SIR50217 is the nationally recognised Diploma behind visual merchandiser work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2017, when it replaced SIR50212. About 64 visual merchandiser jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 27.2% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Diploma of Visual Merchandising are weak right now. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. Weigh both sides.
Employers are posting more visual merchandiser jobs than a year ago. About 64 visual merchandiser jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 27.2% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 700 job ads, while 80 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 visual merchandisers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Visual Merchandiser as not in shortage.
Visual merchandiser jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 8,234 workers in May 2025, 8,258 by May 2030 (up 0.3%) and 8,585 by May 2035 (up 4.3%).
Enrolments in the Diploma of Visual Merchandising are dropping fast. Across Australia, 120 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 80, down 33.3% in a year.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for SIR50217 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 Visual Merchandising is 16 units: 8 core, plus 8 electives chosen from 18 options on the register. One unit has prerequisites, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps SIR50217 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 6395) 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: 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 training.gov.au, synced 6 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.