AHC50816 Diploma of Production Nursery Management

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for AHC50816 ended on 22 December 2020 — 5 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 24 December 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
22 December 2020
Latest release
Release 1 · 27 June 2016
Supersedes
AHC50810
Superseded by
AHC50820 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. AHC50816Superseded — equivalentDiploma of Production Nursery Management
  2. equivalent
  3. AHC50820CurrentDiploma of Nursery Management

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.

  • AHC50810AHC50816equivalent26 June 2016

    This qualification is equivalent to AHC50810 Diploma of Production Nursery Management.

  • AHC50816AHC50820equivalent23 December 2020

    Revised packaging rules to better reflect outcomes

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What AHC50816 is made of

training.gov.au lists 30 units for AHC50816: 6 core and 24 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 6 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCIRG501Audit irrigation systemsnot current
AHCMOM501Manage machinery and equipmentcurrent
AHCPCM501Diagnose plant health problemsnot current
AHCPCM506Develop an integrated pest management programnot current
AHCPHT502Develop a horticultural production plannot current
AHCWAT502Manage water systemsnot current

Elective units 24 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCCHM501Develop and manage a chemical use strategycurrent
AHCMOM502Implement a machinery management systemcurrent
AHCPCM502Collect and classify plantsnot current
AHCPHT503Manage a controlled growing environmentnot current
AHCPMG413Define the pest problemcurrent
AHCPMG507Develop a regional pest management plannot current
AHCPMG508Develop a system to monitor and evaluate the pest management plancurrent
AHCPMG510Develop a pest survey strategycurrent
AHCSOL501Monitor and manage soils for production projectsnot current
AHCWAT501Design water treatment systemsnot current
AHCWHS501Manage work health and safety processesnot current
AHCWRK501Plan, implement and review a quality assurance programnot current
AHCWRK502Collect and manage datanot current
AHCWRK503Prepare reportsnot current
AHCWRK505Manage trial and research materialnot current
AHCWRK507Implement professional practicenot current
AHCWRK508Interpret legislationnot current
AHCWRK509Provide specialist advice to clientsnot current
AHCWRK510Audit site operationsnot current
BSBSMB405Monitor and manage small business operationsnot current
PSPPM502BManage complex projectsnot current
PSPPM503BClose complex projectsnot current
SIRRINV001Receive and handle retail stockcurrent
SIRXPRO007AImprove supply and distribution chainsnot current

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