CUA40715 Certificate IV in Design

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for CUA40715 ended on 14 April 2021 — 5 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 16 April 2022 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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.

Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule

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
CUV40311
Superseded by
CUA40720 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. CUA40715Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Design
  2. equivalent
  3. CUA40720Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Design
  4. equivalent
  5. CUA40725CurrentCertificate IV in Design

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.

  • CUV40311CUA40715equivalent14 January 2016

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages. Clarification of packaging rules. Banks of imported fashion, furniture, interior space and jewellery design units removed. Unit codes updated.

  • CUA40715CUA40720equivalent15 April 2021

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

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What CUA40715 is made of

training.gov.au lists 63 units for CUA40715: 7 core and 56 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
BSBCRT301Develop and extend critical and creative thinking skillsnot current
BSBDES305Source and apply information on the history and theory of designnot current
BSBDES401Generate design solutionsnot current
BSBDES402Interpret and respond to a design briefnot current
BSBWHS201Contribute to health and safety of self and othersnot current
CUAACD401Integrate colour theory and design processesnot current
CUAPPR401Realise a creative projectnot current

Elective units 56 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCRT401Articulate, present and debate ideasnot current
BSBCRT402Collaborate in a creative processnot current
BSBCRT403Explore the history and social impact of creativitynot current
BSBCUS402Address customer needsnot 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
BSBDES403Develop and extend design skills and practicenot current
BSBEBU401Review and maintain a websitenot current
BSBIPR401Use and respect copyrightnot current
BSBITU401Design and develop complex text documentsnot current
BSBITU404Produce complex desktop published documentsnot current
BSBWRT401Write complex documentsnot current
CUAACD301Produce drawings to communicate ideasnot current
CUAACD302Produce computer-aided drawingsnot current
CUAACD303Produce technical drawingsnot current
CUAACD304Make scale modelsnot current
CUAANM303Create 3D digital modelsnot current
CUACMP311Implement copyright arrangementscurrent
CUADES401Research and apply techniques for the design of wearable objectsnot current
CUADES402Research and apply techniques in product designnot current
CUADES403Research and apply techniques in spatial designnot current
CUADIG301Prepare video assetsnot current
CUADIG302Author interactive sequencesnot current
CUADIG303Produce and prepare photo imagescurrent
CUADIG304Create visual design componentscurrent
CUADIG401Author interactive mediacurrent
CUADIG402Design user interfacesnot current
CUADIG403Create user interfacesnot current
Show the remaining 26 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
CUADIG404Apply scripting language in authoringnot current
CUADIG405Produce innovative digital imagesnot current
CUADRA401Experiment with techniques to produce drawingscurrent
CUAGRD301Prepare files for publicationnot current
CUAGRD302Use typography techniquesnot current
CUAGRD401Research and apply graphic design techniquesnot current
CUAILL401Develop and refine illustrative workcurrent
CUAIND401Extend expertise in specialist creative fieldsnot current
CUAIND402Provide freelance servicesnot current
CUAPHI303Process photo images to work-print and file stagenot current
CUAPHI401Capture images in response to a briefnot current
CUAPHI402Apply photo imaging lighting techniquesnot current
CUAPHI403Enhance, manipulate and output photo imagescurrent
CUAWRT301Write content for a range of mediacurrent
ICPPRP221Select and apply typenot current
ICPPRP224Produce pages using a page layout applicationcurrent
ICPPRP324Create pages using a page layout applicationnot current
ICPPRP325Create graphics using a graphics applicationnot current
ICPPRP421Compose and evaluate typographynot current
ICPPRP422Digitise complex images for reproductioncurrent
ICPPRP430Manage colournot current
ICTICT308Use advanced features of computer applicationsnot current
ICTWEB201Use social media tools for collaboration and engagementnot current
ICTWEB302Build simple websites using commercial programsnot current
ICTWEB403Transfer content to a website using commercial packagesnot current
SITXICT401Build and launch a small business websitenot 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.

Source: this product on training.gov.au, Australia's national training register — or go straight to the units it requires. The rule itself is item 14 of F2025L00355, and ASQA publishes the extensions it has granted. Read on 28 August 2026 UTC. Every code, title, date, status and equivalence flag on this page is the register's; nothing here is estimated or inferred, and where the register publishes nothing we say so.

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