ACM40217 Certificate IV in Captive Animals

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for ACM40217 ended on 11 April 2021 — 5 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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Product type
Qualification
Training package
ACM — Animal Care and Management Training Package
Currency period ends
11 April 2021
Latest release
Release 1 · 29 November 2017
Supersedes
ACM40210
Superseded by
ACM40221 not 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. ACM40217Superseded — not equivalentCertificate IV in Captive Animals
  2. not equivalent
  3. ACM40221Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Animal Facility Management
  4. equivalent
  5. ACM40222CurrentCertificate IV in Animal Facility Management

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.

  • ACM40210ACM40217equivalent28 November 2017

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages

  • ACM40217ACM40221not equivalent12 April 2021

    Redesigned qualification that includes content from two existing qualifications. Entry requirements, new units and elective specialisations added

Official documents on the register

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What ACM40217 is made of

training.gov.au lists 33 units for ACM40217: 13 core and 20 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 13 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
ACMCAN301Work within a captive animal facilitynot current
ACMCAN302Prepare and present information to the publicnot current
ACMCAN303Support collection managementnot current
ACMCAN304Prepare and maintain animal housingnot current
ACMCAN305Assist with capturing, restraining and moving animalsnot current
ACMCAN306Monitor animal reproductionnot current
ACMCAN402Manage enclosures and exhibitsnot current
ACMCAN404Develop, monitor and review behavioural management strategiesnot current
ACMGAS301Maintain and monitor animal health and wellbeingnot current
ACMGAS302Provide enrichment for animalsnot current
ACMGAS303Plan for and provide nutritional requirements for animalsnot current
ACMWHS401Maintain workplace health and safety processescurrent
TAEDEL402Plan, organise and facilitate learning in the workplacenot current

Elective units 20 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
ACMCAN401Implement collection managementnot current
ACMCAN403Develop animal dietsnot current
ACMCAN405Design and evaluate interpretive and learning programsnot current
ACMCAN406Assist in establishing and maintaining a plantationnot current
ACMCAN501Contribute to enclosure and exhibit design or renovation projectsnot current
ACMCAN502Develop and monitor collection managementnot current
ACMSPE301Provide basic care of amphibiansnot current
ACMSPE302Provide basic care of birdsnot current
ACMSPE303Provide basic care of common native mammalsnot current
ACMSPE304Provide basic care of domestic dogsnot current
ACMSPE305Provide basic care of domestic catsnot current
ACMSPE306Provide basic care of marine fishnot current
ACMSPE307Provide basic care of freshwater fishnot current
ACMSPE308Provide basic care of marine invertebratesnot current
ACMSPE309Provide basic care of terrestrial and freshwater invertebratesnot current
ACMSPE310Provide basic care of mammalsnot current
ACMSPE311Provide basic care of non-venomous reptilesnot current
ACMSPE312Provide basic care of rodents and rabbitsnot current
ACMSUS401Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent
BSBRES401Analyse and present research informationnot current

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