FBP30821 Certificate III in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for FBP30821 ended on 18 April 2022 — 4 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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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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For an ASQA-registered RTO that does not already hold it, adding FBP30822 to scope is a change-of-scope application to ASQA, with a fee set by law: A$200 application fee + A$1,100 assessment fee per application (up to 5 VET courses and 50 units of competency). RTOs registered by a state regulator, and ASQA delegates, sit under other arrangements. Source: NVR Fees Determination 2026, F2026L00814, from 1 July 2026 · read 5 September 2026.

Product type
Qualification
Training package
FBP — Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical
Currency period ends
18 April 2022
Latest release
Release 1 · 21 January 2021
Supersedes
FBP30818
Superseded by
FBP30822 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. FBP30821Superseded — not equivalentCertificate III in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
  2. not equivalent
  3. FBP30822CurrentCertificate III in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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.

  • FBP30818FBP30821equivalent20 January 2021

    Updated unit codes in core and elective bank of Packaging Rules

  • FBP30821FBP30822not equivalent19 April 2022

    Unit codes, including core unit, updated to reflect current codes

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for FBP30821 and for its training package FBP (release 8.0), with the name and date the register publishes for each file. We link them; we have not read them, and nothing on this page is taken from their contents.

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What FBP30821 is made of

training.gov.au lists 47 units for FBP30821: 5 core and 42 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
BSBWHS311Assist with maintaining workplace safetycurrent
FBPPHM3001Apply Good Manufacturing Practice requirementsnot current
FBPPHM3002Operate a pharmaceutical production processnot current
FBPPHM3003Work in a controlled environmentcurrent
FBPPHM3004Clean and sanitise facilities and equipmentcurrent

Elective units 42 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBWRT311Write simple documentscurrent
FBPOPR2028Operate a mixing or blending processnot current
FBPOPR2070Apply quality systems and procedurescurrent
FBPOPR3004Set up a production or packaging line for operationcurrent
FBPOPR3005Operate interrelated processes in a production systemnot current
FBPOPR3006Operate interrelated processes in a packaging systemnot current
FBPPHM3005Operate a concentration processcurrent
FBPPHM3006Operate an extraction processcurrent
FBPPHM3008Operate an aseptic fill and seal processcurrent
FBPPHM3009Operate an aseptic form, fill and seal processcurrent
FBPPHM3010Operate a compressing processcurrent
FBPPHM3011Dispense pharmaceutical raw materialscurrent
FBPPHM3012Operate an encapsulation processcurrent
FBPPHM3013Operate a granulation processcurrent
FBPPHM3014Operate a liquid manufacturing processcurrent
FBPPHM3015Operate a tablet coating processcurrent
FBPPHM3017Coordinate a label storecurrent
FBPPHM3018Operate a sterilisation process using an autoclavecurrent
FBPPHM3019Operate a chromatography manufacturing processcurrent
FBPPPL3003Participate in improvement processescurrent
FBPPPL3005Participate in an audit processcurrent
FBPPPL3006Report on workplace performancecurrent
FBPTEC3001Apply raw materials, ingredient and process knowledge to production problemscurrent
FBPWHS2001Participate in work health and safety processescurrent
HLTAID011Provide First Aidcurrent
MSL922001Record and present datanot current
MSL973013Perform basic testsnot current
MSMENV272Participate in environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent
MSMPMC400Carry out stock controlcurrent
MSMSUP303Identify equipment faultscurrent
Show the remaining 12 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
MSMSUP310Contribute to the development of workplace documentationcurrent
MSMSUP390Use structured problem-solving toolscurrent
MSS402021Apply Just in Time proceduresnot current
MSS402061Use SCADA systems in operationsnot current
MSS403085Ensure process improvements are sustainednot current
SIRCDIS006Maintain dispensary stockcurrent
TLIA0003Complete and check import/export documentationcurrent
TLIA0004Complete receival and despatch documentationcurrent
TLIA0015Organise receival and despatch operationscurrent
TLIA4025Regulate temperature controlled stocknot current
TLIX0004XAdminister inventory systemscurrent
TLIX0013XMaintain stock control and receivalscurrent

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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