SIS40421 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV in Sport Development. It prepares you for work as an other sports official. It has been the current version on the national register since 2021, when it replaced SIS40419. Employers posted about 891 other sports official jobs in June 2026, down 7.1% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate IV in Sport Development are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Other sports officials are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 7.1% on a year earlier and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer other sports official jobs than a year ago. About 891 other sports official jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 7.1% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 11,600 job ads, while 140 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 gymnastics coach or instructors and swimming coach or instructors as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Gymnastics Coach or Instructor and Swimming Coach or Instructor as in national shortage; Diving Instructor (Open Water), Horse Riding Coach or Instructor, Snowsport Instructor, Tennis Coach, Other Sports Coach or Instructor, Dog and Horse Racing Official, Sports Development Officer, Sports Umpire and Other Sports Official as not in shortage.
Other sports official jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 58,786 workers in May 2025, 62,230 by May 2030 (up 5.9%) and 65,907 by May 2035 (up 12.1%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate IV in Sport Development than a year ago. Across Australia, 170 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 140, down 17.6% in a year. National data for SIS40421 starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for SIS40421 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 Sport Development is 14 units: 8 core, plus 6 electives chosen from 18 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps SIS40421 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4523) 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 7 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.