ACM40310 Certificate IV in Companion Animal Services

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for ACM40310 ended on 27 November 2017 — 8 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 29 November 2018 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule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
ACM10 — Animal Care and Management
Currency period ends
27 November 2017
Latest release
Release 3 · 7 December 2012 · 3 releases in all
Supersedes
RUV40304
Superseded by
ACM40317 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. ACM40310Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Companion Animal Services
  2. equivalent
  3. ACM40317Superseded — not equivalentCertificate IV in Companion Animal Services
  4. not equivalent
  5. ACM40321Superseded — not equivalentCertificate IV in Animal Behaviour and Training
  6. not equivalent
  7. ACM40322CurrentCertificate IV in Animal Behaviour and Training

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.

  • RUV40304ACM40310not equivalent10 November 2010

    The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

  • ACM40310ACM40317equivalent28 November 2017

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages Changes to Group B electives SIRXMER405 unit deleted from SIR07 training package

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What ACM40310 is made of

training.gov.au lists 35 units for ACM40310: 3 core and 32 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 3 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
ACMCAS401AManage compliance in the companion animal industrynot current
ACMGAS301AMaintain and monitor animal health and wellbeingnot current
ACMOHS401AMaintain occupational health and safety processesnot current

Elective units 32 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
ACMCAN311ACare for young animalsnot current
ACMCAS402AManage and maintain aviaries and bird roomsnot current
ACMCAS403ADesign, construct and maintain aquascapesnot current
ACMCAS404ADevelop enrichment strategies for companion animalsnot current
ACMCAS405APurchase companion animal livestocknot current
ACMCAS406AManage companion animal breedingnot current
ACMCAS407AProvide professional companion animal grooming servicesnot current
ACMCAS408AManage the operation of a mobile hydro-bathing facilitynot current
ACMCAS409AProvide training advice to companion animal ownersnot current
ACMCAS410AConduct companion animal training classesnot current
ACMGAS306AAssist with conditioning animalsnot current
ACMSPE301AProvide basic care of amphibiansnot current
ACMSPE302AProvide basic care of birdsnot current
ACMSPE303AProvide basic care of common native mammalsnot current
ACMSPE304AProvide basic care of dogsnot current
ACMSPE305AProvide basic care of domestic catsnot current
ACMSPE306AProvide basic care of marine fishnot current
ACMSPE307AProvide basic care of freshwater fishnot current
ACMSPE308AProvide basic care of marine aquatic invertebratesnot current
ACMSPE309AProvide basic care of terrestrial and freshwater invertebratesnot current
ACMSPE310AProvide basic care of mammalsnot current
ACMSPE311AProvide basic care of non-venomous reptilesnot current
ACMSPE312AProvide basic care of rodents and rabbitsnot current
ACMSUS301AImplement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
ACMVET411APrepare, deliver and review animal care education programsnot current
BSBSMB403AMarket the small businessnot current
BSBSMB405BMonitor and manage small business operationsnot current
BSBSMB407AManage a small teamnot current
BSBWOR402APromote team effectivenessnot current
SIRXINV005AControl inventorynot current
Show the remaining 2 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
SIRXMER004AManage merchandise and store presentationnot current
TAEDEL402APlan, organise and facilitate learning in the workplacenot current

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.

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