BSB40115 Certificate IV in Advertising

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for BSB40115 ended on 12 January 2016 — 10 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 14 January 2017 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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.

Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule

Product type
Qualification
Training package
BSB — Business Services Training Package
Currency period ends
12 January 2016
Latest release
Release 1 · 25 March 2015
Supersedes
BSB40107
Superseded by
BSB42415 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. BSB40115Superseded — not equivalentCertificate IV in Advertising
  2. not equivalent
  3. BSB42415Superseded — not equivalentCertificate IV in Marketing and Communication
  4. not equivalent
  5. BSB40820CurrentCertificate IV in Marketing and Communication

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.

  • BSB40107BSB40115equivalent24 March 2015

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages.

  • BSB40115BSB42415not equivalent13 January 2016

    Qualifications merged to better fit industry practices

Is BSB40115 on your scope?

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What BSB40115 is made of

training.gov.au lists 40 units for BSB40115: 5 core and 35 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 5 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBADV402Conduct pre-campaign testingnot current
BSBADV403Monitor advertising productionnot current
BSBADV404Schedule advertisementsnot current
BSBMKG401Profile the marketnot current
BSBMKG402Analyse consumer behaviour for specific marketsnot current

Elective units 35 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBADM409Coordinate business resourcesnot current
BSBADV405Perform media calculationsnot current
BSBADV406Buy and monitor medianot current
BSBADV407Apply media analysis and processing toolsnot current
BSBADV408Review advertising media optionsnot current
BSBADV503Coordinate advertising researchnot current
BSBADV507Develop a media plannot current
BSBADV509Create mass print media advertisementsnot current
BSBADV510Create mass electronic media advertisementsnot current
BSBCMM401Make a presentationnot current
BSBCRT501Originate and develop conceptsnot current
BSBCUS401Coordinate implementation of customer service strategiesnot current
BSBCUS402Address customer needsnot current
BSBFIA402Report on financial activitynot current
BSBITS401Maintain business technologynot current
BSBMKG408Conduct market researchnot current
BSBMKG409Design direct response offersnot current
BSBMKG412Conduct e-marketing communicationsnot current
BSBMKG413Promote products and servicesnot current
BSBMKG414Undertake marketing activitiesnot current
BSBMKG523Design and develop an integrated marketing communication plannot current
BSBPRO401Develop product knowledgenot current
BSBPUB401Develop and apply knowledge of public relations industrynot current
BSBPUB402Develop public relations campaignsnot current
BSBPUB403Develop public relations documentsnot current
BSBREL401Establish networksnot current
BSBREL402Build client relationships and business networksnot current
BSBRES401Analyse and present research informationnot current
BSBRSK401Identify risk and apply risk management processesnot current
BSBSUS301Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
Show the remaining 5 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
BSBWHS401Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirementsnot current
BSBWRT401Write complex documentsnot current
BSBWRT501Write persuasive copynot current
CUFWRT401AEdit textsnot current
CUFWRT402AWrite extended storiesnot 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.

Source: this product on training.gov.au, Australia's national training register — or go straight to the units it requires. The rule itself is item 14 of F2025L00355, and ASQA publishes the extensions it has granted. Read on 28 August 2026 UTC. Every code, title, date, status and equivalence flag on this page is the register's; nothing here is estimated or inferred, and where the register publishes nothing we say so.

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