MSF40113 Certificate IV in Interior Decoration

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MSF40113 ended on 1 December 2018 — 7 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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For an RTO registered by ASQA, new enrolments are not permitted today, unless ASQA has approved otherwise — for your organisation, for a class of RTOs, or for all RTOs. The one-year point this rule counts from — one year from the date the replacement was included on the National Register — fell earlier, on 3 December 2019. That date is arithmetic, not a day on which this instrument prohibited anything: s 14(1)(a)(i) of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Compliance Standards for NVR Registered Training Organisations and Fit and Proper Person Requirements) Instrument 2025 (F2025L00355) commenced on 1 July 2025 and imposes nothing before then. RTOs registered by VRQA in Victoria or by the TAC in Western Australia are not covered by it.

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).

A second obligation follows from the same fact: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted. For an RTO registered by ASQA, new enrolments in this product are not permitted today, so a course page advertising it is not permitted either — and if ASQA approves a later enrolment date, that moves with it.

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Product type
Qualification
Training package
MSF — Furnishing Training Package
Currency period ends
1 December 2018
Latest release
Release 3 · 12 July 2016 · 3 releases in all
Supersedes
LMF40408
Superseded by
MSF40118 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. MSF40113Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Interior Decoration
  2. equivalent
  3. MSF40118Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Interior Decoration
  4. equivalent
  5. MSF40122CurrentCertificate IV in Interior Decoration

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.

  • LMF40408MSF40113equivalent9 December 2013

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

  • MSF40113MSF40118equivalent2 December 2018

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

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for MSF40113 and for its training package MSF (release 9.1), with the name and date the register publishes for each file. We link them; we have not read them, and nothing on this page is taken from their contents.

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What MSF40113 is made of

training.gov.au lists 35 units for MSF40113: 8 core and 16 elective, and 11 units it marks neither. 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 8 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBDES302Explore and apply the creative design process to 2D formsnot current
BSBDES303Explore and apply the creative design process to 3D formsnot current
CUAACD301Produce drawings to communicate ideasnot current
CUAACD303Produce technical drawingsnot current
MSFID4001Research, analyse and apply colour for interior spacesnot current
MSFID4002Decorate residential interiorsnot current
MSFID4011Determine work health and safety (WHS) implications of interior effectsnot current
MSMENV272Participate in environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent

Elective units 16 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCRT401Articulate, present and debate ideasnot current
BSBCRT402Collaborate in a creative processnot current
BSBDES301Explore the use of colournot current
BSBDES305Source and apply information on the history and theory of designnot current
BSBDES401Generate design solutionsnot current
BSBDES403Develop and extend design skills and practicenot current
BSBMGT402Implement operational plannot current
BSBSMB405Monitor and manage small business operationsnot current
BSBWOR204Use business technologynot current
CUAACD302Produce computer-aided drawingsnot current
CUADES403Research and apply techniques in spatial designnot current
CUADIG303Produce and prepare photo imagescurrent
CUADIG304Create visual design componentscurrent
CUAILL401Develop and refine illustrative workcurrent
MSMENV472Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent
MSMWHS200Work safelycurrent

Units the register marks neither core nor elective 11 listed

CodeUnitCore or electiveIn this product
MEM16006AOrganise and communicate informationN/Anot current
MSFDN4001Produce drawings from design conceptsN/Anot current
MSFID3001Source and specify decoration productsN/Anot current
MSFID4003Prepare a materials board for client presentationN/Anot current
MSFID4004Research and recommend furniture and accessoriesN/Anot current
MSFID4005Research and recommend soft furnishings for interiorsN/Anot current
MSFID4006Research and recommend hard materials and finishes for interiorsN/Anot current
MSFID4007Identify materials, construction techniques and methods used in building interiorsN/Anot current
MSFID4008Assess interior light and recommend light fittingsN/Anot current
MSFID4009Research architectural styles and movementsN/Anot current
MSFID4010Research interior decoration and design influencesN/Anot current

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.

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