FBP40418 Certificate IV in Food Science and Technology

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for FBP40418 ended on 7 September 2021 — 4 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 9 September 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
FBP — Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical
Currency period ends
7 September 2021
Latest release
Release 2 · 3 February 2020 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
FDF40311
Superseded by
FBP40421 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. FBP40418Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Food Science and Technology
  2. equivalent
  3. FBP40421CurrentCertificate IV in Food Science and Technology

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.

  • FDF40311FBP40418equivalent17 December 2018

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages. Updated core and elective units. Updated packaging rules.

  • FBP40418FBP40421equivalent8 September 2021

    New allergens and traceability units added to electives. Unit codes updated in core and electives

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What FBP40418 is made of

training.gov.au lists 54 units for FBP40418: 8 core and 46 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 8 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBWHS401Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirementsnot current
FBPFST4004Perform microbiological procedures in the food industrycurrent
FBPFST4011Apply the principles of nutrition to food processingcurrent
FBPFSY4001Supervise and maintain a food safety plancurrent
FBPTEC4003Control food contamination and spoilagecurrent
FBPTEC4007Describe and analyse data using mathematical principlescurrent
MSL974020Perform food testsnot current
MSMENV472Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent

Elective units 46 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
FBPAUD4001Assess compliance with food safety programscurrent
FBPAUD4002Communicate and negotiate to conduct food safety auditscurrent
FBPAUD4003Conduct food safety auditscurrent
FBPAUD4004Identify, evaluate and control food safety hazardscurrent
FBPCHE5002Produce acid-coagulated soft cheesecurrent
FBPCHE5003Produce a range of rennet-coagulated cheesescurrent
FBPCHE5004Produce acid and heat coagulated cheesecurrent
FBPCHE5009Carry out sampling and interpret tests for cheese productioncurrent
FBPFST4003Apply digital technology in food processingcurrent
FBPFST4005Document food processes and supporting procedurescurrent
FBPFST4006Apply food preservation technologiescurrent
FBPFST4007Establish operational requirements for a food processing enterprisecurrent
FBPFST4008Preserve food in cans or sealed containerscurrent
FBPFST4009Label foods according to legislative requirementscurrent
FBPFST4010Apply sensory analysis in food processingcurrent
FBPFST4012Apply water management principles to the food industrycurrent
FBPFST5003Construct a process control chart for a food processing operationcurrent
FBPFST5006Apply food microbiological techniques and analysiscurrent
FBPFST5009Implement and review the processing of market milk and related productscurrent
FBPFST5014Implement and review the production of chocolate productscurrent
FBPFST5016Implement and review the processing of high and low boil confectionerycurrent
FBPFST5017Implement and review the processing of confectionery productscurrent
FBPFST5021Implement and review the processing of fruit, vegetables, nuts, herbs and spicescurrent
FBPFST5024Implement and review the production of fermented dairy products and dairy dessertscurrent
FBPFST5028Implement and review the manufacturing and processing of edible fats and oilscurrent
FBPFST5030Implement and review manufacturing of cereal productscurrent
FBPFSY3001Monitor the implementation of quality and food safety programsnot current
FBPFSY4002Supervise and verify supporting programs for food safetycurrent
FBPOPR4001Apply principles of statistical process controlcurrent
FBPPPL3003Participate in improvement processescurrent
Show the remaining 16 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
FBPPPL4007Manage internal auditscurrent
FBPTEC4001Determine handling processes for perishable food itemscurrent
FBPTEC4002Apply principles of food packagingcurrent
FBPTEC4004Apply basic process engineering principles to food processingcurrent
FBPTEC4005Apply an understanding of food additivescurrent
FBPTEC4006Apply an understanding of legal requirements of food productioncurrent
FBPTEC4008Participate in product recallscurrent
FBPTEC4009Identify the physical and chemical properties of materials, food and related productscurrent
FBPTEC4010Manage water treatment processescurrent
FBPTEC4011Establish process capabilitycurrent
MSL973013Perform basic testsnot current
MSL974019Perform chemical tests and proceduresnot current
MSL974021Perform biological proceduresnot current
MSMOPS401Trial new process or productcurrent
MSMSUP390Use structured problem-solving toolscurrent
SIRRFSA001Handle food safely in a retail environmentcurrent

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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