CHC50121 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for CHC50121 ended on 3 September 2025 — 12 months ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

Transition clockClosing to new enrolments soon

New enrolments are not permitted from 5 September 2026 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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.

This date is part of a wave: the eight products behind the 4–5 September cut-offs

Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule

Product type
Qualification
Training package
CHC — Community Services
Currency period ends
3 September 2025
Latest release
Release 1 · 20 July 2021
Supersedes
CHC50113
Superseded by
CHC50125 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. CHC50121Superseded — equivalentDiploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
  2. equivalent
  3. CHC50125CurrentDiploma of Early Childhood Education and Care

This product is listed on the National Schedule of Training Product Development: under review by HumanAbility (Early Childhood Education and Care Qualification Review), expected submission to the Assurance Body 23 November 2026. That is a submission date, not a supersession date: assurance, endorsement and publication follow, so a new version can only reach the register after it.

Source: National Schedule of Training Product Development, training.gov.au (© Commonwealth of Australia), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Excludes the Commonwealth Coat of Arms, trademarks and third-party material. View the Schedule. Schedule read on 25 August 2026 UTC.

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.

  • CHC50113CHC50121not equivalent19 July 2021

    Major changes to the Qualification structure and content include the introduction of entry requirements to reflect sector requirements.

  • CHC50121CHC50125equivalent4 September 2025

    Major changes to update entry requirements. Minor changes to licensing information.

Is CHC50121 on your scope?

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What CHC50121 is made of

training.gov.au lists 26 units for CHC50121: 12 core and 14 elective. To complete it, the register publishes a rule of 12 core units plus 3 electives15 units in all.

Core units 12 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBTWK502Manage team effectivenesscurrent
CHCECE041Maintain a safe and healthy environment for childrencurrent
CHCECE042Foster holistic early childhood learning, development and wellbeingcurrent
CHCECE043Nurture creativity in childrencurrent
CHCECE044Facilitate compliance in a children's education and care servicecurrent
CHCECE045Foster positive and respectful interactions and behaviour in childrencurrent
CHCECE046Implement strategies for the inclusion of all childrencurrent
CHCECE047Analyse information to inform children's learningcurrent
CHCECE048Plan and implement children's education and care curriculumcurrent
CHCECE049Embed environmental responsibility in service operationscurrent
CHCECE050Work in partnership with children's familiescurrent
CHCPRP003Reflect on and improve own professional practicecurrent

Elective units 14 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBHRM413Support the learning and development of teams and individualscurrent
BSBOPS502Manage business operational planscurrent
BSBPEF502Develop and use emotional intelligencecurrent
BSBSTR501Establish innovative work environmentscurrent
CHCDIV003Manage and promote diversitycurrent
CHCECE051Promote equity in access to the servicecurrent
CHCECE052Plan service and supports for children and familiescurrent
CHCECE053Respond to grievances and complaints about the servicecurrent
CHCECE057Use collaborative practices to uphold child protection principlescurrent
CHCINM002Meet community information needscurrent
CHCMGT003Lead the work teamcurrent
CHCPOL002Develop and implement policycurrent
CHCPOL003Research and apply evidence to practicecurrent
CHCSAC010Foster holistic learning, development and wellbeing for school age childrencurrent

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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