When must new enrolments into CHC51712 stop?

New enrolments are not permitted from 8 December 2016 — 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.

Is there a deadline for learners already enrolled in CHC51712?

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).

CHC51712 Diploma of Counselling — superseded, not equivalent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.

CHC51712Superseded — not equivalentDiploma of Counselling
not equivalent
CHC51015CurrentDiploma of Counselling

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.

CHC51708CHC51712equivalent6 May 2012
Updated in V4 Updated core WHS unit. Equivalent vocational outcome.
CHC51712CHC51015not equivalent7 December 2015
Change in packaging rules Significant changes to core units

Is CHC51712 on your scope?

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Whether a supersession requires anything of you, and what, sits with you and your regulator. This page maps what the register records; it does not make that judgement. If the difference between an equivalent and a non-equivalent replacement is the question, we wrote it up in equivalent vs not equivalent.

What CHC51712 is made of

training.gov.au lists 57 units for CHC51712. 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 57 listed

Code	Unit	Core or elective	In this product
CHCAC318B	Work effectively with older people	`N/A`	not current
CHCAD401D	Advocate for clients	`N/A`	not current
CHCAOD510B	Work effectively with clients with complex alcohol and-or other drugs issues	`N/A`	not current
CHCCHILD401B	Identify and respond to children and young people at risk	`N/A`	not current
CHCCHILD505B	Work effectively in child protection and out of home care for children and young people	`N/A`	not current
CHCCM503C	Develop, facilitate and monitor all aspects of case management	`N/A`	not current
CHCCS403C	Provide brief intervention	`N/A`	not current
CHCCS417B	Provide support and care relating to suicide bereavement	`N/A`	not current
CHCCS426B	Provide support and care relating to loss and grief	`N/A`	not current
CHCCS514B	Recognise and respond to individuals at risk	`N/A`	not current
CHCCS521B	Assess and respond to individuals at risk of suicide	`N/A`	not current
CHCCSL501A	Work within a structured counselling framework	`N/A`	not current
CHCCSL502A	Apply specialist interpersonal and counselling interview skills	`N/A`	not current
CHCCSL503B	Facilitate the counselling relationship	`N/A`	not current
CHCCSL504A	Apply personality and development theories	`N/A`	not current
CHCCSL505A	Apply learning theories in counselling	`N/A`	not current
CHCCSL506A	Apply counselling therapies to address a range of client issues	`N/A`	not current
CHCCSL507B	Support clients in decision-making processes	`N/A`	not current
CHCCSL508B	Apply legal and ethical responsibilities in counselling practice	`N/A`	not current
CHCCSL509A	Reflect and improve upon counselling skills	`N/A`	not current
CHCCSL510A	Work effectively with relationship issues	`N/A`	not current
CHCCSL511A	Provide interventions to address family issues	`N/A`	not current
CHCCSL512A	Determine suitability of client for counselling services	`N/A`	not current
CHCCSL513A	Apply somatic distress reduction techniques	`N/A`	not current
CHCDFV301A	Recognise and respond appropriately to domestic and family violence	`N/A`	not current
CHCDFV402C	Manage own professional development in responding to domestic and family violence	`N/A`	not current
CHCDFV505C	Counsel clients affected by domestic and family violence	`N/A`	not current
CHCDIS301C	Work effectively with people with a disability	`N/A`	not current
CHCFAM406B	Engage and resource clients to improve their interpersonal relationships	`N/A`	not current
CHCFAM407B	Work effectively in relationship work	`N/A`	not current

Show the remaining 27 units

Code	Unit	Core or elective	In this product
CHCFAM417B	Identify and use strengths-based practice	`N/A`	not current
CHCFAM503B	Work with a child focused approach	`N/A`	not current
CHCGMB501A	Work effectively in the problem gambling sector	`N/A`	not current
CHCGMB502A	Assess the needs of clients with problem gambling issues	`N/A`	not current
CHCGMB503A	Provide counselling for clients with problem gambling issues	`N/A`	not current
CHCGROUP403D	Plan and conduct group activities	`N/A`	not current
CHCGROUP408B	Facilitate and review a psycho-educational group	`N/A`	not current
CHCGROUP410B	Deliver a structured program	`N/A`	not current
CHCGROUP504B	Assess group members and their social systems	`N/A`	not current
CHCGROUP509B	Manage disclosures and disruptions in groups	`N/A`	not current
CHCICS302B	Participate in the implementation of individualised plans	`N/A`	not current
CHCICS303A	Support individual health and emotional well being	`N/A`	not current
CHCICS405B	Facilitate groups for individual outcomes	`N/A`	not current
CHCINF505D	Meet statutory and organisation information requirements	`N/A`	not current
CHCLLN403A	Identify clients with language, literacy and numeracy needs and respond effectively	`N/A`	not current
CHCMH301C	Work effectively in mental health	`N/A`	not current
CHCMH411A	Work with people with mental health issues	`N/A`	not current
CHCNET404B	Facilitate links with other services	`N/A`	not current
CHCNET501C	Work effectively with other services and networks	`N/A`	not current
CHCPROT424A	Develop a child protection practice framework	`N/A`	not current
CHCSW401A	Work effectively with forced migrants	`N/A`	not current
CHCSW402B	Undertake bicultural work with forced migrants in Australia	`N/A`	not current
CHCYTH401B	Engage respectfully with young people	`N/A`	not current
HLTHIR403C	Work effectively with culturally diverse clients and co-workers	`N/A`	not current
HLTHIR404D	Work effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people	`N/A`	not current
HLTWHS300A	Contribute to WHS processes	`N/A`	not current
PSPMNGT605B	Manage diversity	`N/A`	not 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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