SIT40621 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV behind cafe or restaurant manager work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced SIT40616. About 574 cafe or restaurant manager jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 9% on a year earlier.
Often searched as Cert 4 in Catering Management · Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
574last month
Cafe or restaurant manager roles advertised across Australia
Down on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Weak
Zero structural signals up; current job ads down
Register status
Current
Replaced SIT40616 in 2022
Enrolments
Steady
Up 0% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The independent signals behind the Certificate IV in Catering Management are weak right now. Job ads in June 2026 were down 9% on a year earlier and the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. Weigh both sides.
Jobs and Skills Australia
Is the work there?
Employers are posting fewer cafe or restaurant manager jobs than a year ago. About 574 cafe or restaurant manager jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 9% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 7,300 job ads, while 20 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index · latest month June 2026 · ANZSCO 1411
Combined monthly online job ads across Cafe Or Restaurant Manager, to June 2026
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates cafe or restaurant managers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Cafe or Restaurant Manager as not in shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
Cafe or restaurant manager jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 64,510 workers in May 2025, 65,638 by May 2030 (up 1.7%) and 69,138 by May 2035 (up 7.2%).
64,510
workers, May 2025
65,638
workers, May 2030
69,138
workers, May 2035
Jobs and Skills Australia employment projections · May 2025 to May 2035
Occupation mapping by Get Course, shown with ANZSCO codes so it can be checked.
NCVER Total VET Activity
Who is training
Enrolments in the Certificate IV in Catering Management are steady. Across Australia, 20 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 20, up 0% in a year. National data for SIT40621 starts in 2023.
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not yet introduced
2022
not yet introduced
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20
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NCVER Total VET Activity · 2025 collection
training.gov.au · Australian Qualifications Framework
What does studying it involve?
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
How long it takes
A Certificate IV is typically 0.5 to 2 years of full-time study under the Australian Qualifications Framework. Providers set the exact length and pace.
Delivery
Providers set the delivery mode.
Credit for experience
Recognition of prior learning applies to SIT40621 like any qualification on the national register: an approved provider assesses your evidence against each unit.
training.gov.au national register; Australian Qualifications Framework.
State subsidised training lists
What does it cost, and who funds it?
State funding for SIT40621 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.
Official state subsidised training program lists, verified per state. Full-fee prices will appear here as partner courses are listed.
training.gov.au · unit packaging
What is in the qualification
The Certificate IV in Catering Management is 23 units: 15 core, plus 8 electives chosen from 47 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 37 of them, marked below.
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Get Course maps SIT40621 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 1411) 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; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 5 September 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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