SIT10122 is the nationally recognised Certificate I in Tourism (Australian Indigenous Culture). It prepares you for work as a tourist information officer. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced SIT10116. Employers posted about 249 tourist information officer jobs in June 2026, down 22.1% on a year earlier.
The long-term signals behind the Certificate I in Tourism (Australian Indigenous Culture) are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Tourist information officers are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 22.1% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer tourist information officer jobs than a year ago. About 249 tourist information officer jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 22.1% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 3,700 job ads, while 155 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 travel consultants as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Travel Consultant as in national shortage; Tourist Information Officer as not in shortage.
Tourist information officer jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 21,930 workers in May 2025, 22,678 by May 2030 (up 3.4%) and 23,970 by May 2035 (up 9.3%).
Enrolments in the Certificate I in Tourism (Australian Indigenous Culture) are steady. Across Australia, 160 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 155, down 3.1% in a year. National data for SIT10122 starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for SIT10122 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 I in Tourism (Australian Indigenous Culture) is 6 units: 2 core, plus 4 electives chosen from 13 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps SIT10122 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4516) 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; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register training.gov.au, synced 18 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.