CUA51120 Diploma of Visual Arts

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for CUA51120 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 2 · 19 October 2022 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
CUA51115
Superseded by
CUA51125 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. CUA51120Superseded — not equivalentDiploma of Visual Arts
  2. not equivalent
  3. CUA51125CurrentDiploma of 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.

  • CUA51115CUA51120not equivalent15 April 2021

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

  • CUA51120CUA51125not equivalent12 August 2025

    All superseded imported units have been replaced with the most current unit. All deleted imported units have been removed. Replaced units include some which form part of a specialisation within the qualification, but have been identified as non-equivalent by the relevant JSC

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What CUA51120 is made of

training.gov.au lists 120 units for CUA51120: 5 core and 115 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 5 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
CUAACD531Refine drawing and other visual representation toolscurrent
CUAPPR511Realise a body of creative workcurrent
CUAPPR512Develop sustainability of own professional practicecurrent
CUAPPR513Present a body of own creative workcurrent
CUAPPR515Establish and maintain safe creative practicecurrent

Elective units 115 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCMM411Make presentationscurrent
BSBCRT403Explore the history and social impact of creativitynot current
BSBCRT412Articulate, present and debate ideascurrent
BSBCRT413Collaborate in creative processescurrent
BSBCRT512Originate and develop conceptscurrent
BSBESB401Research and develop business planscurrent
BSBESB402Establish legal and risk management requirements of new business venturescurrent
BSBESB403Plan finances for new business venturescurrent
BSBESB404Market new business venturescurrent
BSBESB406Establish operational strategies and procedures for new business venturescurrent
BSBESB407Manage finances for new business venturescurrent
BSBLEG525Apply legal principles in intellectual property law matterscurrent
BSBMKG433Undertake marketing activitiescurrent
BSBMKG541Identify and evaluate marketing opportunitiescurrent
BSBMKG546Develop social media engagement planscurrent
BSBMKG547Develop strategies to monetise digital engagementcurrent
BSBPEF402Develop personal work prioritiescurrent
BSBPEF501Manage personal and professional developmentcurrent
BSBPMG430Undertake project workcurrent
BSBPMG539Manage project governancecurrent
BSBPRC402Negotiate contractscurrent
BSBSTR501Establish innovative work environmentscurrent
BSBTWK401Build and maintain business relationshipscurrent
BSBWHS512Contribute to managing work-related psychological health and safetycurrent
BSBWRT411Write complex documentscurrent
CUAACD412Experiment with moulding and casting techniquescurrent
CUAACD508Refine model making skillscurrent
CUAACD509Develop and refine metalworking techniquescurrent
CUAACD511Make moulds and castscurrent
CUAACD514Refine carving techniques for creative workcurrent
Show the remaining 85 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
CUAACD520Manage kiln operationscurrent
CUAACD522Work with photomedia in creative practicecurrent
CUAACD523Make mixed media artworkscurrent
CUAACD525Manage specialised finishing processescurrent
CUAACD532Create observational drawingscurrent
CUAACD533Select and refine a specialised drawing techniquecurrent
CUAACD534Research and apply light and colourcurrent
CUAACD535Work with the human form in creative practicecurrent
CUAACD536Refine 2-D design ideas and processescurrent
CUAACD537Refine 3-D design ideas and processescurrent
CUAATS511Plan Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural arts projectscurrent
CUAATS512Research the cultures of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural artistscurrent
CUAATS513Work effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural artists and communitiescurrent
CUABRT415Provide technical support during virtual and hybrid eventscurrent
CUABRT502Manage and operate technical requirements for virtual and hybrid eventscurrent
CUACER411Experiment with techniques to produce ceramic workscurrent
CUACER412Experiment with throwing techniquescurrent
CUACER413Experiment with ceramic surface treatmentscurrent
CUACER511Refine ceramics techniquescurrent
CUACER512Investigate ceramic materials and processescurrent
CUACER513Refine throwing techniquescurrent
CUACER514Refine handbuilding techniquescurrent
CUACER515Develop and apply ceramic glazescurrent
CUACMP511Manage copyright arrangementscurrent
CUADES411Generate design solutionscurrent
CUADES412Interpret and respond to a design briefcurrent
CUADES511Implement design solutionscurrent
CUADES512Establish, negotiate and refine a design briefcurrent
CUADES523Design virtual and hybrid eventscurrent
CUADIG518Refine digital art techniquescurrent
CUADIG519Investigate technologies for the creation of digital artcurrent
CUADRA501Refine drawing techniquescurrent
CUADRA502Investigate drawing materials and processescurrent
CUAEVP412Design and develop interpretive displayscurrent
CUAEVP413Install and dismantle exhibition elementscurrent
CUAFIM411Obtain revenue to support operationscurrent
CUAFIM511Source funding for projectscurrent
CUAGLA501Refine glassworking techniquescurrent
CUAGLA502Investigate glassworking materials and processescurrent
CUAGLA513Refine kiln cast glass techniquescurrent
CUAILL401Develop and refine illustrative workcurrent
CUAILL511Develop professional illustrationscurrent
CUAILL512Refine illustration techniquescurrent
CUAIND411Extend expertise in specialist creative fieldscurrent
CUAIND412Provide freelance servicescurrent
CUAIND512Enhance professional practice using creative arts industry knowledgecurrent
CUAJWL401Experiment with techniques to produce jewellerycurrent
CUAMWB403Prepare to work with confronting material and processes in the creative industriescurrent
CUAPAI511Refine painting techniquescurrent
CUAPAI512Investigate painting materials and processescurrent
CUAPHI531Apply visual communication theory to photo imaging practicecurrent
CUAPHI533Explore and apply photo lighting techniquescurrent
CUAPHI539Plan and produce visual art photo imagescurrent
CUAPPR402Select sites for creative projects and plan workcurrent
CUAPPR406Plan work spacecurrent
CUAPPR408Integrate disability access and inclusioncurrent
CUAPPR514Establish and maintain environmentally sustainable creative practicecurrent
CUAPPR616Extend expertise in a specialised art form to professional levelcurrent
CUAPRE401Implement preventive conservation activitiescurrent
CUAPRI511Refine printmaking techniquescurrent
CUAPRI512Investigate printmaking materials and processescurrent
CUAPUA511Create works of art for public spacescurrent
CUARES412Conduct researchcurrent
CUARES502Critique cultural workscurrent
CUARES503Analyse cultural history and theorycurrent
CUASCU511Refine sculptural techniquescurrent
CUASCU512Investigate sculptural materials and processescurrent
CUATEX501Refine techniques for textile workcurrent
CUATEX502Investigate materials and processes for textile workcurrent
CUAWOO501Refine woodworking techniquescurrent
CUAWOO502Investigate woodworking materials and processescurrent
FNSORG501Develop and manage a budgetcurrent
FSKNUM023Estimate, measure and calculate measurements for workcurrent
MEM19030AResearch and design sustainable objectsnot current
MSFFM4001Hand carve wood to custom designnot current
MSTGN2013Identify fibres, fabrics and textiles used in the TCF industrynot current
MSTGN3003Estimate and cost jobnot current
MSTTD4002Prepare stencils and screens for textile printingnot current
MSTTD4004Produce woven tapestry samplesnot current
MSTTD4005Produce screen printed textilesnot current
MSTTD4010Apply manipulation techniques to create experimental textile samplesnot current
MSTTD5004Design and produce experimental textilesnot current
SITXEBS003Build and launch a small business websitenot current
TAEDEL301Provide work skill instructionnot current
TAEDEL401Plan, organise and deliver group-based learningnot 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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