MSACMS401A Ensure process improvements are sustained

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for MSACMS401A ended on 30 April 2012 — 14 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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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.

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Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule

Product type
Unit of competency
Training package
MSA07 — Manufacturing Training Package
Currency period ends
30 April 2012
Latest release
Release 1 · 1 December 2005
Supersedes
nothing — no earlier product listed
Superseded by
MSS403002A not 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. MSACMS401ASuperseded — not equivalentEnsure process improvements are sustained
  2. not equivalent
  3. MSS403002ASuperseded — equivalentEnsure process improvements are sustained
  4. equivalent
  5. MSS403002Superseded — equivalentEnsure process improvements are sustained
  6. equivalent
  7. MSS403085Superseded — equivalentEnsure process improvements are sustained
  8. equivalent
  9. MSS403081CurrentEnsure process improvements are sustained

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.

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Where MSACMS401A is used

training.gov.au lists MSACMS401A inside 63 training products, 4 of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for MSACMS401A in that product.

Current products 4 listed

CodeTraining productTypeMSACMS401A is
MSA30208Certificate III in Manufacturing TechnologyQualificationelective
MSA40108Certificate IV in Manufacturing TechnologyQualificationelective
MSA50108Diploma of Manufacturing TechnologyQualificationelective
MSA60108Advanced Diploma of Manufacturing TechnologyQualificationelective

Products no longer current 59 listed

The register still records MSACMS401A 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 productTypeMSACMS401A is
AUM40112Certificate IV in Automotive ManufacturingQualificationelective
AUM45108Certificate IV in Automotive Manufacturing (Bus/Truck/Trailer)Qualificationelective
DEF32312Certificate III in Explosive Ordnance ManufactureQualificationelective
DEF41912Certificate IV in Explosive Ordnance ManufactureQualificationelective
DEF42315Certificate IV in Explosive Ordnance ManufactureQualificationelective
FDF30110Certificate III in Food ProcessingQualificationelective
FDF30111Certificate III in Food ProcessingQualificationelective
FDF30210Certificate III in Pharmaceutical ManufacturingQualificationelective
FDF30310Certificate III in Plant BakingQualificationelective
FDF30510Certificate III in Retail Baking (Cake and Pastry)Qualificationelective
Show the remaining 49 products no longer current
CodeTraining productTypeMSACMS401A is
FDF30610Certificate III in Retail Baking (Bread)Qualificationelective
FDF30710Certificate III in Retail Baking (Combined)Qualificationelective
FDF30910Certificate III in Food Processing (Sales)Qualificationelective
FDF40110Certificate IV in Food ProcessingQualificationelective
FDF40210Certificate IV in Pharmaceutical ManufacturingQualificationelective
FPP20110Certificate II in Pulping OperationsQualificationelective
FPP20210Certificate II in Papermaking OperationsQualificationelective
FPP30110Certificate III in Pulping OperationsQualificationelective
FPP30210Certificate III in Papermaking OperationsQualificationelective
FPP40110Certificate IV in Pulping OperationsQualificationelective
FPP40210Certificate IV in Papermaking OperationsQualificationelective
LMT30107Certificate III in Textile ProductionQualificationelective
LMT30307Certificate III in Cotton GinningQualificationelective
LMT30407Certificate III in Textile FabricationQualificationelective
LMT30507Certificate III in Clothing ProductionQualificationelective
LMT30707Certificate III in Footwear ProductionQualificationelective
LMT30807Certificate III in Footwear RepairQualificationelective
LMT30907Certificate III in Leather ProductionQualificationelective
LMT31110Certificate III in Laundry OperationsQualificationelective
LMT31210Certificate III in Dry Cleaning OperationsQualificationelective
LMT31807Certificate III in Technical Textiles and Non-wovensQualificationelective
LMT40107Certificate IV in Textile Technology and ProductionQualificationelective
LMT40207Certificate IV in Cotton GinningQualificationelective
LMT40307Certificate IV in Clothing ProductionQualificationelective
LMT40407Certificate IV in Custom-made FootwearQualificationelective
LMT40810Certificate IV in Laundry Operations and SupervisionQualificationelective
LMT50407Diploma of Textile Technology and Production ManagementQualificationelective
MEM50205Diploma of Engineering - TechnicalQualificationelective
MEM50211Diploma of Engineering - TechnicalQualificationelective
MEM60105Advanced Diploma of EngineeringQualificationelective
MEM60111Advanced Diploma of EngineeringQualificationelective
MSA31108Certificate III in Competitive ManufacturingQualificationelective
MSA40311Certificate IV in Process ManufacturingQualificationelective
MSA40510Certificate IV in Recreational VehiclesQualificationelective
MSA41108Certificate IV in Competitive ManufacturingQualificationelective
MSA51108Diploma of Competitive ManufacturingQualificationelective
MSA61108Advanced Diploma of Competitive ManufacturingQualificationelective
MSS40111Certificate IV in Sustainable OperationsQualificationelective
PMA40108Certificate IV in Process Plant TechnologyQualificationelective
PMA50108Diploma of Process Plant TechnologyQualificationelective
PMA60108Advanced Diploma of Process Plant TechnologyQualificationelective
PMB40107Certificate IV in Polymer TechnologyQualificationelective
PMB50107Diploma of Polymer TechnologyQualificationelective
PMB60107Advanced Diploma of Polymer TechnologyQualificationelective
PMC40110Certificate IV in Manufactured Mineral ProductsQualificationelective
PUA32310Certificate III in Public Safety (Explosive Ordnance Manufacture)Qualificationelective
PUA41910Certificate IV in Public Safety (Explosive Ordnance Manufacture)Qualificationelective
SFI30511Certificate III in Seafood ProcessingQualificationelective
SFI40511Certificate IV in Seafood ProcessingQualificationelective

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