SHB50121 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Beauty Therapy. It prepares you for work as a hair or beauty salon manager. It has been the current version on the national register since 2021, when it replaced SHB50115. Employers posted about 3,543 hair or beauty salon manager jobs in June 2026, down 3.1% on a year earlier.
The signals behind this qualification are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Specifically: national enrolments are rising and the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about any individual's result.
Employer demand for these roles is holding steady. Across Hair Or Beauty Salon Manager, about 3,543 jobs were advertised online in June 2026 (down 3.1% on a year earlier). Roughly 42,906 openings were advertised over the last 12 months, while 5,215 people enrolled in the qualification nationally in 2024. Enrolment counts people in training, not completions, so the two figures describe the pipeline and the market, not a job guarantee.
None of the occupations this qualification leads to is rated as in shortage on the official list. In the 2025 Occupation Shortage List assessment, Retail Manager (General), Antique Dealer, Betting Agency Manager, Hair or Beauty Salon Manager, Post Office Manager and Travel Agency Manager are rated not in shortage.
Employment in these occupations is projected to stay about flat. Government projections put them at 250,700 workers in May 2025, 255,800 by May 2030 (up 2%) and 267,700 by May 2035 (up 6.8%).
Outcomes for this qualification run below what is typical for a Diploma. In the latest national outcomes survey (2025), 85.9% were employed or in further study after training, against a Diploma median of 92% across 34 qualifications. Median income after training was $52,200, compared with $63,250 typical at this level. 82.2% were satisfied with the training, against 89% typical.
Enrolments in this qualification are growing. National enrolments rose from 4,575 in 2023, to 5,215 in 2024 (up 14%).
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for SHB50121 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.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps SHB50121 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 1421) 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: Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2024 collection; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; register training.gov.au, synced 26 August 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.