SIR40116 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV in Community Pharmacy. It prepares you for work as a retail supervisor. It has been the current version on the national register since 2016, when it replaced SIR40112. Employers posted about 194 retail supervisor jobs in June 2026, down 0.7% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Certificate IV in Community Pharmacy are weak right now. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. Weigh both sides.
Job ads for retail supervisors are holding steady. About 194 retail supervisor jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 0.7% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 2,500 job ads, while 130 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 retail supervisors as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Retail Supervisor as not in shortage.
Retail supervisor jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 52,067 workers in May 2025, 53,368 by May 2030 (up 2.5%) and 55,619 by May 2035 (up 6.8%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate IV in Community Pharmacy than a year ago. Across Australia, 145 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 130, down 10.3% in a year.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for SIR40116 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 Certificate IV in Community Pharmacy is 14 units: 3 core, plus 11 electives chosen from 43 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 16 of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps SIR40116 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 6215) 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: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 6 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.