CHCAOD408B Assess needs of clients with alcohol and-or other drugs issues

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for CHCAOD408B ended on 4 August 2015 — 11 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 6 August 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.

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Product type
Unit of competency
Training package
CHC08 — Community Services Training Package
Currency period ends
4 August 2015
Latest release
Release 1 · 7 May 2012
Supersedes
CHCAOD408A
Superseded by
CHCAOD004 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.

  1. CHCAOD408BSuperseded — not equivalentAssess needs of clients with alcohol and-or other drugs issues
  2. not equivalent
  3. CHCAOD004CurrentAssess needs of clients with alcohol and other drugs issues

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.

  • CHCAOD408ACHCAOD408Bequivalent6 May 2012

    Unit descriptor updated.. Significant changes to range statement. ISC upgrade changes to remove references to old OHS legislation and replace with references to new WHS legislation. Amended related unit HLTFA311A and HLTFA412A.

  • CHCAOD408BCHCAOD004not equivalent5 August 2015

    Significant changes to elements and performance criteria. New evidence requirements for assessment, including volume and frequency requirements. Significant change to knowledge evidence.

Is CHCAOD408B on your scope?

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Where CHCAOD408B is used

training.gov.au lists CHCAOD408B inside 19 training products, none of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for CHCAOD408B in that product.

Products no longer current 19 listed

The register still records CHCAOD408B 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 productTypeCHCAOD408B is
CHC40412Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other DrugsQualificationelective
CHC40413Certificate IV in Youth WorkQualificationelective
CHC40512Certificate IV in Mental HealthQualificationelective
CHC40708Certificate IV in Community Services WorkQualificationelective
CHC40912Certificate IV in Social HousingQualificationelective
CHC41412Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention (residential and out of home care)Qualificationelective
CHC41512Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention (Child Protection)Qualificationelective
CHC41612Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention (Family Support)Qualificationelective
CHC41812Certificate IV in Youth WorkQualificationelective
CHC42512Certificate IV in Community Services (Information, advice and referral)Qualificationelective
Show the remaining 9 products no longer current
CodeTraining productTypeCHCAOD408B is
CHC50612Diploma of Community Services WorkQualificationelective
CHC51408Diploma of Youth WorkQualificationelective
CHCSS00001Alcohol and other drugs skill setSkill setelective
HLT40113Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health CareQualificationelective
HLT40213Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care PracticeQualificationelective
HLT44007Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health (Community Care)Qualificationelective
HLT50113Diploma of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health CareQualificationelective
HLT50213Diploma of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care PracticeQualificationelective
HLT61107Advanced Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled/Division 2 nursing)Qualificationelective

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