CUA40720 Certificate IV in Design

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for CUA40720 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.

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
11 August 2025
Latest release
Release 2 · 19 October 2022 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
CUA40715
Superseded by
CUA40725 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. CUA40720Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Design
  2. equivalent
  3. 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.

  • CUA40715CUA40720equivalent15 April 2021

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

  • CUA40720CUA40725equivalent12 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    All superseded imported units have been replaced with the most current unit.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 CUA40720 is made of

training.gov.au lists 67 units for CUA40720: 7 core and 60 elective. To complete it, the register publishes a rule of 7 core units plus 8 electives15 units in all.

Core units 7 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCRT411Apply critical thinking to work practicescurrent
CUAACD411Integrate colour theory and design processescurrent
CUADES305Source and apply information on the history and theory of designcurrent
CUADES411Generate design solutionscurrent
CUADES412Interpret and respond to a design briefcurrent
CUAPPR411Realise a creative projectcurrent
CUAWHS312Apply work health and safety practicescurrent

Elective units 60 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCRT403Explore the history and social impact of creativitynot current
BSBCRT412Articulate, present and debate ideascurrent
BSBCRT413Collaborate in creative processescurrent
BSBOPS404Implement customer service strategiescurrent
BSBTEC401Design and produce complex text documentscurrent
BSBTEC405Review and maintain organisation's digital presencecurrent
BSBWRT411Write complex documentscurrent
CUAACD311Produce drawings to communicate ideascurrent
CUAACD312Produce computer-aided drawingscurrent
CUAACD313Produce technical drawingscurrent
CUAACD314Make scale modelscurrent
CUAANM313Create 3D digital modelscurrent
CUACMP311Implement copyright arrangementscurrent
CUACMP511Manage copyright arrangementscurrent
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
CUADES413Develop and extend design skills and practicecurrent
CUADES421Research and apply techniques for the design of wearable objectscurrent
CUADES422Research and apply techniques in product designcurrent
CUADES423Research and apply techniques in spatial designcurrent
CUADIG303Produce and prepare photo imagescurrent
CUADIG304Create visual design componentscurrent
CUADIG311Prepare video assetscurrent
CUADIG312Author interactive sequencescurrent
CUADIG401Author interactive mediacurrent
CUADIG412Design user interfacescurrent
CUADIG413Create user interfacescurrent
CUADIG414Write and apply scripting language in authoringcurrent
Show the remaining 30 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
CUADIG415Produce innovative digital imagescurrent
CUADRA401Experiment with techniques to produce drawingscurrent
CUAGRD311Prepare files for printcurrent
CUAGRD312Use typography techniquescurrent
CUAGRD411Research and apply graphic design techniquescurrent
CUAILL401Develop and refine illustrative workcurrent
CUAIND411Extend expertise in specialist creative fieldscurrent
CUAIND412Provide freelance servicescurrent
CUAMWB401Develop and implement own self-care plan in the creative industriescurrent
CUAMWB402Manage feedback on creative practicecurrent
CUAMWB403Prepare to work with confronting material and processes in the creative industriescurrent
CUAPHI313Process photo imagescurrent
CUAPHI316Capture images using drone technologycurrent
CUAPHI403Enhance, manipulate and output photo imagescurrent
CUAPHI411Capture images in response to a briefcurrent
CUAPHI412Apply photo imaging lighting techniquescurrent
CUAPPR408Integrate disability access and inclusioncurrent
CUAWRT301Write content for a range of mediacurrent
ICPPRP2210Select and apply typecurrent
ICPPRP224Produce pages using a page layout applicationcurrent
ICPPRP3240Create pages using page layout applicationscurrent
ICPPRP3250Create graphics using graphics applicationscurrent
ICPPRP4210Compose and evaluate typographycurrent
ICPPRP422Digitise complex images for reproductioncurrent
ICPPRP4300Manage colourcurrent
ICTICT312Use advanced features of applicationscurrent
ICTWEB201Use social media tools for collaboration and engagementnot current
ICTWEB304Build simple web pagescurrent
ICTWEB434Transfer content to websitescurrent
SITXEBS003Build 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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