ACM40517 Certificate IV in Equine Dentistry

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for ACM40517 ended on 16 February 2022 — 4 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 18 February 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).

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Product type
Qualification
Training package
ACM — Animal Care and Management Training Package
Currency period ends
16 February 2022
Latest release
Release 1 · 29 November 2017
Supersedes
ACM40512
Superseded by
ACM50521 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. ACM40517Superseded — not equivalentCertificate IV in Equine Dentistry
  2. not equivalent
  3. ACM50521CurrentDiploma of Equine Allied Health

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.

  • ACM40512ACM40517not equivalent28 November 2017

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages One new unit added to core to address prerequisite requirements Work requirement added

  • ACM40517ACM50521not equivalent17 February 2022

    Title changed. AQF level changed to reflect work requirements. Core units updated. Elective vocational specialisation groups added. Elective units added and removed

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What ACM40517 is made of

training.gov.au lists 19 units for ACM40517: 13 core and 6 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
ACMEQD401Work within an equine dental service provision frameworknot current
ACMEQD402Determine equine oral function efficiencynot current
ACMEQD403Identify potential health impacts of equine oral conditionsnot current
ACMEQD404Conduct equine oral inspection and assessment and plan equine dental treatmentnot current
ACMEQD405Perform routine dental correction and oral care using manual instrumentsnot current
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
ACMINF301Comply with infection control policies and procedures in animal care workcurrent
AHCWHS401Maintain work health and safety processesnot current
BSBSMB405Monitor and manage small business operationsnot current
RGRPSH308AProvide first aid and emergency care for horsesnot current

Elective units 6 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
ACMEQU403Relate musculoskeletal structure to horse movementnot current
ACMEQU404Evaluate fit of saddlery and associated equipmentnot current
ACMSUS401Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent
BSBSMB402Plan small business financesnot current
BSBWOR204Use business technologynot current
RGRPSH304AIdentify factors that affect racehorse performancenot 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.

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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