CUA30715 Certificate III in Design Fundamentals

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for CUA30715 ended on 14 April 2021 — 5 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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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
CUA — Creative Arts and Culture Training Package
Currency period ends
14 April 2021
Latest release
Release 2 · 20 December 2018 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
CUV30311
Superseded by
CUA30720 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. CUA30715Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Design Fundamentals
  2. equivalent
  3. CUA30720CurrentCertificate III in Design Fundamentals

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.

  • CUV30311CUA30715equivalent14 January 2016

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages. Clarification of packaging rules. Imported fashion design units removed. Unit codes updated.

  • CUA30715CUA30720equivalent15 April 2021

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

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for CUA30715 and for its training package CUA (release 7.0), with the name and date the register publishes for each file. We link them; we have not read them, and nothing on this page is taken from their contents.

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What CUA30715 is made of

training.gov.au lists 39 units for CUA30715: 7 core and 32 elective. The register does not publish a completion rule in units for this product, so we do not state one. How many of the electives are required is in the packaging rules on training.gov.au.

Core units 7 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBDES201Follow a design processnot current
BSBDES301Explore the use of colournot current
BSBDES302Explore and apply the creative design process to 2D formsnot current
BSBDES303Explore and apply the creative design process to 3D formsnot current
BSBDES304Source and apply design industry knowledgenot current
BSBWHS201Contribute to health and safety of self and othersnot current
CUAACD301Produce drawings to communicate ideasnot current

Elective units 32 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBDES202Evaluate the nature of design in a specific industry contextnot current
BSBDES305Source and apply information on the history and theory of designnot current
BSBITU302Create electronic presentationsnot current
BSBITU309Produce desktop published documentsnot current
CUAACD302Produce computer-aided drawingsnot current
CUAACD303Produce technical drawingsnot current
CUAACD304Make scale modelsnot current
CUAANM303Create 3D digital modelsnot current
CUACAL401Experiment with techniques to produce calligraphynot current
CUACMP311Implement copyright arrangementscurrent
CUADIG201Maintain interactive contentnot current
CUADIG301Prepare video assetsnot current
CUADIG302Author interactive sequencesnot current
CUADIG303Produce and prepare photo imagescurrent
CUADIG304Create visual design componentscurrent
CUAGRD301Prepare files for publicationnot current
CUAGRD302Use typography techniquesnot current
CUAIND304Plan a career in the creative arts industrynot current
CUAPHI302Capture photographic imagesnot current
CUAPHI303Process photo images to work-print and file stagenot current
CUAPPR301Produce creative worknot current
CUAPPR304Participate in collaborative creative projectsnot current
CUAWRT301Write content for a range of mediacurrent
ICPPRP221Select and apply typenot current
ICPPRP224Produce pages using a page layout applicationcurrent
ICPPRP284Produce PDF files for online or screen displaynot current
ICPPRP322Digitise images for reproductionnot current
ICPPRP324Create pages using a page layout applicationnot current
ICPPRP325Create graphics using a graphics applicationnot current
ICPPRP382Produce computer image for screen printingnot current
Show the remaining 2 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
ICPPRP396Generate high-end PDF filesnot current
ICTICT308Use advanced features of computer applicationsnot current

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