RII60520 is the nationally recognised Advanced Diploma behind civil engineering draftsperson work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2021, when it replaced RII60515. About 203 civil engineering draftsperson jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 3.4% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Advanced Diploma of Civil Construction Design are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Civil engineering draftspersons 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 civil engineering draftspersons are holding steady. About 203 civil engineering draftsperson jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 3.4% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 2,300 job ads, while 16,025 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 civil engineering draftspersons and civil engineering technicians as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Civil Engineering Draftsperson and Civil Engineering Technician as in national shortage.
Civil engineering draftsperson jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 16,035 workers in May 2025, 16,872 by May 2030 (up 5.2%) and 17,842 by May 2035 (up 11.3%).
Advanced Diploma of Civil Construction Design graduates find work less often than is typical at Advanced Diploma level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 70.2% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Advanced Diploma result is 86.3%, across 4 qualifications. Median income after training was $68,500, against $68,500 typical. 96.1% were satisfied with the training, against 89.2% typical. Income here is the survey median about six months after training. It includes part-time work, so it is not the full-time award rate.
Fewer people are enrolling in the Advanced Diploma of Civil Construction Design than a year ago. Across Australia, 17,680 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 16,025, down 9.4% in a year. National data for RII60520 starts in 2021.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for RII60520 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 Civil Construction Design is 12 units: 5 core, plus 7 electives chosen from 26 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps RII60520 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3122) 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 Advanced Diplomas 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: register training.gov.au, synced 5 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.