PSP60822 is the nationally recognised Advanced Diploma behind translator work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced PSP60816. About 300 translator jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 11.6% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Advanced Diploma of Translating 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 11.6% 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 translator jobs than a year ago. About 300 translator jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 11.6% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 3,800 job ads, while 280 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
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Translator jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 15,797 workers in May 2025, 17,632 by May 2030 (up 11.6%) and 19,152 by May 2035 (up 21.2%).
Enrolments in the Advanced Diploma of Translating are growing. Across Australia, 230 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 280, up 21.7% in a year. National data for PSP60822 starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for PSP60822 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 register lists 7 core units for the Advanced Diploma of Translating, plus 14 elective options.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps PSP60822 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2724) 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 6 September 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.