SFI50119 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Aquaculture. It prepares you for work as an aquaculture farmer. It has been the current version on the national register since 2019, when it replaced SFI50111. Employers posted about 3 aquaculture farmer jobs in June 2026, up 200% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Diploma of Aquaculture are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 and job ads in June 2026 were up 200% 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.
Employers are posting more aquaculture farmer jobs than a year ago. About 3 aquaculture farmer jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 200% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 0 job ads, while 10 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 aquaculture farmers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Aquaculture Farmer as not in shortage.
Aquaculture farmer jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 1,873 workers in May 2025, 2,036 by May 2030 (up 8.7%) and 2,202 by May 2035 (up 17.6%).
Enrolments in the Diploma of Aquaculture are dropping fast. Across Australia, 15 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 10, down 33.3% in a year. National data for SFI50119 starts in 2020.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for SFI50119 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 Diploma of Aquaculture is 12 units: 2 core, plus 10 electives chosen from 39 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps SFI50119 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 1211) 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; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.