When must new enrolments into MSA31108 stop?

New enrolments are not permitted from 2 May 2013 — 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 MSA31108?

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).

MSA31108 Certificate III in Competitive Manufacturing

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.

MSA31108Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Competitive Manufacturing
equivalent
MSS30312Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Competitive Systems and Practices
equivalent
MSS30316Superseded — not equivalentCertificate III in Competitive Systems and Practices
not equivalent
MSS30322CurrentCertificate III in Competitive Systems and Practices

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.

MSA31108MSS30312equivalent1 May 2012
Equivalent outcomes - increased choice of electives and unit requirement increased

Is MSA31108 on your scope?

This page is the register's record of one product. What it cannot tell you is whether MSA31108 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Enter your RTO number and we read every product on your live scope against training.gov.au and tell you which ones are superseded and which replacements the register flags not equivalent.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 MSA31108 is made of

training.gov.au lists 38 units for MSA31108. 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 38 listed

Code	Unit	Core or elective	In this product
MSACMC210A	Manage the impact of change on own work	`N/A`	not current
MSACMC410A	Lead change in a manufacturing environment	`N/A`	not current
MSACMC411A	Lead a competitive manufacturing team	`N/A`	not current
MSACMC413A	Lead team culture improvement	`N/A`	not current
MSACMS200A	Apply competitive manufacturing practices	`N/A`	not current
MSACMS201A	Sustain process improvements	`N/A`	not current
MSACMS401A	Ensure process improvements are sustained	`N/A`	not current
MSACMS405A	Lead a manufacturing team using a balanced score card approach	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT220A	Apply quick changeover procedures	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT221A	Apply Just in Time (JIT) procedures	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT230A	Apply cost factors to work practices	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT231A	Interpret product costs in terms of customer requirements	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT240A	Apply 5S procedures in a manufacturing environment	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT250A	Monitor process capability	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT251A	Apply quality standards	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT260A	Use planning software systems in manufacturing	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT261A	Use SCADA systems in manufacturing	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT270A	Use sustainable energy practices	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT271A	Use sustainable environmental practices	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT280A	Undertake root cause analysis	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT281A	Contribute to the application of a proactive maintenance strategy	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT421A	Facilitate a Just in Time (JIT) system	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT423A	Monitor a manufacturing levelled pull system	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT430A	Improve cost factors in work practices	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT432A	Analyse manual handling processes	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT440A	Lead 5S in a manufacturing environment	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT441A	Facilitate continuous improvement in manufacturing	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT450A	Undertake process capability improvements	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT451A	Mistake proof a production process	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT452A	Apply statistics to processes in manufacturing	`N/A`	not current

Show the remaining 8 units

Code	Unit	Core or elective	In this product
MSACMT453A	Use six sigma techniques	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT460A	Facilitate the use of planning software systems in manufacturing	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT461A	Facilitate SCADA systems in a manufacturing team or work area	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT481A	Undertake proactive maintenance analyses	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT482A	Assist in implementing a proactive maintenance strategy	`N/A`	not current
MSACMT483A	Support proactive maintenance	`N/A`	not current
MSAENV272B	Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMSUP390A	Use structured problem solving tools	`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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