CUA50920 Diploma of Photography and Digital Imaging

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for CUA50920 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
CUA50915
Superseded by
CUA50925 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. CUA50920Superseded — equivalentDiploma of Photography and Digital Imaging
  2. equivalent
  3. CUA50925CurrentDiploma of 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.

  • CUA50915CUA50920not equivalent15 April 2021

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

  • CUA50920CUA50925equivalent12 August 2025

    All deleted imported units have been removed.

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What CUA50920 is made of

training.gov.au lists 78 units for CUA50920: 4 core and 74 elective. To complete it, the register publishes a rule of 4 core units plus 13 electives17 units in all.

Core units 4 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
CUAPHI523Employ colour management in a digital imaging workplacecurrent
CUAPHI531Apply visual communication theory to photo imaging practicecurrent
CUAPHI532Research and apply photo imaging trends and emerging technologiescurrent
CUAPHI533Explore and apply photo lighting techniquescurrent

Elective units 74 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBAUD514Interpret compliance requirementscurrent
BSBAUD515Evaluate and review compliancecurrent
BSBCRT413Collaborate in creative processescurrent
BSBCRT512Originate and develop conceptscurrent
BSBESB402Establish legal and risk management requirements of new business venturescurrent
BSBESB406Establish operational strategies and procedures for new business venturescurrent
BSBFIN501Manage budgets and financial planscurrent
BSBHRM523Coordinate the learning and development of teams and individualscurrent
BSBLDR414Lead team effectivenesscurrent
BSBMKG541Identify and evaluate marketing opportunitiescurrent
BSBMKG542Establish and monitor the marketing mixcurrent
BSBMKG546Develop social media engagement planscurrent
BSBMKG547Develop strategies to monetise digital engagementcurrent
BSBMKG551Create multiplatform advertisements for mass mediacurrent
BSBOPS502Manage business operational planscurrent
BSBOPS504Manage business riskcurrent
BSBPEF501Manage personal and professional developmentcurrent
BSBPMG430Undertake project workcurrent
BSBPRC402Negotiate contractscurrent
BSBTEC501Develop and implement an e-commerce strategycurrent
BSBTWK401Build and maintain business relationshipscurrent
BSBTWK502Manage team effectivenesscurrent
BSBWHS501Ensure a safe workplacenot current
BSBWHS512Contribute to managing work-related psychological health and safetycurrent
CHCDIV001Work with diverse peoplecurrent
CUAACD522Work with photomedia in creative practicecurrent
CUAACD525Manage specialised finishing processescurrent
CUAACD532Create observational drawingscurrent
CUAACD533Select and refine a specialised drawing techniquecurrent
CUAACD535Work with the human form in creative practicecurrent
Show the remaining 44 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
CUAACD536Refine 2-D design ideas and processescurrent
CUACMP511Manage copyright arrangementscurrent
CUADES511Implement design solutionscurrent
CUADES512Establish, negotiate and refine a design briefcurrent
CUADIG401Author interactive mediacurrent
CUADIG412Design user interfacescurrent
CUADIG413Create user interfacescurrent
CUADIG415Produce innovative digital imagescurrent
CUADIG512Design digital applicationscurrent
CUADIG518Refine digital art techniquescurrent
CUADIG519Investigate technologies for the creation of digital artcurrent
CUAFIM511Source funding for projectscurrent
CUAIND411Extend expertise in specialist creative fieldscurrent
CUAIND412Provide freelance servicescurrent
CUAIND512Enhance professional practice using creative arts industry knowledgecurrent
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
CUAPHI316Capture images using drone technologycurrent
CUAPHI520Produce technical photo imagescurrent
CUAPHI521Make illustrative photo images for publication and displaycurrent
CUAPHI522Plan and produce stock photo imagescurrent
CUAPHI524Prepare digital images for pre-press processingcurrent
CUAPHI534Employ specialised imaging technologiescurrent
CUAPHI535Produce commercial photo imagescurrent
CUAPHI536Provide photographic portrait servicescurrent
CUAPHI537Produce media photo imagescurrent
CUAPHI538Provide wedding photo imaging servicescurrent
CUAPHI539Plan and produce visual art photo imagescurrent
CUAPOS412Manage media assetscurrent
CUAPPR408Integrate disability access and inclusioncurrent
CUAPPR414Develop self as artistcurrent
CUAPPR511Realise a body of creative workcurrent
CUAPPR512Develop sustainability of own professional practicecurrent
CUAPPR513Present a body of own creative workcurrent
CUAPPR514Establish and maintain environmentally sustainable creative practicecurrent
CUAPPR515Establish and maintain safe creative practicecurrent
CUAPPR616Extend expertise in a specialised art form to professional levelcurrent
CUAPRE401Implement preventive conservation activitiescurrent
CUAPRI511Refine printmaking techniquescurrent
CUAPRI512Investigate printmaking materials and processescurrent
FNSORG501Develop and manage a budgetcurrent
SIRRMER008Plan and style merchandise photo shootscurrent
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.

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