BSBSMB402 Plan small business finances

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for BSBSMB402 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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.

Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule

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
BSBSMB402A
Superseded by
BSBESB403 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. BSBSMB402Superseded — equivalentPlan small business finances
  2. equivalent
  3. BSBESB403CurrentPlan finances for 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.

  • BSBSMB402ABSBSMB402equivalent24 March 2015

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages

  • BSBSMB402BSBESB403equivalent18 October 2020

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

Is BSBSMB402 on your scope?

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Where BSBSMB402 is used

training.gov.au lists BSBSMB402 inside 60 training products, 9 of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for BSBSMB402 in that product.

Current products 9 listed

CodeTraining productTypeBSBSMB402 is
CPP40719Certificate IV in Security ManagementQualificationelective
CPP41519Certificate IV in Security Risk AnalysisQualificationelective
FBPSS00047Establish an Artisan Food or Beverage Business Skill SetSkill setelective
ICP31220Certificate III in PrintingQualificationelective
ICP50120Diploma of Printing and Graphic Arts Business ManagementQualificationelective
RII40920Certificate IV in Drilling OperationsQualificationelective
RII50920Diploma of Underground Coal Mining ManagementQualificationelective
SFI40119Certificate IV in AquacultureQualificationelective
SHB50216Diploma of Salon ManagementQualificationelective

Products no longer current 51 listed

The register still records BSBSMB402 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 productTypeBSBSMB402 is
ACM40517Certificate IV in Equine DentistryQualificationelective
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
BSBSS00049Small Business Contracting Skill SetSkill setelective
BSBSS00050Small Business Financial Management Skill SetSkill setelective
CPC40110Certificate IV in Building and Construction (Building)Qualificationelective
Show the remaining 41 products no longer current
CodeTraining productTypeBSBSMB402 is
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
CPP40516Certificate IV in Strata Community ManagementQualificationelective
CPP40611Certificate IV in Property Services (Operations)Qualificationelective
CPP40707Certificate IV in Security and Risk ManagementQualificationelective
CPP40811Certificate IV in Access ConsultingQualificationelective
CPP41212Certificate IV in NatHERS AssessmentQualificationelective
CUA40415Certificate IV in Live Production and Technical ServicesQualificationelective
CUA40615Certificate IV in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural ArtsQualificationelective
CUA40915Certificate IV in Music IndustryQualificationelective
CUA41215Certificate IV in Screen and MediaQualificationelective
CUA50415Diploma of Live Production and Technical ServicesQualificationelective
CUA50513Diploma of Live Production DesignQualificationelective
CUA51015Diploma of Screen and MediaQualificationelective
CUA51115Diploma of Visual ArtsQualificationelective
CUA51215Diploma of CeramicsQualificationelective
CUA60715Advanced Diploma of Visual ArtsQualificationelective
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
HLT47815Certificate IV in Optical DispensingQualificationelective
ICP30415Certificate III in Printing and Graphic Arts (Digital Printing)Qualificationelective
ICP31215Certificate III in PrintingQualificationelective
ICP50115Diploma of Printing and Graphic ArtsQualificationelective
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
RII40115Certificate IV in Surface Extraction OperationsQualificationelective
RII40715Certificate IV in Civil Construction SupervisionQualificationelective
RII40915Certificate IV in Drilling OperationsQualificationelective
RII50115Diploma of Surface Operations ManagementQualificationelective
RII50915Diploma of Underground Coal Mining ManagementQualificationelective
SFL40115Certificate IV in FloristryQualificationelective
SFL50115Diploma of Floristry DesignQualificationelective
SIF40113Certificate IV in Funeral ServicesQualificationelective

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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