CHCMH402A Apply understanding of mental health issues and recovery processes

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for CHCMH402A 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).

The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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

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Product type
Unit of competency
Training package
CHC08 — Community Services Training Package
Currency period ends
5 May 2012
Latest release
Release 1 · 25 March 2011
Supersedes
nothing — no earlier product listed
Superseded by
CHCMH402B 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. CHCMH402ASuperseded — equivalentApply understanding of mental health issues and recovery processes
  2. equivalent
  3. CHCMH402BDeleted from the registerApply understanding of mental health issues and recovery processes

The register does not list a current endpoint for this chain: CHCMH402B is the last product it points at, and CHCMH402B 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.

  • CHCMH402ACHCMH402Bequivalent6 May 2012

    Unit updated in V4. ISC upgrade changes to remove references to old OHS legislation and replace with references to new WHS legislation. Changes to terminology ‘challenging/difficult behaviour’ to ‘behaviours of concern’. No change to competency outcome.

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Where CHCMH402A is used

training.gov.au lists CHCMH402A inside 25 training products, none of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for CHCMH402A in that product.

Products no longer current 25 listed

The register still records CHCMH402A 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 productTypeCHCMH402A is
CHC40108Certificate IV in Aged CareQualificationelective
CHC40208Certificate IV in Home and Community CareQualificationelective
CHC40308Certificate IV in DisabilityQualificationelective
CHC40408Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs WorkQualificationelective
CHC40508Certificate IV in Mental HealthQualificationelective
CHC40608Certificate IV in Leisure and HealthQualificationelective
CHC40708Certificate IV in Community Services WorkQualificationelective
CHC40808Certificate IV in Community DevelopmentQualificationelective
CHC40908Certificate IV in Social HousingQualificationelective
CHC41008Certificate IV in Community Services AdvocacyQualificationelective
Show the remaining 15 products no longer current
CodeTraining productTypeCHCMH402A is
CHC41108Certificate IV in Pastoral CareQualificationelective
CHC41408Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention (Residential and out of home care)Qualificationelective
CHC41508Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention (Child protection)Qualificationelective
CHC41608Certificate IV in Child, Youth and Family Intervention (Family support)Qualificationelective
CHC41808Certificate IV in Youth WorkQualificationelective
CHC41908Certificate IV in Youth JusticeQualificationelective
CHC42508Certificate IV in Community Services (Information, advice and referral)Qualificationelective
CHC50208Diploma of Community Services (Alcohol and other drugs)Qualificationelective
CHC50308Diploma of Community Services (Mental health)Qualificationelective
CHC50408Diploma of Community Services (Alcohol, other drugs and mental health)Qualificationelective
CHC50708Diploma of Community DevelopmentQualificationelective
CHC52008Diploma of Community Services (Case management)Qualificationelective
CHC52208Diploma of Community Services CoordinationQualificationelective
CHCSS00037Mental health skill set - including recognise individuals at riskSkill setelective
CHCSS00038Mental health skill set - including respond to risk of suicideSkill setelective

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