SIS50321 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Sport. It prepares you for work as a sports development officer. It has been the current version on the national register since 2021, when it replaced SIS50319. Employers posted about 891 sports development officer jobs in June 2026, down 7.1% on a year earlier.
The long-term signals behind the Diploma of Sport are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Sports development officers are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 7.1% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer sports development officer jobs than a year ago. About 891 sports development officer 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 1,760 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.
Sports development officer 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%).
More people are choosing the Diploma of Sport every year. Across Australia, 1,310 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 1,760, up 34.4% in a year. National data for SIS50321 starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for SIS50321 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 3 core units for the Diploma of Sport, plus 44 elective options. Prerequisites apply to Three of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps SIS50321 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: Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; 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; register training.gov.au, synced 18 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.