CUA31120 Certificate III in Visual Arts

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for CUA31120 ended on 11 August 2025 — 13 months ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 13 August 2026 — 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
Qualification
Training package
CUA — Creative Arts and Culture Training Package
Currency period ends
11 August 2025
Latest release
Release 1 · 16 April 2021
Supersedes
CUA31115
Superseded by
CUA31125 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. CUA31120Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Visual Arts
  2. equivalent
  3. CUA31125CurrentCertificate III in Visual Arts

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.

  • CUA31115CUA31120equivalent15 April 2021

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

  • CUA31120CUA31125equivalent12 August 2025

    All superseded imported units have been replaced with the most current unit. All deleted imported units have been removed.

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What CUA31120 is made of

training.gov.au lists 88 units for CUA31120: 4 core and 84 elective. To complete it, the register publishes a rule of 4 core units plus 8 electives12 units in all.

Core units 4 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBWHS211Contribute to the health and safety of self and otherscurrent
CUAACD311Produce drawings to communicate ideascurrent
CUAPPR311Produce creative workcurrent
CUARES301Apply knowledge of history and theory to own arts practicecurrent

Elective units 84 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCRT201Develop and apply thinking and problem solving skillscurrent
BSBCRT411Apply critical thinking to work practicescurrent
BSBESB301Investigate business opportunitiescurrent
BSBFIN302Maintain financial recordscurrent
BSBOPS301Maintain business resourcescurrent
BSBPEF202Plan and apply time managementcurrent
BSBPEF301Organise personal work prioritiescurrent
BSBSTR401Promote innovation in team environmentscurrent
BSBSUS211Participate in sustainable work practicescurrent
BSBTEC201Use business software applicationscurrent
BSBTWK201Work effectively with otherscurrent
BSBTWK301Use inclusive work practicescurrent
BSBWRT311Write simple documentscurrent
CUAACD201Develop drawing skills to communicate ideascurrent
CUAACD312Produce computer-aided drawingscurrent
CUAACD313Produce technical drawingscurrent
CUAACD314Make scale modelscurrent
CUAANM302Create 3D digital animationscurrent
CUAANM313Create 3D digital modelscurrent
CUAATS312Produce work that expresses own Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identitycurrent
CUAATS313Develop and apply knowledge of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural artscurrent
CUACAL311Produce calligraphycurrent
CUACER311Produce ceramic workscurrent
CUACMP311Implement copyright arrangementscurrent
CUADES201Follow a design processcurrent
CUADES202Evaluate the nature of design in a specific industry contextcurrent
CUADES301Explore the use of colourcurrent
CUADES302Explore and apply the creative design process to 2D formscurrent
CUADES303Explore and apply the creative design process to 3D formscurrent
CUADES304Source and apply design industry knowledgecurrent
Show the remaining 54 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
CUADES305Source and apply information on the history and theory of designcurrent
CUADIG303Produce and prepare photo imagescurrent
CUADIG304Create visual design componentscurrent
CUADIG312Author interactive sequencescurrent
CUADIG315Produce digital imagescurrent
CUADIG316Produce video artcurrent
CUADRA311Produce drawingscurrent
CUAGLA201Develop glassworking skillscurrent
CUAGLA301Produce glassworkcurrent
CUAIND311Work effectively in the creative arts industrycurrent
CUAIND314Plan a career in the creative arts industrycurrent
CUAJWL311Produce jewellerycurrent
CUAPAI311Produce paintingscurrent
CUAPHI305Use wet darkroom techniques to produce monochrome photographscurrent
CUAPHI312Capture photographic imagescurrent
CUAPHI314Process colour materials in a wet darkroom contextcurrent
CUAPHI316Capture images using drone technologycurrent
CUAPPR211Make simple creative workcurrent
CUAPPR312Document the creative work progresscurrent
CUAPPR314Participate in collaborative creative projectscurrent
CUAPRI312Produce printscurrent
CUASCU311Produce sculpturecurrent
CUATEX311Produce textile workcurrent
CUAWOO301Produce wood objectscurrent
CUAWRT301Write content for a range of mediacurrent
CUAWRT302Write simple storiescurrent
ICTICT214Operate application software packagescurrent
ICTICT215Operate digital media technology packagescurrent
ICTICT312Use advanced features of applicationscurrent
MSATCM305ADemonstrate basic knowledge of casting operationsnot current
MSFDG3003Paint and fire glasscurrent
MSFGG3024Form glasscurrent
MSFGG3025Apply patterns and designs to glasscurrent
MSMPCII295Operate manufacturing equipmentcurrent
MSMPMC302Operate equipment to blend/mix materialscurrent
MSMPMC304Prepare for productioncurrent
MSMPMC308Operate slip casting equipmentcurrent
MSMPMC309Finish products after firingcurrent
MSMPMC310Hand mould productscurrent
MSMPMC311Operate a firing kilncurrent
MSMPMC329Prepare moulds and diescurrent
MSTGN2013Identify fibres, fabrics and textiles used in the TCF industrynot current
MSTTD4002Prepare stencils and screens for textile printingnot current
MSTTD4005Produce screen printed textilesnot current
MSTTD4007Analyse textile design influencesnot current
MSTTD4010Apply manipulation techniques to create experimental textile samplesnot current
MSTTD4012Analyse use of colour in textilesnot current
PMBPREP201Prepare moulds for composites productionnot current
PMBPREP206Prepare materials to formulaenot current
PMBPREP301Set up and prepare for productionnot current
PMBPROD247Hand lay up compositesnot current
PMBPROD330Make moulds for formed productsnot current
PMBPROD356Construct moulds for composite productsnot current
PMBPROD358Develop patternsnot current

Core and elective are the register's own flags on the unit grid of the release read here. "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.

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