TAE80113 is the nationally recognised Graduate Diploma behind vocational education teacher work. It has been the current version on the national register since 2013, when it replaced TAE70111. About 58 vocational education teacher jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 10.8% on a year earlier.
The long-term signals behind the Graduate Diploma of Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Practice are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Vocational education teachers are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 10.8% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer vocational education teacher jobs than a year ago. About 58 vocational education teacher jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 10.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 800 job ads, while 10 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 vocational education teacher / polytechnic teachers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Vocational Education Teacher / Polytechnic Teacher as in national shortage.
Vocational education teacher jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 35,244 workers in May 2025, 38,399 by May 2030 (up 9%) and 42,009 by May 2035 (up 19.2%).
Enrolments in the Graduate Diploma of Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Practice are steady. Across Australia, 10 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 10, up 0% in a year.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for TAE80113 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 Graduate Diploma of Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Practice is 6 units: 4 core, plus 2 electives chosen from 5 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps TAE80113 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2422) 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: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 5 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.