ACM40412 Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for ACM40412 ended on 9 December 2018 — 7 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 11 December 2019 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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.

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Product type
Qualification
Training package
ACM10 — Animal Care and Management
Currency period ends
9 December 2018
Latest release
Release 1 · 7 December 2012
Supersedes
ACM40410
Superseded by
ACM40418 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. ACM40412Superseded — not equivalentCertificate IV in Veterinary Nursing
  2. not equivalent
  3. ACM40418CurrentCertificate IV in Veterinary Nursing

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.

  • ACM40410ACM40412equivalent6 December 2012

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

  • ACM40412ACM40418not equivalent10 December 2018

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages. Added entry requirements. Six AQF 2 units removed from core. Five new units introduced to core. Changed packaging rules. Changed equine electives. Work placement requirement included

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What ACM40412 is made of

training.gov.au lists 48 units for ACM40412: 19 core and 29 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 19 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
ACMGAS202AParticipate in workplace communicationsnot current
ACMGAS204AFeed and water animalsnot current
ACMGAS205AAssist in health care of animalsnot current
ACMGAS208ASource information for animal care needsnot current
ACMINF301AComply with infection control policies and procedures in animal worknot current
ACMVET201ACarry out veterinary nursing reception dutiesnot current
ACMVET202ACarry out daily clinic routinesnot current
ACMVET203AAssist with surgery preparationnot current
ACMVET401ACoordinate patient admission and dischargenot current
ACMVET402AApply imaging routinesnot current
ACMVET403APerform clinic pathology proceduresnot current
ACMVET404APerform clinic office proceduresnot current
ACMVET405ACarry out surgical nursing routinesnot current
ACMVET406ANurse animalsnot current
ACMVET407ACarry out medical nursing routinesnot current
ACMVET408ACoordinate and perform theatre routinesnot current
ACMVET409AProvide specific animal care advicenot current
ACMVET410ACarry out veterinary dental nursing proceduresnot current
ACMWHS301AContribute to workplace health and safety processesnot current

Elective units 29 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
ACMEQU401ARelate equine anatomical and physiological features to equine health care requirementsnot current
ACMEQU402ADetermine nutritional needs in provision of horse health carenot current
ACMEQU405AMaintain and monitor horse health and welfarenot current
ACMMIC401AImplant microchip in cats and dogsnot 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
ACMVET412ACoordinate clinic promotional activitiesnot current
ACMVET413ADevelop and implement specific clinic policiesnot current
ACMVET414ANurse foalsnot current
ACMVET415AProvide intensive foal care and nursingnot current
AHCAIS401ASupervise artificial breeding and/or embryo transfer programsnot current
AHCHBR202AHandle young horsesnot current
AHCHBR203AProvide daily care for horsesnot current
AHCHBR303ACarry out mare mating or artificial insemination proceduresnot current
AHCHBR305AHandle and care for stallionsnot current
AHCLSK330AImplement procedures for foaling down maresnot current
HLTFA301CApply first aidnot 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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