HLTMSG002 Assess client massage needs

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for HLTMSG002 ended on 13 December 2022 — 3 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

Transition clockClosed to new enrolments

New enrolments are not permitted from 15 December 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
Unit of competency
Training package
HLT — Health
Currency period ends
13 December 2022
Latest release
Release 1 · 6 August 2015
Superseded by
HLTMSG010 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. HLTMSG002Superseded — not equivalentAssess client massage needs
  2. not equivalent
  3. HLTMSG010CurrentAssess client massage needs

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.

  • HLTREM407CHLTMSG002not equivalent5 August 2015

    Merged HLTREM407C/HLTREM408C/HLTREM409C Significant changes to the elements and performance criteria. New evidence requirements for assessment, including volume and frequency requirements. Significant change to knowledge evidence. Minimum clinic hours added. Additional assessor requirements.

  • HLTREM408CHLTMSG002not equivalent5 August 2015

    Merged HLTREM407C/HLTREM408C/HLTREM409C Significant changes to the elements and performance criteria. New evidence requirements for assessment, including volume and frequency requirements. Significant change to knowledge evidence. Minimum clinic hours added. Additional assessor requirements.

  • HLTREM409CHLTMSG002not equivalent5 August 2015

    Merged HLTREM407C/HLTREM408C/HLTREM409C Significant changes to the elements and performance criteria. New evidence requirements for assessment, including volume and frequency requirements. Significant change to knowledge evidence. Minimum clinic hours added. Additional assessor requirements.

  • HLTMSG002HLTMSG010not equivalent14 December 2022

    Non Equivalent. Unit code changed. Minor amendments to Application statement. Significant changes to Elements, Performance Criteria, Performance Evidence, Knowledge Evidence and Assessment Conditions.

Is HLTMSG002 on your scope?

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Where HLTMSG002 is used

training.gov.au lists HLTMSG002 inside 6 training products, 4 of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for HLTMSG002 in that product.

Current products 4 listed

CodeTraining productTypeHLTMSG002 is
HLT52315Diploma of Clinical AromatherapyQualificationelective
HLT52515Diploma of ReflexologyQualificationelective
HLT52615Diploma of Ayurvedic Lifestyle ConsultationQualificationelective
HLT62615Advanced Diploma of AyurvedaQualificationelective

Products no longer current 2 listed

The register still records HLTMSG002 inside these, but it no longer recommends them as current. They are here because a scope history or an old enrolment can still point at them.

CodeTraining productTypeHLTMSG002 is
HLT42015Certificate IV in Massage TherapyQualificationcore
HLT52015Diploma of Remedial MassageQualificationcore

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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