BSB40415 Certificate IV in Small Business Management

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for BSB40415 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule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
BSB40407
Superseded by
BSB42615 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. BSB40415Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Small Business Management
  2. equivalent
  3. BSB42615Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in New Small Business
  4. equivalent
  5. BSB42618Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in New Small Business
  6. equivalent
  7. BSB40320CurrentCertificate IV in Entrepreneurship and New Business

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.

  • BSB40407BSB40415equivalent24 March 2015

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages.

  • BSB40415BSB42615equivalent13 January 2016

    Minor edit to core unit to clarify intent Updated elective unit list

Is BSB40415 on your scope?

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What BSB40415 is made of

training.gov.au lists 32 units for BSB40415: 4 core and 28 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 4 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBSMB401Establish legal and risk management requirements of small businessnot current
BSBSMB402Plan small business financesnot current
BSBSMB403Market the small businessnot current
BSBSMB404Undertake small business planningnot current

Elective units 28 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCRT501Originate and develop conceptsnot current
BSBCUS401Coordinate implementation of customer service strategiesnot current
BSBCUS402Address customer needsnot current
BSBEBU401Review and maintain a websitenot current
BSBFIA402Report on financial activitynot current
BSBFRA401Manage compliance with franchisee obligations and legislative requirementsnot current
BSBINN301Promote innovation in a team environmentnot current
BSBINT303Organise the importing and exporting of goodsnot current
BSBIPR405Protect and use intangible assets in small businessnot current
BSBMGT404Lead and facilitate off-site staffnot current
BSBMKG413Promote products and servicesnot current
BSBMKG414Undertake marketing activitiesnot current
BSBPMG522Undertake project worknot current
BSBREL401Establish networksnot current
BSBREL402Build client relationships and business networksnot current
BSBRES401Analyse and present research informationnot current
BSBSMB405Monitor and manage small business operationsnot current
BSBSMB406Manage small business financesnot current
BSBSMB407Manage a small teamnot current
BSBSMB408Manage personal, family, cultural and business obligationsnot current
BSBSMB409Build and maintain relationships with small business stakeholdersnot current
BSBSMB410Review and implement energy efficiency in business operationsnot current
BSBSMB411Manage specialist external advisory servicesnot current
BSBSMB412Introduce cloud computing into business operationsnot current
BSBSUS301Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
FNSACC406Set up and operate a computerised accounting systemnot current
PSPGOV407BProvide a quotationnot current
SIRXQUA002ALead a team to foster innovationnot 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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