CHC50408 Diploma of Community Services (Alcohol, other drugs and mental health)

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for CHC50408 ended on 5 May 2012 — 14 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 7 May 2013 — 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).

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Product type
Qualification
Training package
CHC08 — Community Services Training Package
Currency period ends
5 May 2012
Latest release
Release 1 · 25 March 2011
Supersedes
CHC51102
Superseded by
CHC50412 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. CHC50408Superseded — equivalentDiploma of Community Services (Alcohol, other drugs and mental health)
  2. equivalent
  3. CHC50412Deleted from the registerDiploma of Community Services (Alcohol, other drugs and mental health)

The register does not list a current endpoint for this chain: CHC50412 is the last product it points at, and CHC50412 is not marked current either.

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.

  • CHC51102CHC50408not equivalent24 March 2011

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

  • CHC50408CHC50412equivalent6 May 2012

    Updated in V4 Updated core WHS unit. Updated wording of entry requirements. Equivalent vocational outcome.

Is CHC50408 on your scope?

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What CHC50408 is made of

training.gov.au lists 23 units for CHC50408. It does not mark them core or elective: the unit grid records N/A for every one of them. The register does not publish a completion rule in units for this product, so we do not state one. What it takes to complete the product is in the packaging rules on training.gov.au.

Units listed 23 listed

CodeUnitCore or electiveIn this product
CHCAD504AProvide advocacy and representation servicesN/Anot current
CHCAOD402BWork effectively in the alcohol and other drugs sectorN/Anot current
CHCAOD510AWork effectively with clients with complex alcohol and/or other drugs issuesN/Anot current
CHCAOD511BProvide advanced interventions to meet the needs of clients with alcohol and/or other drug issuesN/Anot current
CHCAOD512ADevelop and implement a behaviour response planN/Anot current
CHCAOD513AProvide relapse prevention strategiesN/Anot current
CHCCOM403AUse targeted communication skills to build relationshipsN/Anot current
CHCCS504AProvide services to clients with complex needsN/Anot current
CHCCW503AWork intensively with clientsN/Anot current
CHCICS305AProvide behaviour support in the context of individualised plansN/Anot current
CHCMH401AWork effectively in mental health settingsN/Anot current
CHCMH402AApply understanding of mental health issues and recovery processesN/Anot current
CHCMH404AConduct assessment and planning as part of the recovery processN/Anot current
CHCMH409AFacilitate consumer, family and carer participation in the recovery processN/Anot current
CHCMH501AProvide advanced supports to facilitate recoveryN/Anot current
CHCMH504DProvide a range of services to people with mental health issuesN/Anot current
CHCOHC401AInform and encourage clients and groups to understand and achieve good oral healthN/Anot current
CHCOHC402ASupport clients and groups to learn practical aspects of oral health careN/Anot current
CHCOHC404ARecognise and respond to signs and symptoms that may indicate oral health issuesN/Anot current
CHCORG428AReflect on and improve own professional practiceN/Anot current
CHCPOL501AAccess evidence and apply in practiceN/Anot current
CHCPROM503AProvide community focused promotion and prevention strategiesN/Anot current
HLTOHS401AMaintain workplace OHS processesN/Anot current

The register publishes this unit grid without a core or elective flag, so this page does not split it into core and elective. "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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