PUA50519 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management). It prepares you for work as a commissioned fire officer. It has been the current version on the national register since 2019, when it replaced PUA50513. 215 people enrolled in 2024, up 4.9% on the year before.
Only limited independent signals are available for this qualification yet. Specifically: employment in its occupations is projected to grow through 2035. These are official statistics, not a promise about any individual's result.
Employment in these occupations is projected to keep growing strongly. Government projections put them at 4,400 workers in May 2025, 4,900 by May 2030 (up 10.9%) and 5,100 by May 2035 (up 17.5%).
Enrolments in this qualification are steady. National enrolments moved from 205 in 2023, to 215 in 2024 (up 4.9%).
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for PUA50519 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.
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.
Browse coursesGet Course maps PUA50519 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 1391) 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 2024 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 26 August 2026; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.