ICANWK517A Determine best-fit topology for a wide area network

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for ICANWK517A ended on 23 March 2015 — 11 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 25 March 2016 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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.

Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule

Product type
Unit of competency
Training package
ICA11 — Information and Communications Technology Training Package
Currency period ends
23 March 2015
Latest release
Release 1 · 18 July 2011
Supersedes
ICAA5145B
Superseded by
ICTNWK517 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. ICANWK517ASuperseded — equivalentDetermine best-fit topology for a wide area network
  2. equivalent
  3. ICTNWK517Superseded — not equivalentDetermine best-fit topology for a wide area network
  4. not equivalent
  5. ICTNWK560CurrentDetermine best-fit topologies for wide area networks

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.

  • ICAA5145BICANWK517Aequivalent17 July 2011

    Outcomes deemed equivalent. Added application of unit. Changes to range statement, required skills and knowledge and evidence guide. Changes to performance criteria.

  • ICANWK517AICTNWK517equivalent24 March 2015

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages.

Is ICANWK517A on your scope?

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Where ICANWK517A is used

training.gov.au lists ICANWK517A inside 3 training products, none of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for ICANWK517A in that product.

Products no longer current 3 listed

The register still records ICANWK517A 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 productTypeICANWK517A is
ICA50111Diploma of Information TechnologyQualificationelective
ICT60110Advanced Diploma of Optical NetworksQualificationelective
ICT60210Advanced Diploma of Telecommunications Network EngineeringQualificationelective

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