Diploma of Process Plant Technology are dropping fast. Across Australia, 10 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 0, down 100% in a year.
10
2019
35
2020
15
2021
5
2022
10
2023
10
2024
0
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 Advanced Diploma is typically 1.5 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 PMA60116 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 PMA60116 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 Advanced Diploma of Process Plant Technology is 15 units: 4 core, plus 11 electives chosen from 86 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to Five of them, marked below.
MSMENV272Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
MSMSUP200Achieve work outcomes
MSMSUP210Process and record information
MSMWHS200Work safely
View the 86 elective options
MSL936003Maintain quality system and continuous improvement processes within work or functional area
MSL954004Obtain representative samples in accordance with sampling plan
MSMENV472Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
MSMENV672Develop workplace policy and procedures for environmental sustainability
MSMOPS400Optimise process/plant area
MSMOPS401Trial new process or product
MSMOPS601Design equipment and system modifications
MSMPER300Issue work permits (has prerequisites)
MSMPER400Coordinate permit process (has prerequisites)
MSMSUP390Use structured problem-solving tools
MSMSUP400Develop and monitor quality systems
MSMSUP404Coordinate maintenance
MSMSUP405Identify problems in fluid power system
MSMSUP406Identify faults in electronic control
MSMWHS400Contribute to WHS management system
MSMWHS401Assess risk
MSMWHS503Maintain WHS management system
MSMWHS510Manage risk
MSMWHS601Develop WHS management system
MSS015022Develop strategies for more sustainable use of resources
MSS403011Facilitate implementation of competitive systems and practices
MSS403040Facilitate and improve implementation of 5S
MSS403054Facilitate breakthrough improvements
MSS403085Ensure process improvements are sustained
MSS403086Improve cost factors in work practices
MSS403087Mistake proof an operational process
MSS404054Apply statistics to operational processes
MSS404060Facilitate the use of planning software systems in a work area or team
MSS404084Undertake process capability improvements
MSS404085Undertake proactive maintenance analyses
MSS404086Assist in implementing a proactive maintenance strategy
MSS405013Facilitate holistic culture improvement in an organisation
MSS405015Manage relationships with non-customer external organisations
MSS405016Manage workplace learning
MSS405030Optimise cost of a product or service
MSS405031Undertake value analysis of product or process costs in terms of customer requirements
MSS405040Manage 5S system in an organisation
MSS405041Implement improvement systems in an organisation
MSS405054Determine and improve process capability (has prerequisites)
MSS405063Develop the application of enterprise control systems in an organisation
MSS405064Determine and establish information collection requirements and processes
MSS405081Develop a proactive maintenance strategy
MSS405084Manage people relationships
MSS405088Plan, implement and monitor energy management
PMAOMIR407Audit incident preparedness and established response systems
PMAOMIR418Coordinate incident response
PMAOMIR424Develop and maintain community relationships
PMAOMIR430Conduct and assess incident exercises
PMAOMIR444Develop incident containment tactics
PMAOMIR512Establish incident response preparedness and response systems
PMAOMIR650Manage a crisis
PMAOPS280Interpret process plant schematics
PMAOPS350Match and adjust colour
PMAOPS402Respond to abnormal process situations (has prerequisites)
PMAOPS405Operate complex control systems
PMAOPS410Operate remote production facilities
PMAOPS411Manage plant shutdown and restart
PMAOPS433Manage wells and gathering systems
PMAOPS434Commission wells and gathering systems
PMAOPS450Solve colour problems
PMAOPS460Monitor and operate tailings management facilities
PMAOPS500Optimise production systems
PMAOPS501Provide operational expertise to a project team
PMAOPS505Control the process during abnormal situations
PMAOPS511Determine energy transfer loads
PMAOPS512Determine mass transfer loads
PMAOPS520Manage utilities
PMAOPS521Plan plant shutdown
PMAOPS522Coordinate plant shutdown
PMAOPS600Modify plant
PMAOPS601Debottleneck plant
PMASUP410Develop plant documentation
PMASUP420Minimise environmental impact of process
PMASUP440Commission/recommission plant
PMASUP441Decommission plant
PMASUP444Plan plant preparation and isolation
PMASUP445Participate in HAZOP studies (has prerequisites)
PMASUP520Review procedures to minimise environmental impact of process
PMASUP540Analyse equipment performance
PMAWHS502Contribute to safety case
PMAWHS511Manage emergency incidents
PSPMGT003Manage change
PSPMGT004Manage diversity
TAEASS401Plan assessment activities and processes
TAEASS402Assess competence
TAEASS403Participate in assessment validation
training.gov.au national register, PMA60116 release 3
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Get Course maps PMA60116 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 1335) 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: register training.gov.au, synced 3 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2024 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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