SIS50122 is the nationally recognised Diploma behind sports administrator work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced SIS50115. About 738 sports administrator jobs were advertised in June 2026, up 7.1% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Diploma of Sport, Aquatics and Recreation Management are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035, enrolments are rising and job ads in June 2026 were up 7.1% on a year earlier. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more sports administrator jobs than a year ago. About 738 sports administrator jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 7.1% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 8,500 job ads, while 185 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 arts administrator or managers, environmental managers, laboratory managers, sports administrators, quality assurance managers, regulatory affairs managers and specialist managers necs as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Arts Administrator or Manager, Environmental Manager, Laboratory Manager, Sports Administrator, Quality Assurance Manager, Regulatory Affairs Manager and Specialist Managers nec as not in shortage.
Sports administrator jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 68,817 workers in May 2025, 76,755 by May 2030 (up 11.5%) and 82,872 by May 2035 (up 20.4%).
More people are choosing the Diploma of Sport, Aquatics and Recreation Management every year. Across Australia, 70 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 185, up 164.3% in a year. National data for SIS50122 starts in 2024.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for SIS50122 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 register lists 7 core units for the Diploma of Sport, Aquatics and Recreation Management, plus 43 elective options. Prerequisites apply to Two of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps SIS50122 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 1399) 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: employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 18 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.