AHC32016 Certificate III in Beekeeping

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for AHC32016 ended on 17 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 19 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.

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Product type
Qualification
Training package
AHC — Agriculture, Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management Training Package
Currency period ends
17 December 2018
Latest release
Release 2 · 14 September 2016 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
AHC32010
Superseded by
AHC31818 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. AHC32016Superseded — not equivalentCertificate III in Beekeeping
  2. not equivalent
  3. AHC31818Superseded — not equivalentCertificate III in Beekeeping
  4. not equivalent
  5. AHC31824CurrentCertificate III in Beekeeping

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.

  • AHC32010AHC32016equivalent26 June 2016

    This qualification is equivalent to AHC32010 Certificate III in Beekeeping.

  • AHC32016AHC31818not equivalent18 December 2018

    Total units required increased from 16 to 18. Packaging rules changed. Units added and removed from core and electives.

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What AHC32016 is made of

training.gov.au lists 31 units for AHC32016: 12 core and 19 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 12 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCBEK202Use a bee smokernot current
AHCBEK203Open and reassemble a beehivecurrent
AHCBEK204Construct and repair beehivesnot current
AHCBEK301Manage honey bee swarmscurrent
AHCBEK302Manipulate honey bee broodcurrent
AHCBEK303Re-queen a honey bee colonycurrent
AHCBEK304Remove a honey crop from a hivecurrent
AHCBEK305Extract honeynot current
AHCBEK306Manage pests and disease within a honey bee colonynot current
AHCBEK405Select and establish an apiary sitecurrent
AHCWHS301Contribute to work health and safety processesnot current
AHCWRK306Comply with industry quality assurance requirementsnot current

Elective units 19 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCBEK201Support beekeeping worknot current
AHCBEK401Collect and store propolisnot current
AHCBEK402Perform queen bee artificial inseminationcurrent
AHCBEK403Produce and harvest royal jellynot current
AHCBEK404Provide bee pollination servicesnot current
AHCBEK406Trap and store pollennot current
AHCBEK407Rear queen beesnot current
AHCWRK303Respond to emergenciesnot current
AHCWRK305Coordinate work site activitiesnot current
AHCWRK308Handle bulk materials in storage areanot current
FDFFS2001AImplement the food safety program and proceduresnot current
FDFFS3001AMonitor the implementation of quality and food safety programsnot current
FDFGPS2011AOperate a creamed honey manufacture processnot current
FDFOP2003AClean equipment in placenot current
FDFOP2004AClean and sanitise equipmentnot current
FDFOP2013AApply sampling proceduresnot current
FDFOP2023AOperate a packaging processnot current
FDFTEC3001AParticipate in a HACCP teamnot current
TLILIC2001Licence to operate a forklift trucknot 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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