RII60415 is the nationally recognised Advanced Diploma of Drilling Management. It prepares you for work as a mine deputy. It has been the current version on the national register since 2015, when it replaced RII60413. Employers posted about 580 mine deputy jobs in June 2026, up 4.4% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Advanced Diploma of Drilling Management are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Mine deputys are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Job ads for mine deputys are holding steady. About 580 mine deputy jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 4.4% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 6,900 job ads, while 25 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 metallurgical or materials technicians as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Metallurgical or Materials Technician as in national shortage; Maintenance Planner, Mine Deputy, Other Draftsperson and Building and Engineering Technicians nec as not in shortage.
Mine deputy jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 39,364 workers in May 2025, 41,886 by May 2030 (up 6.4%) and 43,950 by May 2035 (up 11.7%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Advanced Diploma of Drilling Management than a year ago. Across Australia, 30 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 25, down 16.7% in a year.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for RII60415 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 Drilling Management is 11 units: 8 core, plus 3 electives chosen from 6 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps RII60415 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3129) 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: Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 5 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.