CHCSW401A Work effectively with forced migrants

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for CHCSW401A 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.

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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
4 August 2015
Latest release
Release 1 · 25 March 2011
Supersedes
nothing — no earlier product listed
Superseded by
CHCSET001 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. CHCSW401ASuperseded — not equivalentWork effectively with forced migrants
  2. not equivalent
  3. CHCSET001Superseded — equivalentWork with forced migrants
  4. equivalent
  5. CHCSET003CurrentWork with forced migrants

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.

  • CHCSW401ACHCSET001not equivalent5 August 2015

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

Is CHCSW401A on your scope?

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Where CHCSW401A is used

training.gov.au lists CHCSW401A inside 33 training products, none of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for CHCSW401A in that product.

Products no longer current 33 listed

The register still records CHCSW401A 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 productTypeCHCSW401A is
CHC40408Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs WorkQualificationelective
CHC40412Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other DrugsQualificationelective
CHC40413Certificate IV in Youth WorkQualificationelective
CHC40508Certificate IV in Mental HealthQualificationelective
CHC40512Certificate IV in Mental HealthQualificationelective
CHC40708Certificate IV in Community Services WorkQualificationelective
CHC40808Certificate IV in Community DevelopmentQualificationelective
CHC40908Certificate IV in Social HousingQualificationelective
CHC40912Certificate IV in Social HousingQualificationelective
CHC41008Certificate IV in Community Services AdvocacyQualificationelective
Show the remaining 23 products no longer current
CodeTraining productTypeCHCSW401A is
CHC41012Certificate IV in Community Services AdvocacyQualificationelective
CHC41808Certificate IV in Youth WorkQualificationelective
CHC41812Certificate IV in Youth WorkQualificationelective
CHC41908Certificate IV in Youth JusticeQualificationelective
CHC41912Certificate IV in Youth JusticeQualificationelective
CHC42708Certificate IV in Volunteer Program CoordinationQualificationelective
CHC42712Certificate IV in Volunteer Program CoordinationQualificationelective
CHC42912Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer WorkQualificationelective
CHC50608Diploma of Community Services WorkQualificationelective
CHC50612Diploma of Community Services WorkQualificationelective
CHC50708Diploma of Community DevelopmentQualificationelective
CHC50808Diploma of Social HousingQualificationelective
CHC50812Diploma of Social HousingQualificationelective
CHC51408Diploma of Youth WorkQualificationelective
CHC51508Diploma of Youth JusticeQualificationelective
CHC51512Diploma of Youth JusticeQualificationelective
CHC51708Diploma of CounsellingQualificationelective
CHC51712Diploma of CounsellingQualificationelective
CHC52108Diploma of Community Services (Financial counselling)Qualificationelective
CHC52208Diploma of Community Services CoordinationQualificationelective
CHC52212Diploma of Community Services CoordinationQualificationelective
CHC52310Diploma of Community Services (Development and/or Humanitarian Assistance)Qualificationelective
CHC52312Diploma of Community Services (Development and or Humanitarian Assistance)Qualificationelective

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