FBPPHM3016 Operate a sterilisation process using an autoclave

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for FBPPHM3016 ended on 19 January 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 21 January 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
Unit of competency
Training package
FBP — Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical
Currency period ends
19 January 2021
Latest release
Release 1 · 18 December 2018
Supersedes
FDFPH2014A
Superseded by
FBPPHM3018 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. FBPPHM3016Superseded — not equivalentOperate a sterilisation process using an autoclave
  2. not equivalent
  3. FBPPHM3018CurrentOperate a sterilisation process using an autoclave

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.

  • FDFPH2014AFBPPHM3016equivalent17 December 2018

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages Changes to performance criteria for clarity Code changed to reflect AQF alignment

  • FBPPHM3016FBPPHM3018not equivalent20 January 2021

    Major changes to performance criteria for clarity and industry currency. Foundation skills table updated.Assessment requirements updated

Is FBPPHM3016 on your scope?

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Where FBPPHM3016 is used

training.gov.au lists FBPPHM3016 inside 1 training product, which it no longer lists as current. It is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for FBPPHM3016 in that product.

Products no longer current 1 listed

The register still records FBPPHM3016 inside this one, but it no longer recommends it as current. It is here because a scope history or an old enrolment can still point at it.

CodeTraining productTypeFBPPHM3016 is
FBP30818Certificate III in Pharmaceutical ManufacturingQualificationelective

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