ACMATE503 Carry out post-mortem examination of a research animal

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for ACMATE503 ended on 8 September 2019 — 7 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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For an ASQA-registered RTO that does not already hold it, adding ACMATE511 to scope is a change-of-scope application to ASQA, with a fee set by law: A$200 application fee + A$1,100 assessment fee per application (up to 5 VET courses and 50 units of competency). RTOs registered by a state regulator, and ASQA delegates, sit under other arrangements. Source: NVR Fees Determination 2026, F2026L00814, from 1 July 2026 · read 5 September 2026.

Product type
Unit of competency
Training package
ACM — Animal Care and Management Training Package
Currency period ends
8 September 2019
Latest release
Release 1 · 29 November 2017
Supersedes
ACMATE503A
Superseded by
ACMATE511 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. ACMATE503Superseded — not equivalentCarry out post-mortem examination of a research animal
  2. not equivalent
  3. ACMATE511CurrentCarry out post-mortem examination of a research animal

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.

  • ACMATE503AACMATE503equivalent28 November 2017

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages

  • ACMATE503ACMATE511not equivalent9 September 2019

    New element added. Minor changes to performance criteria and knowledge evidence for clarity. Revised performance evidence to reduce duplication with performance criteria.

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for ACMATE503 and for its training package ACM (release 6.0), with the name and date the register publishes for each file. We link them; we have not read them, and nothing on this page is taken from their contents.

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Where ACMATE503 is used

training.gov.au lists ACMATE503 inside 1 training product, which it no longer lists as current. It is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for ACMATE503 in that product.

Products no longer current 1 listed

The register still records ACMATE503 inside this one, but it no longer recommends it as current. It is here because a scope history or an old enrolment can still point at it.

CodeTraining productTypeACMATE503 is
ACM50117Diploma of Animal TechnologyQualificationelective

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