MSL974004A Perform food tests

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MSL974004A ended on 28 February 2016 — 10 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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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.

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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
Unit of competency
Training package
MSL09 — Laboratory Operations Training Package
Currency period ends
28 February 2016
Latest release
Release 1 · 14 January 2011
Supersedes
PMLTEST405A
Superseded by
MSL974004 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. MSL974004ASuperseded — equivalentPerform food tests
  2. equivalent
  3. MSL974004Superseded — equivalentPerform food tests
  4. equivalent
  5. MSL974020Superseded — equivalentPerform food tests
  6. equivalent
  7. MSL974033CurrentPerform food tests

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.

  • PMLTEST405AMSL974004Aequivalent13 January 2011

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

  • MSL974004AMSL974004equivalent29 February 2016

    Supersedes and is equivalent to MSL974004A Perform food tests

Is MSL974004A on your scope?

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Where MSL974004A is used

training.gov.au lists MSL974004A inside 7 training products, none of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for MSL974004A in that product.

Products no longer current 7 listed

The register still records MSL974004A inside these, but it no longer recommends them as current. They are here because a scope history or an old enrolment can still point at them.

CodeTraining productTypeMSL974004A is
FDF40311Certificate IV in Food Science and TechnologyQualificationelective
FDF50311Diploma of Food Science and TechnologyQualificationelective
MSL30109Certificate III in Laboratory SkillsQualificationelective
MSL40109Certificate IV in Laboratory TechniquesQualificationelective
MSL50109Diploma of Laboratory TechnologyQualificationelective
MSL60109Advanced Diploma of Laboratory OperationsQualificationelective
MTMSS00038Meat Industry Microbiological Testing Skill SetSkill setelective

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