When must new enrolments into MSA30309 stop?

New enrolments are not permitted from 2 June 2017 — 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.

Is there a deadline for learners already enrolled in MSA30309?

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).

MSA30309 Certificate III in Surface Preparation and Coating Application

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.

MSA30309Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Surface Preparation and Coating Application
equivalent
MSM30216CurrentCertificate III in Surface Preparation and Coating Application

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.

MSA30309MSM30216equivalent1 June 2016
The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

Is MSA30309 on your scope?

This page is the register's record of one product. What it cannot tell you is whether MSA30309 sits on your own scope today, or what else on that scope has moved without anyone noticing. Enter your RTO number and we read every product on your live scope against training.gov.au and tell you which ones are superseded and which replacements the register flags not equivalent.

Whether a supersession requires anything of you, and what, sits with you and your regulator. This page maps what the register records; it does not make that judgement. If the difference between an equivalent and a non-equivalent replacement is the question, we wrote it up in equivalent vs not equivalent.

What MSA30309 is made of

training.gov.au lists 67 units for MSA30309. It does not mark them core or elective: the unit grid records N/A for every one of them. The register does not publish a completion rule in units for this product, so we do not state one. What it takes to complete the product is in the packaging rules on training.gov.au.

Units listed 67 listed

Code	Unit	Core or elective	In this product
MEM07001B	Perform operational maintenance of machines/equipment	`N/A`	not current
MEM08002C	Pre-treat work for subsequent surface coating	`N/A`	not current
MEM08007B	Control surface finish production and finished product quality	`N/A`	not current
MEM08011B	Prepare surfaces using solvents and/or mechanical means	`N/A`	not current
MEM08012B	Prepare surfaces by abrasive blasting (basic)	`N/A`	not current
MEM08013B	Prepare surfaces by abrasive blasting (advanced)	`N/A`	not current
MEM08014B	Apply protective coatings (basic)	`N/A`	not current
MEM08015B	Apply protective coatings (advanced)	`N/A`	not current
MEM08016B	Control blast coating by-products, materials and emissions	`N/A`	not current
MEM11001C	Erect/dismantle scaffolding and equipment	`N/A`	not current
MEM11002C	Erect/dismantle complex scaffolding and equipment	`N/A`	not current
MEM11003B	Coordinate erection/dismantling of complex scaffolding/equipment	`N/A`	not current
MEM11004B	Undertake dogging	`N/A`	not current
MEM11010B	Operate mobile load shifting equipment	`N/A`	not current
MEM11011B	Undertake manual handling	`N/A`	not current
MEM11012B	Purchase materials	`N/A`	not current
MEM11016B	Order materials	`N/A`	not current
MEM11021B	Perform advanced operation of load shifting equipment	`N/A`	not current
MEM11022B	Operate fixed/moveable load shifting equipment	`N/A`	not current
MEM12001B	Use comparison and basic measuring devices	`N/A`	not current
MEM12023A	Perform engineering measurements	`N/A`	not current
MEM12024A	Perform computations	`N/A`	not current
MEM13001B	Perform emergency first aid	`N/A`	not current
MEM13003B	Work safely with industrial chemicals and materials	`N/A`	not current
MEM14004A	Plan to undertake a routine task	`N/A`	not current
MEM14005A	Plan a complete activity	`N/A`	not current
MEM15002A	Apply quality systems	`N/A`	not current
MEM15003B	Use improvement processes in team activities	`N/A`	not current
MEM15004B	Perform inspection	`N/A`	not current
MEM15005B	Select and control inspection processes and procedures	`N/A`	not current

Show the remaining 37 units

Code	Unit	Core or elective	In this product
MEM15024A	Apply quality procedures	`N/A`	not current
MEM16002C	Conduct formal interviews and negotiations	`N/A`	not current
MEM16005A	Operate as a team member to conduct manufacturing, engineering or related activities	`N/A`	not current
MEM16006A	Organise and communicate information	`N/A`	not current
MEM16007A	Work with others in a manufacturing, engineering or related environment	`N/A`	not current
MEM16008A	Interact with computing technology	`N/A`	not current
MEM16011A	Communicate with individuals and small groups	`N/A`	not current
MEM16013A	Operate in a self-directed team	`N/A`	not current
MEM17001B	Assist in development and deliver training in the workplace	`N/A`	not current
MEM17003A	Assist in the provision of on the job training	`N/A`	not current
MEM18001C	Use hand tools	`N/A`	not current
MEM18002B	Use power tools/hand held operations	`N/A`	not current
MSAENV272B	Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMOHS200A	Work safely	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMOHS216A	Operate breathing apparatus	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMOHS217A	Gas test atmospheres	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMOPS201A	Cut polymer materials	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMOPS202A	Fabricate polymer materials	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMOPS301A	Treat corrosion	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMOPS363A	Organise on site work	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMPER200C	Work in accordance with an issued permit	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMPER202A	Observe permit work	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMPER205C	Enter confined space	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMPER300C	Issue work permits	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMSUP100A	Apply workplace procedures	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMSUP303A	Identify equipment faults	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMSUP390A	Use structured problem solving tools	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMWJ201A	Use high pressure water jetting equipment	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMWJ301A	Operate a high pressure water jetting system	`N/A`	not current
PMBPROD241C	Lay up rubber lining or lag pulleys	`N/A`	not current
PMBPROD242A	Bond polymers to surfaces	`N/A`	not current
PMBPROD248C	Prepare surfaces for coating	`N/A`	not current
PMBPROD265C	Operate portable vulcanising equipment	`N/A`	not current
PMBPROD323C	Produce powder coated products	`N/A`	not current
PMBPROD375B	Vulcanise products using an autoclave	`N/A`	not current
RIIOHS204A	Work safely at heights	`N/A`	not current
RIIRIS201B	Conduct local risk control	`N/A`	not current

The register publishes this unit grid without a core or elective flag, so this page does not split it into core and elective. "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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