AHCCHM402 Plan and implement a chemical use program

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for AHCCHM402 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
Unit of competency
Training package
AHC — Agriculture, Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management Training Package
Currency period ends
17 December 2018
Latest release
Release 1 · 27 June 2016
Supersedes
AHCCHM402A, AHCCHM401A
Superseded by
AHCCHM405 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. AHCCHM402Superseded — equivalentPlan and implement a chemical use program
  2. equivalent
  3. AHCCHM405CurrentPlan and implement a chemical use program

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.

  • AHCCHM401AAHCCHM402equivalent26 June 2016

    AHCCHM401A Minimise risks in the use of chemicals

  • AHCCHM402AAHCCHM402equivalent26 June 2016

    AHCCHM402A Plan and implement a chemical use program.

  • AHCCHM402AHCCHM405equivalent18 December 2018

    Changes to Performance Criteria for clarity and added PC in Element 6. Removal of prerequisite units Updated Performance Evidence and Knowledge Evidence

Is AHCCHM402 on your scope?

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Where AHCCHM402 is used

training.gov.au lists AHCCHM402 inside 17 training products, none of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for AHCCHM402 in that product.

Products no longer current 17 listed

The register still records AHCCHM402 inside these, but it no longer recommends them as current. They are here because a scope history or an old enrolment can still point at them.

CodeTraining productTypeAHCCHM402 is
AHC40116Certificate IV in AgricultureQualificationelective
AHC40316Certificate IV in Production HorticultureQualificationelective
AHC40416Certificate IV in HorticultureQualificationelective
AHC40516Certificate IV in Parks and GardensQualificationelective
AHC40616Certificate IV in Production NurseryQualificationelective
AHC40716Certificate IV in Retail NurseryQualificationelective
AHC40816Certificate IV in Sports Turf ManagementQualificationelective
AHC40916Certificate IV in Conservation and Land ManagementQualificationelective
AHC41416Certificate IV in Seed ProductionQualificationelective
AHC41616Certificate IV in Organic FarmingQualificationelective
Show the remaining 7 products no longer current
CodeTraining productTypeAHCCHM402 is
AHC41716Certificate IV in Pest ManagementQualificationelective
AHC41916Certificate IV in ArboricultureQualificationelective
AHC42016Certificate IV in LandscapeQualificationelective
AHC50116Diploma of AgricultureQualificationelective
AHC51316Diploma of Pest ManagementQualificationelective
AHC51816Diploma of Organic FarmingQualificationelective
AHCSS00026Advanced Chemical Spray Application Skill SetSkill setelective

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