MEM05049B Perform routine gas tungsten arc welding

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MEM05049B ended on 24 June 2019 — 7 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 26 June 2020 — 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).

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Product type
Unit of competency
Training package
MEM05 — Metal and Engineering Training Package
Currency period ends
24 June 2019
Latest release
Release 1 · 1 December 2005
Supersedes
nothing — no earlier product listed
Superseded by
MEM05049 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. MEM05049BSuperseded — equivalentPerform routine gas tungsten arc welding
  2. equivalent
  3. MEM05049CurrentPerform routine gas tungsten arc welding

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.

  • MEM05049BMEM05049equivalent25 June 2019

    Supersedes and is equivalent to MEM05049B Perform routine gas tungsten arc welding

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Where MEM05049B is used

training.gov.au lists MEM05049B inside 52 training products, 2 of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for MEM05049B in that product.

Current products 2 listed

CodeTraining productTypeMEM05049B is
CPC30216Certificate III in Signs and GraphicsQualificationelective
MEM20105Certificate II in EngineeringQualificationelective

Products no longer current 50 listed

The register still records MEM05049B 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 productTypeMEM05049B is
AHC30110Certificate III in AgricultureQualificationelective
AHC30116Certificate III in AgricultureQualificationelective
CPC20811Certificate II in Metal Roofing and CladdingQualificationelective
CPC20812Certificate II in Metal Roofing and CladdingQualificationelective
CPC32411Certificate III in PlumbingQualificationelective
CPC32412Certificate III in PlumbingQualificationelective
CPC32413Certificate III in PlumbingQualificationelective
CPC32511Certificate III in Plumbing (Mechanical Services)Qualificationelective
CPC32512Certificate III in Plumbing (Mechanical Services)Qualificationelective
CPC32513Certificate III in Plumbing (Mechanical Services)Qualificationelective
Show the remaining 40 products no longer current
CodeTraining productTypeMEM05049B is
CPC32611Certificate III in Roof PlumbingQualificationelective
CPC32612Certificate III in Roof PlumbingQualificationelective
CPC32711Certificate III in Gas FittingQualificationelective
CPC32712Certificate III in Gas FittingQualificationelective
CPC32713Certificate III in Gas FittingQualificationelective
FPI30705Certificate III in SawdoctoringQualificationelective
FPI30711Certificate III in SawdoctoringQualificationelective
FWP30716Certificate III in SawdoctoringQualificationelective
LMT31909Certificate III in Engineering - TCF MechanicQualificationelective
MEASS00101Aircraft welding using the gas tungsten arc welding process - aluminium alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00102Aircraft welding using the gas tungsten arc welding process - carbon and low alloys steelsSkill setelective
MEASS00103Aircraft welding using the gas tungsten arc welding process - corrosion and heat resisting steelsSkill setelective
MEASS00104Aircraft welding using the gas tungsten arc welding process - magnesium alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00105Aircraft welding using the gas tungsten arc welding process - nickel alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00120Aircraft welding using the plasma arc welding process - aluminium alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00121Aircraft welding using the plasma arc welding process - carbon and low alloy steelsSkill setelective
MEASS00122Aircraft welding using the plasma arc welding process - copper based alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00123Aircraft welding using the plasma arc welding process - corrosion and heat resisting steelsSkill setelective
MEASS00124Aircraft welding using the plasma arc welding process - magnesium alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00125Aircraft welding using the plasma arc welding process - nickel alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00126Aircraft welding using the plasma arc welding process - titanium alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00374MTA027 Aircraft welding using the gas tungsten arc welding process - aluminium alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00375MTA028 Aircraft welding using the gas tungsten arc welding process - magnesium alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00376MTA029 Aircraft welding using the gas tungsten arc welding process - carbon and low alloy steelsSkill setelective
MEASS00377MTA030 Aircraft welding using gas tungsten arc welding process - corrosion and heat resisting steelSkill setelective
MEASS00378MTA031 Aircraft welding using the gas tungsten arc welding process - nickel alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00379MTA032 Aircraft welding using the plasma arc welding process - aluminium alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00380MTA033 Aircraft welding using the plasma arc welding process - magnesium alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00381MTA034 Aircraft welding using the plasma arc welding process - carbon and low alloy steelsSkill setelective
MEASS00382MTA035 Aircraft welding using the plasma arc welding process - corrosion and heat resisting steelsSkill setelective
MEASS00383MTA036 Aircraft welding using the plasma arc welding process - nickel alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00384MTA037 Aircraft welding using the plasma arc welding process - copper based alloysSkill setelective
MEASS00385MTA038 Aircraft welding using the plasma arc welding process - titanium alloysSkill setelective
MEM20205Certificate II in Engineering - Production TechnologyQualificationelective
MEM30105Certificate III in Engineering - Production SystemsQualificationelective
MEM30305Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication TradeQualificationelective
MEM40105Certificate IV in EngineeringQualificationelective
MEM50105Diploma of Engineering - Advanced TradeQualificationelective
UEP40412Certificate IV in ESI Generation Maintenance (Fabrication)Qualificationelective
UEP40418Certificate IV in ESI Generation Maintenance (Fabrication)Qualificationelective

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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