ACM40418 Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing

Currenttraining.gov.au: current

Australia's national training register lists ACM40418 as current. It publishes no end date for the currency period.

Product type
Qualification
Training package
ACM — Animal Care and Management Training Package
Currency period ends
no end date published
Latest release
Release 2 · 18 February 2022 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
ACM40412
Superseded by
nothing — no replacement listed

Where the register points next

training.gov.au points at nothing after ACM40418: it is the current product, and no replacement is listed.

This product is listed on the National Schedule of Training Product Development: under review by Skills Insight (Veterinary Nursing Skills and Qualification Review), with submission to the Assurance Body expected by 2 June 2026. That date has passed, so a revised product can reach the register at any time — but submission is not publication, and the record above is still what the register says today.

Source: National Schedule of Training Product Development, training.gov.au (© Commonwealth of Australia), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Excludes the Commonwealth Coat of Arms, trademarks and third-party material. View the Schedule. Schedule read on 29 September 2026 UTC.

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.

  • 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

Official documents on the register

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What ACM40418 is made of

training.gov.au lists 44 units for ACM40418: 17 core and 27 elective. To complete it, the register publishes a rule of 17 core units plus 4 electives — 21 units in all.

ACM40418 lists 21 units the register no longer recommends as current, and it publishes a replacement for every one of them. None is deleted without a way forward.

Core units 17 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
ACMGAS307Identify animal anatomy and physiology for animal care worknot current
ACMGAS308Communicate effectively with clients and team membersnot current
ACMINF301Comply with infection control policies and procedures in animal care workcurrent
ACMVET202Carry out daily practice routinescurrent
ACMVET401Coordinate veterinary reception dutiescurrent
ACMVET402Apply imaging routinescurrent
ACMVET403Perform clinical pathology procedurescurrent
ACMVET404Perform practice office procedurescurrent
ACMVET405Coordinate and perform surgical nursing routinescurrent
ACMVET406Nurse animalscurrent
ACMVET407Carry out medical nursing routinescurrent
ACMVET408Provide nutritional advice and support for animalscurrent
ACMVET409Provide specific animal care advicecurrent
ACMVET410Carry out veterinary dental nursing procedurescurrent
ACMVET413Prepare for anaesthesia and monitor animal anaesthesia and analgesiacurrent
ACMVET416Assist with the preparation of veterinary drugs and poisonscurrent
ACMWHS301Contribute to workplace health and safety processes current

Elective units 27 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
ACMEQU202Handle horses safelynot current
ACMEQU205Apply knowledge of horse behaviournot current
ACMEQU401Relate equine anatomical and physiological features to equine health care requirementsnot current
ACMEQU402Determine nutritional needs in provision of horse health carenot current
ACMEQU405Maintain and monitor horse health and welfarenot current
ACMHBR304Assist with artificial insemination of maresnot current
ACMHBR312Carry out procedures for foaling down maresnot current
ACMMIC401Implant microchip in cats and dogscurrent
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
ACMVET411Prepare, deliver and review animal care education programscurrent
ACMVET412Coordinate practice promotional activitiescurrent
ACMVET414Nurse foalscurrent
ACMVET415Provide intensive foal care and nursingcurrent
ACMVET512Develop and implement specific practice policiescurrent
HLTAID011Provide First Aidcurrent

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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