BSBSMB401 Establish legal and risk management requirements of small business

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for BSBSMB401 ended on 17 October 2020 — 5 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 October 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
Unit of competency
Training package
BSB — Business Services Training Package
Currency period ends
17 October 2020
Latest release
Release 2 · 14 January 2016 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
BSBSMB401A
Superseded by
BSBESB402 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. BSBSMB401Superseded — equivalentEstablish legal and risk management requirements of small business
  2. equivalent
  3. BSBESB402CurrentEstablish legal and risk management requirements of new business ventures

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.

  • BSBSMB401ABSBSMB401equivalent24 March 2015

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages

  • BSBSMB401BSBESB402equivalent18 October 2020

    The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

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Where BSBSMB401 is used

training.gov.au lists BSBSMB401 inside 62 training products, 8 of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for BSBSMB401 in that product.

Current products 8 listed

CodeTraining productTypeBSBSMB401 is
AHCSS00064Production Horticulture Administration Supervisor Skill SetSkill setelective
CPP30619Certificate III in Investigative ServicesQualificationelective
CPP40719Certificate IV in Security ManagementQualificationelective
CPP41319Certificate IV in Swimming Pool and Spa ServiceQualificationelective
CPP41519Certificate IV in Security Risk AnalysisQualificationelective
CPPSS00078Security business managementSkill setelective
FBPSS00047Establish an Artisan Food or Beverage Business Skill SetSkill setelective
ICT41219Certificate IV in Telecommunications Engineering TechnologyQualificationelective

Products no longer current 54 listed

The register still records BSBSMB401 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 productTypeBSBSMB401 is
AHC42216Certificate IV in Shearing ContractingQualificationcore
BSB40415Certificate IV in Small Business ManagementQualificationcore
BSB42515Certificate IV in Small Business ManagementQualificationelective
BSB42518Certificate IV in Small Business ManagementQualificationelective
BSB42615Certificate IV in New Small BusinessQualificationcore
BSB42618Certificate IV in New Small BusinessQualificationcore
BSB52315Diploma of GovernanceQualificationelective
BSB52318Diploma of GovernanceQualificationelective
BSB61115Advanced Diploma of ConveyancingQualificationelective
BSBSS00049Small Business Contracting Skill SetSkill setelective
Show the remaining 44 products no longer current
CodeTraining productTypeBSBSMB401 is
CPC40110Certificate IV in Building and Construction (Building)Qualificationelective
CPC40408Certificate IV in Building and Construction (Sales)Qualificationelective
CPC40611Certificate IV in Building and Construction (Specialist Trades)Qualificationelective
CPC40708Certificate IV in Building and Construction (Trade Contracting)Qualificationelective
CPC40808Certificate IV in Swimming Pool and Spa BuildingQualificationelective
CPC40912Certificate IV in Plumbing and ServicesQualificationelective
CPP40507Certificate IV in Property Services (Business Broking)Qualificationelective
CPP40707Certificate IV in Security and Risk ManagementQualificationelective
CPP40811Certificate IV in Access ConsultingQualificationelective
CPP41119Certificate IV in Home Energy Efficiency and SustainabilityQualificationelective
CPP41212Certificate IV in NatHERS AssessmentQualificationelective
CUA40313Certificate IV in Dance Teaching and ManagementQualificationelective
CUA40415Certificate IV in Live Production and Technical ServicesQualificationelective
CUA40615Certificate IV in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural ArtsQualificationelective
CUA40915Certificate IV in Music IndustryQualificationelective
CUA50415Diploma of Live Production and Technical ServicesQualificationelective
CUA50513Diploma of Live Production DesignQualificationelective
CUA50815Diploma of Music IndustryQualificationelective
CUA50915Diploma of Photography and Photo ImagingQualificationelective
CUA51015Diploma of Screen and MediaQualificationelective
CUA51115Diploma of Visual ArtsQualificationelective
CUA51215Diploma of CeramicsQualificationelective
CUA60715Advanced Diploma of Visual ArtsQualificationelective
CUASS00025Freelance Business Skill SetSkill setelective
FBP30117Certificate III in Food ProcessingQualificationelective
FBP30217Certificate III in Plant BakingQualificationelective
FBP30617Certificate III in Food Processing (Sales)Qualificationelective
FBP40619Certificate IV in Artisan Fermented ProductsQualificationelective
FBP50319Diploma of Artisan CheesemakingQualificationelective
FNS40217Certificate IV in Accounting and BookkeepingQualificationelective
FNS50815Diploma of Integrated Risk ManagementQualificationelective
FNS60820Advanced Diploma of Integrated Risk ManagementQualificationelective
HLT47815Certificate IV in Optical DispensingQualificationelective
ICT41215Certificate IV in Telecommunications Engineering TechnologyQualificationelective
MSF30818Certificate III in Flooring TechnologyQualificationelective
MSF50113Diploma of Stained Glass and LeadlightingQualificationelective
MSF50118Diploma of Stained Glass and LeadlightingQualificationelective
MST50119Diploma of Applied Fashion Design and MerchandisingQualificationelective
MST60119Advanced Diploma of Applied Fashion Design and MerchandisingQualificationelective
SFL40115Certificate IV in FloristryQualificationelective
SFL50115Diploma of Floristry DesignQualificationelective
SIS40215Certificate IV in FitnessQualificationelective
SIT50216Diploma of Holiday Park and Resort ManagementQualificationelective
SIT50316Diploma of Event ManagementQualificationelective

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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