CUA41115 Certificate IV in Photography and Photo Imaging

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for CUA41115 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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.

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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
CUV40411
Superseded by
CUA41120 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. CUA41115Superseded — not equivalentCertificate IV in Photography and Photo Imaging
  2. not equivalent
  3. CUA41120CurrentCertificate IV in Photography and Digital Imaging

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.

  • CUV40411CUA41115equivalent14 January 2016

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages. Clarification of packaging rules. Unit codes updated.

  • CUA41115CUA41120not equivalent15 April 2021

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

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What CUA41115 is made of

training.gov.au lists 64 units for CUA41115: 10 core and 54 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 10 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
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
CUAPHI301Develop and apply photo imaging industry knowledgenot 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
CUAPPR403Store and maintain finished creative workcurrent
CUARES403Research history and theory to inform own arts practicecurrent

Elective units 54 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBADM407Administer projectsnot current
BSBCRT301Develop and extend critical and creative thinking skillsnot current
BSBCRT401Articulate, present and debate ideasnot current
BSBCRT402Collaborate in a creative processnot current
BSBCRT403Explore the history and social impact of creativitynot current
BSBDES301Explore the use of colournot current
BSBDES304Source and apply design industry knowledgenot current
BSBDES305Source and apply information on the history and theory of designnot current
BSBDES403Develop and extend design skills and practicenot current
BSBINN301Promote innovation in a team environmentnot current
BSBIPR401Use and respect copyrightnot current
BSBMKG413Promote products and servicesnot current
BSBMKG417Apply marketing communication across a convergent industrynot current
BSBMKG418Develop and apply knowledge of marketing communication industrynot current
BSBMKG420Create digital media user experiencesnot current
BSBMKG421Optimise digital media impactnot current
BSBREL401Establish networksnot current
BSBREL402Build client relationships and business networksnot current
BSBSMB301Investigate micro business opportunitiesnot current
BSBSMB302Develop a micro business proposalnot current
BSBSMB303Organise finances for the micro businessnot current
BSBSMB304Determine resource requirements for the micro businessnot current
BSBSMB305Comply with regulatory, taxation and insurance requirements for the micro businessnot current
BSBSMB306Plan a home based businessnot current
BSBSMB307Set up information and communications technology for the micro businessnot current
BSBSUS401Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
BSBWOR301Organise personal work priorities and developmentnot current
BSBWOR403Manage stress in the workplacenot current
BSBWOR404Develop work prioritiesnot current
CUACMP311Implement copyright arrangementscurrent
Show the remaining 24 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
CUADIG201Maintain interactive contentnot current
CUADIG303Produce and prepare photo imagescurrent
CUADIG401Author interactive mediacurrent
CUADIG402Design user interfacesnot current
CUADIG403Create user interfacesnot current
CUADIG405Produce innovative digital imagesnot current
CUAIND304Plan a career in the creative arts industrynot current
CUAIND311Work effectively in the creative arts industrycurrent
CUAIND402Provide freelance servicesnot current
CUAPHI302Capture photographic imagesnot current
CUAPHI304Process colour materials in a wet darkroom contextnot current
CUAPHI305Use wet darkroom techniques to produce monochrome photographscurrent
CUAPOS402Manage media assetsnot current
CUAPPR302Document the creative work progressnot current
CUAPPR304Participate in collaborative creative projectsnot current
CUAPPR405Develop and discuss ideas for own creative worknot current
CUARES402Conduct researchnot current
ICPPRP422Digitise complex images for reproductioncurrent
ICPPRP430Manage colournot current
ICPPRP484Set up and operate automated workflownot current
SIBXFAS202ADesign and apply make-up for photographynot current
SIRRMER516Style merchandise for photographynot current
SIRRRPK214Recommend specialised products and servicesnot current
SIRXSLS303Build relationships with customersnot 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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