ACM30121 Certificate III in Animal Care Services

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for ACM30121 ended on 14 July 2022 — 4 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

Transition clockClosed to new enrolments

New enrolments are not permitted from 16 July 2023 — one year from the date the replacement was included on the National Register (s 14(1)(a)(i) of the National VET Regulator (Compliance Standards for NVR RTOs and Fit and Proper Person Requirements) Instrument 2025 (F2025L00355, in force 1 July 2025)), or from a later date if ASQA has approved otherwise for your organisation.

Learners already enrolled have no fixed deadline: they complete the product and are issued their AQF certification, or transfer to the replacement, in a timely manner (ASQA guidance, read live 25 August 2026).

The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted. When enrolments stop, the course page advertising it stops being permitted too — and if ASQA approves a later enrolment date, that moves with it.

Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule

Product type
Qualification
Training package
ACM — Animal Care and Management Training Package
Currency period ends
14 July 2022
Latest release
Release 2 · 18 February 2022 · 2 releases in all
Superseded by
ACM30122 equivalent

Where the register points next

Each step below is one supersession training.gov.au publishes between two products. The label on the rail is the equivalence the register declares for that step — not our reading of it.

  1. ACM30121Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Animal Care Services
  2. equivalent
  3. ACM30122CurrentCertificate III in Animal Care Services

What the register says changed

These are the mapping notes training.gov.au attaches to each supersession, quoted as the register writes them. They are the only public record of what actually changed between two versions.

  • ACM30117ACM30121not equivalent12 April 2021

    Redesigned qualification that includes content from three existing qualifications. New units and elective specialisations added

  • ACM30417ACM30121not equivalent12 April 2021

    Redesigned qualification that includes content from three existing qualifications. New units and elective specialisations added

  • ACM30617ACM30121not equivalent12 April 2021

    Redesigned qualification that includes content from three existing qualifications. New units and elective specialisations added

  • ACM30121ACM30122equivalent15 July 2022

    New units added as electives in Group D -General Electives

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What ACM30121 is made of

training.gov.au lists 53 units for ACM30121: 7 core and 46 elective. The register does not publish a completion rule in units for this product, so we do not state one. How many of the electives are required is in the packaging rules on training.gov.au.

Core units 7 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
ACMBEH301Identify behaviours and interact safely with animalscurrent
ACMGEN303Assess the welfare status of an animalcurrent
ACMGEN304Promote positive wellbeing in self and others in animal care workplacescurrent
ACMGEN309Provide basic animal first aidcurrent
ACMGEN315Communicate effectively with clients and team memberscurrent
ACMINF301Comply with infection control policies and procedures in animal care workcurrent
ACMWHS301Contribute to workplace health and safety processes current

Elective units 46 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
ACMARM301Support veterinary activities in remote communitiescurrent
ACMBEH302Provide enrichment for animalscurrent
ACMBEH404Condition animal behaviourcurrent
ACMGEN205Source and provide information for animal care needscurrent
ACMGEN302Care for young animalscurrent
ACMGEN305Provide advice on companion animal selection and general carecurrent
ACMGEN306Provide advice on aquatic animal selection and general carecurrent
ACMGEN307Maintain aquariums and/or aquascapes and aquatic animalscurrent
ACMGEN308Walk and exercise dogscurrent
ACMGEN310Provide reception services for an animal care facilitycurrent
ACMGEN311Maintain and monitor animal health and wellbeingcurrent
ACMGEN312Provide nutritional requirements for animalscurrent
ACMGEN313Carry out simple breeding procedurescurrent
ACMGEN314Identify animal anatomy and physiology for animal care workcurrent
ACMGRM201Bath, dry and brush domestic dogscurrent
ACMGRM303Provide sanitary and hygiene grooms for companion animalscurrent
ACMGRM304Perform grooms on cross breed dogscurrent
ACMGRM305Groom dogs to meet breed style and coat requirementscurrent
ACMGRM403Enhance companion animal coat and skin conditioncurrent
ACMINF304Promote environmental health and safety for companion animals in remote communitiescurrent
ACMSPE313Provide general care of amphibianscurrent
ACMSPE314Provide general care of birdscurrent
ACMSPE315Provide general care of common native mammalscurrent
ACMSPE316Provide general care of domestic dogscurrent
ACMSPE317Provide general care of domestic catscurrent
ACMSPE318Provide general care of fishcurrent
ACMSPE319Provide general care of invertebratescurrent
ACMSPE320Provide general care of mammalscurrent
ACMSPE321Provide general care of non-venomous reptilescurrent
ACMSPE322Provide general care of rodents or rabbitscurrent
Show the remaining 16 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
ACMSUS401Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent
BSBESB305Address compliance requirements for new business venturescurrent
BSBESB407Manage finances for new business venturescurrent
BSBFIN302Maintain financial recordscurrent
BSBINS302Organise workplace informationcurrent
BSBOPS304Deliver and monitor a service to customerscurrent
BSBOPS404Implement customer service strategiescurrent
BSBSTR301Contribute to continuous improvementcurrent
BSBXTW301Work in a teamcurrent
HLTAID011Provide First Aidcurrent
HLTPOP032Monitor and maintain dog health in the communitycurrent
SIRRINV001Receive and handle retail stockcurrent
SIRRMER001Produce visual merchandise displayscurrent
SIRRMER003Coordinate visual merchandising activitiescurrent
SIRRRTF001Balance and secure point-of-sale terminalcurrent
SIRXSLS002Follow point-of-sale procedurescurrent

Core and elective are the register's own flags on the unit grid of the release read here. "Not current" means training.gov.au no longer recommends that unit for use inside this product — it does not say anything about the product itself.

Source: this product on training.gov.au, Australia's national training register — or go straight to the units it requires. The rule itself is item 14 of F2025L00355, and ASQA publishes the extensions it has granted. Read on 28 August 2026 UTC. Every code, title, date, status and equivalence flag on this page is the register's; nothing here is estimated or inferred, and where the register publishes nothing we say so.

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