MSF40118 Certificate IV in Interior Decoration

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MSF40118 ended on 6 December 2022 — 3 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 8 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule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
MSF — Furnishing Training Package
Currency period ends
6 December 2022
Latest release
Release 3 · 3 June 2022 · 3 releases in all
Supersedes
MSF40113
Superseded by
MSF40122 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. MSF40118Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Interior Decoration
  2. equivalent
  3. 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.

  • MSF40113MSF40118equivalent2 December 2018

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

  • MSF40118MSF40122equivalent7 December 2022

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

Is MSF40118 on your scope?

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What MSF40118 is made of

training.gov.au lists 36 units for MSF40118: 6 core and 30 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 6 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBDES303Explore and apply the creative design process to 3D formsnot current
CUAACD301Produce drawings to communicate ideasnot current
CUAACD303Produce technical drawingsnot current
MSFGN4001Research and meet ethical and compliance requirementscurrent
MSFID4012Decorate residential interiorscurrent
MSFID4016Design colour schemes for interior and exterior spacescurrent

Elective units 30 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCRT412Articulate, present and debate ideascurrent
BSBCRT413Collaborate in creative processescurrent
BSBESB406Establish operational strategies and procedures for new business venturescurrent
BSBMGT402Implement operational plannot current
BSBTEC201Use business software applicationscurrent
CPPBDN4001Research and evaluate construction materials and methods for building design projectsnot current
CUAACD312Produce computer-aided drawingscurrent
CUADES301Explore the use of colourcurrent
CUADES305Source and apply information on the history and theory of designcurrent
CUADES411Generate design solutionscurrent
CUADES413Develop and extend design skills and practicecurrent
CUADES423Research and apply techniques in spatial designcurrent
CUADIG303Produce and prepare photo imagescurrent
CUADIG304Create visual design componentscurrent
CUAILL401Develop and refine illustrative workcurrent
MSFID4013Design residential interior lightingcurrent
MSFID4015Prepare materials and finishes boards for client presentationcurrent
MSFID4017Research and recommend furniture and accessoriescurrent
MSFID4019Research interior decoration and design influencescurrent
MSFID4021Design soft furnishing solutions for interior spacescurrent
MSFSF3008Measure up and calculate fabric quantities for window coveringsnot current
MSFSF3010Advise customers on interior decorationnot current
MSFSF3013Provide technical advice to customersnot current
MSMENV472Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent
MSMWHS200Work safelycurrent
SIRRMER004Develop visual merchandising creative conceptscurrent
SIRRMER005Implement visual merchandising conceptscurrent
SIRRMER007Design and install visual merchandising displayscurrent
SIRRMER009Plan and organise display lightingcurrent
SIRRMER011Design and install merchandise signagecurrent

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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