CUA60315 Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for CUA60315 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.

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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 1 · 15 January 2016
Supersedes
CUV60411
Superseded by
CUA60320 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. CUA60315Superseded — not equivalentAdvanced Diploma of Graphic Design
  2. not equivalent
  3. CUA60320Superseded — not equivalentAdvanced Diploma of Graphic Design
  4. not equivalent
  5. CUA60325CurrentAdvanced Diploma of Graphic 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.

  • CUV60411CUA60315not equivalent14 January 2016

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

  • CUA60315CUA60320not equivalent15 April 2021

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

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What CUA60315 is made of

training.gov.au lists 67 units for CUA60315: 7 core and 60 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
BSBDES502Establish, negotiate and refine a design briefnot current
BSBDES601Manage design realisationnot current
BSBPMG522Undertake project worknot current
CUAGRD601Engage in the business of graphic designnot current
CUAGRD602Originate graphic designs for complex briefsnot current
CUAGRD603Extend typographic design expertisecurrent
CUAPPR504Establish and maintain environmentally sustainable creative practicenot current

Elective units 60 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBADV509Create mass print media advertisementsnot current
BSBADV510Create mass electronic media advertisementsnot current
BSBCRT501Originate and develop conceptsnot current
BSBCRT601Research and apply concepts and theories of creativitynot current
BSBDES501Implement design solutionsnot current
BSBDES602Research global design trendsnot current
BSBDES801Research and apply design theorynot current
BSBEBU501Investigate and design e-business solutionsnot current
BSBEBU502Implement e-business solutionsnot current
BSBINN501Establish systems that support innovationnot current
BSBINN502Build and sustain an innovative work environmentnot current
BSBINN601Lead and manage organisational changenot current
BSBIPR401Use and respect copyrightnot current
BSBIPR501Manage intellectual property to protect and grow businessnot current
BSBMKG421Optimise digital media impactnot current
BSBMKG524Design effective user experiencesnot current
BSBMKG530Create distributed multiplatform digital advertisementsnot current
BSBWOR501Manage personal work priorities and professional developmentnot current
BSBWRT401Write complex documentsnot current
BSBWRT501Write persuasive copynot current
CUAACD501Refine drawing and other visual representation toolsnot current
CUAACD502Create observational drawingsnot current
CUAACD503Select and refine a specialised drawing techniquenot current
CUAACD504Research and apply light and colournot current
CUAACD506Refine 2-D design ideas and processesnot current
CUAACD507Refine 3-D design ideas and processesnot current
CUAACD512Work with photomedia in creative practicenot current
CUAACD601Extend professional expertise with drawing and other visual representation toolsnot current
CUADES601Design innovative productscurrent
CUADIG401Author interactive mediacurrent
Show the remaining 30 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
CUADIG403Create user interfacesnot current
CUADIG501Coordinate the testing of interactive media productsnot current
CUADIG502Design digital applicationsnot current
CUADIG503Design e-learning resourcesnot current
CUADIG506Design interactionnot current
CUADIG507Design digital simulationsnot current
CUADIG508Refine digital art techniquesnot current
CUADIG509Investigate technologies for the creation of digital artnot current
CUAGRD604Develop and execute advertising conceptsnot current
CUAGRD605Develop graphic designs for the built environmentnot current
CUAGRD606Develop graphic designs for packagingnot current
CUAGRD607Develop graphic designs for branding and identitynot current
CUAILL501Develop professional illustrationsnot current
CUAILL502Refine illustration techniquesnot current
CUAPHI501Apply visual communication theory to photo imaging practicenot current
CUAPHI503Explore the descriptive and emotive nature of photo lightingnot current
CUAPHI509Plan and produce visual art photo imagesnot current
CUAPHI513Employ colour management in a digital imaging workplacenot current
CUAPPR505Establish and maintain safe creative practicenot current
CUAPPR602Collaborate in professional creative projectsnot current
CUAPPR604Publicly present a body of own creative worknot current
CUAPPR606Extend expertise in a specialised art form to professional levelnot current
CUARES602Extend cultural research expertisenot current
CUAWRT601Write scriptscurrent
ICTWEB501Build a dynamic websitenot current
ICTWEB505Develop complex web page layoutsnot current
ICTWEB506Develop complex cascading style sheetsnot current
ICTWEB508Develop website information architecturenot current
ICTWEB516Research and apply emerging web technology trendsnot 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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