MEM31319 Certificate III in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MEM31319 ended on 17 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 19 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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.

Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule

Product type
Qualification
Training package
MEM — Manufacturing and Engineering
Currency period ends
17 December 2022
Latest release
Release 2 · 31 March 2021 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
MEM30205
Superseded by
MEM31322 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. MEM31319Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
  2. equivalent
  3. MEM31322CurrentCertificate III in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

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.

  • MEM30205MEM31319not equivalent25 June 2019

    Supersedes but is not equivalent to MEM30205 Certificate III in Engineering - Mechanical Trade

  • MEM31319MEM31322equivalent18 December 2022

    The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

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What MEM31319 is made of

training.gov.au lists 73 units for MEM31319: 12 core and 61 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 12 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MEM09002Interpret technical drawingcurrent
MEM11011Undertake manual handlingcurrent
MEM12023Perform engineering measurementscurrent
MEM12024Perform computationscurrent
MEM13015Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineeringcurrent
MEM14006Plan work activitiescurrent
MEM16006Organise and communicate informationcurrent
MEM16008Interact with computing technologycurrent
MEM17003Assist in the provision of on-the-job trainingcurrent
MEM18001Use hand toolscurrent
MEM18002Use power tools/hand held operationscurrent
MSMENV272Participate in environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent

Elective units 61 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MEM05001Perform manual soldering/desoldering - electrical/electronic componentscurrent
MEM05003Perform soft solderingcurrent
MEM05005Carry out mechanical cuttingcurrent
MEM05006Perform brazing and/or silver solderingcurrent
MEM05012Perform routine manual metal arc weldingcurrent
MEM05050Perform routine gas metal arc weldingcurrent
MEM07001Perform operational maintenance of machines/equipmentcurrent
MEM07024Operate and monitor machine and processcurrent
MEM07032Use workshop machines for basic operationscurrent
MEM09003Prepare basic engineering drawingcurrent
MEM09011Apply basic engineering design conceptscurrent
MEM10002Terminate and connect electrical wiringcurrent
MEM10003Install and test electrical wiring and circuits up to 1000 volts a.c. and 1500 volts d.c.current
MEM10004Enter and change programmable controller operational parameterscurrent
MEM10005Commission programmable controller programscurrent
MEM10009Install refrigeration and air conditioning plant and equipmentcurrent
MEM10010Install pipework and pipework assembliescurrent
MEM10011Terminate and connect specialist cablescurrent
MEM10013Install split air conditioning systems and associated pipeworkcurrent
MEM11001Erect/dismantle scaffolding and equipmentcurrent
MEM11005Pick and process ordercurrent
MEM11009Handle/move bulk fluids/gasescurrent
MEM11010Operate mobile load shifting equipmentcurrent
MEM11016Order materialscurrent
MEM11022Operate fixed/moveable load shifting equipmentcurrent
MEM12002Perform electrical/electronic measurementcurrent
MEM12004Perform precision electrical/electronic measurementcurrent
MEM13001Perform emergency first aidcurrent
MEM13002Undertake work health and safety activities in the workplacenot current
MEM13003Work safely with industrial chemicals and materialscurrent
Show the remaining 31 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
MEM13007Maintain water treatment systems for cooling towerscurrent
MEM15001Perform basic statistical quality controlcurrent
MEM15004Perform inspectioncurrent
MEM16004Perform internal/external customer servicecurrent
MEM16005Operate as a team member to conduct manufacturing, engineering or related activitiescurrent
MEM16013Operate in a self-directed teamcurrent
MEM18003Use tools for precision workcurrent
MEM18006Perform precision fitting of engineering componentscurrent
MEM18009Perform precision levelling and alignment of machines and engineering componentscurrent
MEM18011Shut down and isolate machines/equipmentcurrent
MEM18045Fault find and repair electrical equipment/components up to 250 volts single phase supplycurrent
MEM18046Fault find and repair electrical equipment/components up to 1000 volts a.c./1500 volts d.c.current
MEM18048Fault find and repair/rectify basic electrical circuitscurrent
MEM18049Disconnect/reconnect fixed wired equipment up to 1000 volts a.c./1500 volts d.c.current
MEM18050Disconnect/reconnect fixed wired equipment over 1000 volts a.c./1500 volts d.c.current
MEM18051Fault find and repair/rectify complex electrical circuitscurrent
MEM18055Dismantle, replace and assemble engineering componentscurrent
MEM18083Handle fluorocarbon refrigerants according to regulationscurrent
MEM18084Commission and decommission split air conditioning systemscurrent
MEM18085Install, service and repair domestic air conditioning and refrigeration appliancescurrent
MEM18086Test, recover, evacuate and charge refrigeration systemscurrent
MEM18087Service and repair domestic and light commercial refrigeration and air conditioning equipmentcurrent
MEM18088Maintain and repair commercial air conditioning systems and componentscurrent
MEM18089Maintain and repair central air handling systemscurrent
MEM18090Maintain and repair industrial refrigeration systems and componentscurrent
MEM18091Maintain and repair multistage, cascade and/or ultra-cold industrial refrigeration systemscurrent
MEM18092Maintain and repair commercial and/or industrial refrigeration and/or air conditioning controlscurrent
MEM18093Maintain and repair integrated industrial refrigeration and/or large air handling system controlscurrent
MEM18094Service and repair commercial refrigerationcurrent
MEM18095Maintain and repair cooling towers/evaporative condensers and associated equipmentcurrent
MEM18096Maintain, repair/replace and adjust refrigerant flow controls and associated equipmentcurrent

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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