When must new enrolments into MSL30109 stop?

New enrolments are not permitted from 1 March 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 MSL30109?

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).

MSL30109 Certificate III in Laboratory Skills

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.

MSL30109Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Laboratory Skills
equivalent
MSL30116Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Laboratory Skills
equivalent
MSL30118Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Laboratory Skills
equivalent
MSL30122CurrentCertificate III in Laboratory Skills

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.

PML30104MSL30109not equivalent13 January 2011
The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.
MSL30109MSL30116equivalent29 February 2016
Supersedes and is equivalent to MSL30109 Certificate III in Laboratory Skills

Is MSL30109 on your scope?

This page is the register's record of one product. What it cannot tell you is whether MSL30109 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Enter your RTO number and we read every product on your live scope against training.gov.au and tell you which ones are superseded and which replacements the register flags not equivalent.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 MSL30109 is made of

training.gov.au lists 57 units for MSL30109. 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 57 listed

Code	Unit	Core or elective	In this product
HLTPAT317C	Operate effectively within a pathology testing environment	`N/A`	not current
HLTPAT419C	Perform Pathology Tests	`N/A`	not current
MSAENV272B	Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices	`N/A`	not current
MSAENV472B	Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices	`N/A`	not current
MSL904001A	Perform standard calibrations	`N/A`	not current
MSL912001A	Work within a laboratory/field workplace (induction)	`N/A`	not current
MSL913001A	Communicate with other people	`N/A`	not current
MSL913002A	Plan and conduct laboratory/field work	`N/A`	not current
MSL914001A	Prepare practical science classes and demonstrations	`N/A`	not current
MSL922001A	Record and present data	`N/A`	not current
MSL924001A	Process and interpret data	`N/A`	not current
MSL924002A	Use laboratory application software	`N/A`	not current
MSL933001A	Maintain the laboratory/field workplace fit for purpose	`N/A`	not current
MSL933002A	Contribute to the achievement of quality objectives	`N/A`	not current
MSL933003A	Apply critical control point requirements	`N/A`	not current
MSL933004A	Perform calibration checks on equipment and assist with its maintenance	`N/A`	not current
MSL934001A	Contribute to the ongoing development of HACCP plans	`N/A`	not current
MSL934002A	Apply quality system and continuous improvement processes	`N/A`	not current
MSL934003A	Maintain and control stocks	`N/A`	not current
MSL943001A	Work safely with instruments that emit ionising radiation	`N/A`	not current
MSL943002A	Participate in laboratory/field workplace safety	`N/A`	not current
MSL944001A	Maintain laboratory/field workplace safety	`N/A`	not current
MSL952001A	Collect routine site samples	`N/A`	not current
MSL952002A	Handle and transport samples or equipment	`N/A`	not current
MSL953001A	Receive and prepare samples for testing	`N/A`	not current
MSL953002A	Operate a robotic sample preparation system	`N/A`	not current
MSL954001A	Obtain representative samples in accordance with sampling plan	`N/A`	not current
MSL954002A	Prepare mineral samples for analysis	`N/A`	not current
MSL963001A	Operate basic handblowing equipment	`N/A`	not current
MSL963002A	Repair glass apparatus using simple glassblowing equipment	`N/A`	not current

Show the remaining 27 units

Code	Unit	Core or elective	In this product
MSL972001A	Conduct routine site measurements	`N/A`	not current
MSL973001A	Perform basic tests	`N/A`	not current
MSL973002A	Prepare working solutions	`N/A`	not current
MSL973003A	Prepare culture media	`N/A`	not current
MSL973004A	Perform aseptic techniques	`N/A`	not current
MSL973005A	Assist with fieldwork	`N/A`	not current
MSL973006A	Prepare trial batches for evaluation	`N/A`	not current
MSL973007A	Perform microscopic examination	`N/A`	not current
MSL973008A	Perform histological procedures	`N/A`	not current
MSL973009A	Conduct field-based acceptance tests for construction materials	`N/A`	not current
MSL973010A	Conduct laboratory-based acceptance tests for construction materials	`N/A`	not current
MSL973011A	Perform fire pouring techniques	`N/A`	not current
MSL973012A	Assist with geotechnical site investigations	`N/A`	not current
MSL974001A	Prepare, standardise and use solutions	`N/A`	not current
MSL974002A	Conduct geotechnical site investigations	`N/A`	not current
MSL974003A	Perform chemical tests and procedures	`N/A`	not current
MSL974004A	Perform food tests	`N/A`	not current
MSL974005A	Perform physical tests	`N/A`	not current
MSL974006A	Perform biological procedures	`N/A`	not current
MSL974007A	Undertake environmental field-based monitoring	`N/A`	not current
MSL974008A	Capture and manage scientific images	`N/A`	not current
MSL974009A	Undertake field-based, remote-sensing monitoring	`N/A`	not current
MSL974010A	Perform mechanical tests	`N/A`	not current
MSL974011A	Prepare tissue and cell cultures	`N/A`	not current
MSL974012A	Perform tests to determine the properties of construction materials	`N/A`	not current
MSL974013A	Monitor performance of structures	`N/A`	not current
TAEDEL301A	Provide work skill instruction	`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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