TLI40221 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV in International Freight Forwarding (Senior Operator). It prepares you for work as a despatching and receiving clerk. It has been the current version on the national register since 2021, when it replaced TLI40219. Employers posted about 885 despatching and receiving clerk jobs in June 2026, up 8.9% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate IV in International Freight Forwarding (Senior Operator) are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 and job ads in June 2026 were up 8.9% on a year earlier. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more despatching and receiving clerk jobs than a year ago. About 885 despatching and receiving clerk jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 8.9% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 10,100 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.
Australia's official shortage list rates despatching and receiving clerks and import-export clerks as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Despatching and Receiving Clerk and Import-Export Clerk as not in shortage.
Despatching and receiving clerk jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 46,458 workers in May 2025, 48,766 by May 2030 (up 5%) and 51,445 by May 2035 (up 10.7%).
Enrolments in the Certificate IV in International Freight Forwarding (Senior Operator) are dropping fast. Across Australia, 30 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 20, down 33.3% in a year. National data for TLI40221 starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for TLI40221 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 IV in International Freight Forwarding (Senior Operator) is 11 units: 6 core, plus 5 electives chosen from 9 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps TLI40221 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 5912) 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; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 6 September 2026; register synced 19 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.