AHC41512 Certificate IV in Seed Testing

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for AHC41512 ended on 25 June 2016 — 10 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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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
AHC10 — Agriculture, Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management
Currency period ends
25 June 2016
Latest release
Release 1 · 15 October 2012
Supersedes
nothing — no earlier product listed
Superseded by
AHC41516 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. AHC41512Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Seed Testing
  2. equivalent
  3. AHC41516Deleted from the registerCertificate IV in Seed Testing

The register does not list a current endpoint for this chain: AHC41516 is the last product it points at, and AHC41516 is not marked current either.

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.

  • AHC41512AHC41516equivalent26 June 2016

    This qualification is equivalent to AHC41512 Certificate IV in Seed Testing.

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for AHC41512 and for its training package AHC10 (release 8.0), 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.

  • AHC41512_R1.docxAHC41512 release 1 · product document · published 26 November 2024
  • AHC41512_R1.pdfAHC41512 release 1 · product document · published 18 October 2012

Is AHC41512 on your scope?

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What AHC41512 is made of

training.gov.au lists 19 units for AHC41512: 9 core and 10 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 9 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCOHS401AMaintain occupational health and safety (OHS) processesnot current
AHCSDT402APrepare and maintain a seed reference collectionnot current
AHCSDT404ADevelop and implement laboratory policy and proceduresnot current
AHCSDT406AUndertake internal audits in a seed laboratorynot current
AHCSDT409APerform a tetrazolium seed viability testnot current
AHCSDT410APerform a seed vigour testnot current
AHCSDT411APerform a 1000 seed weight testnot current
AHCWRK401AImplement and monitor quality assurance proceduresnot current
AHCWRK403ASupervise work routines and staff performancenot current

Elective units 10 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCSDT401AMaintain a quarantine approved laboratorynot current
AHCSDT403APerform an Anguina test on annual ryegrass seednot current
AHCSDT405AHandle & store quarantinable seedsnot current
AHCSDT407APerform an endophytic seed testnot current
AHCSDT408APerform an electrophoresis test on a seed samplenot current
MSL904001APerform standard calibrationsnot current
MSL924001AProcess and interpret datanot current
MSL924002AUse laboratory application softwarenot current
MSL934002AApply quality system and continuous improvement processesnot current
MSL934003AMaintain and control stocksnot 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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