FBP40518 Certificate IV in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for FBP40518 ended on 18 April 2022 — 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 20 April 2023 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
18 April 2022
Latest release
Release 1 · 18 December 2018
Supersedes
FDF40210
Superseded by
FBP40522 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. FBP40518Superseded — not equivalentCertificate IV in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
  2. not equivalent
  3. FBP40522CurrentCertificate IV 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.

  • FDF40210FBP40518not equivalent17 December 2018

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages The number of units to achieve the qualification reduced from 21 to 16 Changes to packaging rules, core and elective units

  • FBP40518FBP40522not equivalent19 April 2022

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

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What FBP40518 is made of

training.gov.au lists 59 units for FBP40518: 8 core and 51 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
BSBSMB407Manage a small teamnot current
BSBWHS401Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirementsnot current
FBPPHM4001Monitor and maintain Good Manufacturing Practice requirementscurrent
FBPPHM4002Prepare and review workplace documentation to support Good Manufacturing Practice requirementscurrent
FBPPHM4003Facilitate contamination controlcurrent
FBPPHM4005Participate in validation of pharmaceutical manufacturing processescurrent
FBPPHM4006Respond to non-conformancecurrent
FBPPPL3006Report on workplace performancecurrent

Elective units 51 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBHRM405Support the recruitment, selection and induction of staffnot current
BSBINN301Promote innovation in a team environmentnot current
BSBLDR402Lead effective workplace relationshipsnot current
BSBLDR403Lead team effectivenessnot current
BSBLED401Develop teams and individualsnot current
BSBMGT401Show leadership in the workplacenot current
BSBMGT402Implement operational plannot current
BSBMGT403Implement continuous improvementnot current
BSBRES411Analyse and present research informationnot current
BSBWOR403Manage stress in the workplacenot current
BSBWOR404Develop work prioritiesnot current
FBPOPR2069Use numerical applications in the workplacecurrent
FBPOPR3005Operate interrelated processes in a production systemnot current
FBPOPR3006Operate interrelated processes in a packaging systemnot current
FBPOPR4001Apply principles of statistical process controlcurrent
FBPPHM3002Operate a pharmaceutical production processnot current
FBPPHM3003Work in a controlled environmentcurrent
FBPPHM3004Clean and sanitise facilities and equipmentcurrent
FBPPHM4004Participate in change control procedurescurrent
FBPPPL3005Participate in an audit processcurrent
FBPPPL4002Plan and coordinate production equipment maintenancecurrent
FBPTEC4007Describe and analyse data using mathematical principlescurrent
FBPTEC4011Establish process capabilitycurrent
MSL922001Record and present datanot current
MSMOPS400Optimise process/plant areacurrent
MSMPER300Issue work permitscurrent
MSMSUP390Use structured problem-solving toolscurrent
MSMSUP406Identify faults in electronic controlcurrent
MSMWHS201Conduct hazard analysiscurrent
MSMWHS401Assess riskcurrent
Show the remaining 21 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
MSS402080Undertake root cause analysisnot current
MSS402083Use planning software systems in operationsnot current
MSS403010Facilitate change in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practicesnot current
MSS403011Facilitate implementation of competitive systems and practicesnot current
MSS403021Facilitate a Just in Time systemnot current
MSS403023Monitor a levelled pull system of operationsnot current
MSS403032Analyse manual handling processesnot current
MSS403040Facilitate and improve implementation of 5Snot current
MSS403041Facilitate breakthrough improvementsnot current
MSS403085Ensure process improvements are sustainednot current
MSS403087Mistake proof an operational processnot current
MSS404052Apply statistics to operational processesnot current
MSS404053Use DMAIC techniquesnot current
MSS404060Facilitate the use of planning software systems in a work area or teamnot current
MSS404061Facilitate the use of SCADA systems in a team or work areanot current
MSS404082Assist in implementing a proactive maintenance strategynot current
MSS404084Undertake process capability improvementsnot current
PMBTECH406Diagnose production equipment problemsnot current
TAEASS402Assess competencenot current
TAEASS403Participate in assessment validationnot current
TAEDEL301Provide work skill instructionnot 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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