MSL60116 Advanced Diploma of Laboratory Operations

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MSL60116 ended on 18 July 2018 — 8 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 July 2019 — 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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Product type
Qualification
Training package
MSL — Laboratory Operations
Currency period ends
18 July 2018
Latest release
Release 1 · 1 March 2016
Supersedes
MSL60109
Superseded by
MSL60118 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. MSL60116Superseded — equivalentAdvanced Diploma of Laboratory Operations
  2. equivalent
  3. MSL60118Superseded — equivalentAdvanced Diploma of Laboratory Operations
  4. equivalent
  5. MSL60122CurrentAdvanced Diploma of Laboratory Management

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.

  • MSL60109MSL60116equivalent29 February 2016

    Supersedes and is equivalent to MSL60109 Advanced Diploma of Laboratory Operations

  • MSL60116MSL60118equivalent19 July 2018

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

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What MSL60116 is made of

training.gov.au lists 79 units for MSL60116: 7 core and 72 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 7 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MSL916001Develop and maintain laboratory documentationnot current
MSL916002Manage and develop teamsnot current
MSL916003Supervise laboratory operations in work or functional areanot current
MSL916004Maintain registration and statutory or legal compliance in work or functional areanot current
MSL936001Maintain quality system and continuous improvement processes within work or functional areanot current
MSL946001Implement and monitor WHS and environmental management systemsnot current
MSMENV472Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent

Elective units 72 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MSAENV672BDevelop workplace policy and procedures for environmental sustainabilitynot current
MSL904001Perform standard calibrationsnot current
MSL905001Perform non-standard calibrationsnot current
MSL905002Create or modify calibration proceduresnot current
MSL905003Create or modify automated calibration proceduresnot current
MSL915001Provide information to customersnot current
MSL915002Schedule laboratory work for a small teamnot current
MSL916005Manage complex projectsnot current
MSL924001Process and interpret datanot current
MSL925001Analyse data and report resultsnot current
MSL925002Analyse measurements and estimate uncertaintiesnot current
MSL935001Monitor the quality of test results and datanot current
MSL935002Assist in the maintenance of reference materialsnot current
MSL935003Authorise the issue of test resultsnot current
MSL935004Maintain instruments and equipmentnot current
MSL936002Conduct an internal audit of the quality systemnot current
MSL953002Operate a robotic sample preparation systemnot current
MSL954001Obtain representative samples in accordance with sampling plannot current
MSL954002Prepare mineral samples for analysisnot current
MSL955001Supervise a robotic sample preparation systemnot current
MSL963001Operate basic handblowing equipmentnot current
MSL963002Repair glass apparatus using simple glassblowing equipmentnot current
MSL965001Design and manufacture glass apparatus and glass systemsnot current
MSL965002Perform glass coating, grinding and finishing operationsnot current
MSL965003Construct, modify and maintain high vacuum systemsnot current
MSL973004Perform aseptic techniquesnot current
MSL973007Perform microscopic examinationnot current
MSL973009Conduct field-based acceptance tests for construction materialsnot current
MSL973010Conduct laboratory-based acceptance tests for construction materialsnot current
MSL973011Perform fire pouring techniquesnot current
Show the remaining 42 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
MSL974002Conduct geotechnical site investigationsnot current
MSL974003Perform chemical tests and proceduresnot current
MSL974004Perform food testsnot current
MSL974005Perform physical testsnot current
MSL974006Perform biological proceduresnot current
MSL974007Undertake environmental field-based monitoringnot current
MSL974010Perform mechanical testsnot current
MSL974012Perform tests to determine the properties of construction materialsnot current
MSL974014Classify soilsnot current
MSL975001Perform microbiological testsnot current
MSL975002Perform haematological testsnot current
MSL975003Perform histological testsnot current
MSL975004Perform chemical pathology testsnot current
MSL975005Conduct sensory analysisnot current
MSL975006Perform immunohaematological testsnot current
MSL975007Supervise sampling, inspections and testing at construction sitesnot current
MSL975008Apply electrophoretic techniquesnot current
MSL975009Apply routine chromatographic techniquesnot current
MSL975010Perform fire assay techniquesnot current
MSL975011Design and supervise complex environmental field surveysnot current
MSL975012Provide input to production trialsnot current
MSL975013Perform tissue and cell culture techniquesnot current
MSL975014Perform molecular biology tests and proceduresnot current
MSL975015Prepare animal and plant material for displaynot current
MSL975016Perform complex tests to measure engineering properties of materialsnot current
MSL975017Perform laboratory-based ecological techniquesnot current
MSL975018Perform complex tests to measure chemical properties of materialsnot current
MSL975019Apply complex instrumental techniquesnot current
MSL975020Apply routine spectrometric techniquesnot current
MSL975021Apply routine electrometric techniquesnot current
MSL975022Perform food analysesnot current
MSL975023Supervise geotechnical site investigationsnot current
MSL975024Locate, record and collect forensic samplesnot current
MSL975025Perform complex laboratory testing of forensic samplesnot current
MSL975026Perform physical examination of forensic samplesnot current
MSL975027Classify building sitesnot current
MSL976002Prepare plans and quality assurance procedures for environmental field activitiesnot current
MSL976003Evaluate and select appropriate test methods and/or proceduresnot current
MSL977001Contribute to the development of products and applicationsnot current
MSL977002Troubleshoot equipment and/or production processesnot current
MSL977003Contribute to validation of test methodsnot current
MSL977004Develop or adapt analyses and proceduresnot 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.

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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