AHC50516 Diploma of Arboriculture

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for AHC50516 ended on 24 August 2020 — 6 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

Transition clockClosed to new enrolments

New enrolments are not permitted from 26 August 2021 — 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).

The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted. When enrolments stop, the course page advertising it stops being permitted too — and if ASQA approves a later enrolment date, that moves with it.

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Product type
Qualification
Training package
AHC — Agriculture, Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management Training Package
Currency period ends
24 August 2020
Latest release
Release 2 · 14 September 2016 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
AHC50510
Superseded by
AHC50520 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. AHC50516Superseded — not equivalentDiploma of Arboriculture
  2. not equivalent
  3. AHC50520Superseded — not equivalentDiploma of Arboriculture
  4. not equivalent
  5. AHC50524CurrentDiploma of Arboriculture

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.

  • AHC50510AHC50516not equivalent26 June 2016

    This qualification is not equivalent to AHC50510 Diploma of Arboriculture

  • AHC50516AHC50520not equivalent25 August 2020

    Entry requirements added. Changes to the units listed in the core and electives. Changes to packaging rules, with the core increased from 7 to 8 units and the electives reduced from 3 to 2 units.

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What AHC50516 is made of

training.gov.au lists 22 units for AHC50516: 7 core and 15 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 7 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCARB502Identify, select and specify treesnot current
AHCARB504Develop an arboricultural impact assessment reportnot current
AHCARB505Document and audit tree worknot current
AHCARB506Prepare arborist reportsnot current
AHCARB601Examine and assess treesnot current
AHCARB602Diagnose tree diseasesnot current
AHCWRK508Interpret legislationnot current

Elective units 15 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCARB403Perform a ground-based tree defect evaluationnot current
AHCARB507Generate tree plans using computer-aided design softwarenot current
AHCBUS504Prepare estimates, quotes and tendersnot current
AHCNRM507Manipulate and analyse data within geographic information systemsnot current
AHCPCM601Develop and implement a plant health management strategynot current
AHCPGD504Develop and implement a streetscape management plannot current
AHCWRK502Collect and manage datanot current
AHCWRK504Assess new industry developmentsnot current
AHCWRK505Manage trial and research materialnot current
AHCWRK507Implement professional practicenot current
AHCWRK510Audit site operationsnot current
AHCWRK511Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainabilitynot current
BSBCOM602Develop and create compliance requirementsnot current
BSBITU404Produce complex desktop published documentsnot current
LGAPLEM512AProvide geographic information systems datanot 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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