MSL40118 Certificate IV in Laboratory Techniques

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MSL40118 ended on 18 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 20 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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.

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Product type
Qualification
Training package
MSL — Laboratory Operations
Currency period ends
18 December 2022
Latest release
Release 3 · 19 April 2021 · 3 releases in all
Supersedes
MSL40116
Superseded by
MSL40122 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. MSL40118Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Laboratory Techniques
  2. equivalent
  3. MSL40122CurrentCertificate IV in Laboratory Techniques

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.

  • MSL40116MSL40118equivalent19 July 2018

    Core units changed. Elective choices restricted. Total number of units required for qualification changed.

  • MSL40118MSL40122equivalent19 December 2022

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

Is MSL40118 on your scope?

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What MSL40118 is made of

training.gov.au lists 38 units for MSL40118: 5 core and 33 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 5 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MSL924003Process and interpret datanot current
MSL934004Maintain and calibrate instruments and equipmentnot current
MSL934006Apply quality system and continuous improvement processesnot current
MSL944002Maintain laboratory or field workplace safetycurrent
MSL953003Receive and prepare samples for testingnot current

Elective units 33 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MSL904002Perform standard calibrationsnot current
MSL914002Prepare practical science classes and demonstrationscurrent
MSL924004Use laboratory application softwarenot current
MSL934005Contribute to the ongoing development of HACCP plansnot current
MSL934007Maintain and control stocksnot current
MSL954003Relate anatomical and physiological features to laboratory samplesnot current
MSL954004Obtain representative samples in accordance with sampling plannot current
MSL954005Prepare mineral samples for analysiscurrent
MSL973016Perform aseptic techniquesnot current
MSL973019Perform microscopic examinationnot current
MSL973020Perform histological proceduresnot current
MSL973021Conduct field-based acceptance tests for construction materialscurrent
MSL973022Conduct laboratory-based acceptance tests for construction materialscurrent
MSL974016Perform physical and mechanical testscurrent
MSL974017Prepare, standardise and use solutionsnot current
MSL974018Conduct geotechnical site investigationscurrent
MSL974019Perform chemical tests and proceduresnot current
MSL974020Perform food testsnot current
MSL974021Perform biological proceduresnot current
MSL974022Undertake environmental field-based monitoringcurrent
MSL974023Capture and manage scientific imagescurrent
MSL974025Prepare tissue and cell culturesnot current
MSL974026Perform tests to determine the properties of construction materialscurrent
MSL974028Classify soilscurrent
MSL974029Operate an automated mineral analysis systemcurrent
MSL974030Process body fluid specimens using a point of care testing devicenot current
MSL975029Perform histological testsnot current
MSL975035Perform microbiological testsnot current
MSL975040Apply routine chromatographic techniquesnot current
MSL975045Perform laboratory-based ecological techniquesnot current
Show the remaining 3 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
MSL975048Apply routine spectrometric techniquesnot current
MSMENV472Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent
TAEDEL301Provide work skill instructionnot 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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