MSS30316 Certificate III in Competitive Systems and Practices

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for MSS30316 ended on 14 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 16 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
MSS — Sustainability
Currency period ends
14 December 2022
Latest release
Release 3 · 25 June 2019 · 3 releases in all
Supersedes
MSS30312
Superseded by
MSS30322 not 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. MSS30316Superseded — not equivalentCertificate III in Competitive Systems and Practices
  2. not equivalent
  3. MSS30322CurrentCertificate III in Competitive Systems and Practices

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.

  • MSS30312MSS30316equivalent21 June 2016

    Release 1. Supersedes and is equivalent to MSS30312 Certificate III in competitive Systems and Practices.

  • MSS30316MSS30322not equivalent15 December 2022

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

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What MSS30316 is made of

training.gov.au lists 44 units for MSS30316: 3 core and 41 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 3 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MSMENV272Participate in environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent
MSMWHS200Work safelycurrent
MSS403001Review competitive systems and practicesnot current

Elective units 41 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MSMENV472Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent
MSMSUP390Use structured problem-solving toolscurrent
MSS402002Sustain process improvementsnot current
MSS402010Manage the impact of change on own worknot current
MSS402020Apply quick changeover proceduresnot current
MSS402021Apply Just in Time proceduresnot current
MSS402031Interpret product costs in terms of customer requirementsnot current
MSS402040Apply 5S proceduresnot current
MSS402041Apply 5S in an officenot current
MSS402050Monitor process capabilitynot current
MSS402051Apply quality standardsnot current
MSS402052Implement continuous improvements based on standardised work practicesnot current
MSS402053Participate in breakthrough improvements in an officenot current
MSS402061Use SCADA systems in operationsnot current
MSS402080Undertake root cause analysisnot current
MSS402081Contribute to the application of a proactive maintenance strategynot current
MSS402082Apply cost factors to work practicesnot current
MSS402083Use planning software systems in operationsnot current
MSS403005Facilitate use of a Balanced Scorecard for performance improvementnot current
MSS403006Facilitate implementation or review of competitive systems and practices in an officenot current
MSS403010Facilitate change in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practicesnot current
MSS403011Facilitate implementation of competitive systems and practicesnot current
MSS403021Facilitate a Just in Time systemnot current
MSS403023Monitor a levelled pull system of operationsnot current
MSS403024Work within a constrained processnot current
MSS403032Analyse manual handling processesnot current
MSS403034Organise products into groupsnot current
MSS403035Implement the visual workplacenot current
MSS403039Facilitate and improve 5S in an officenot current
MSS403040Facilitate and improve implementation of 5Snot current
Show the remaining 11 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
MSS403042Facilitate mistake proofing in an officenot current
MSS403043Facilitate breakthrough improvements in an officenot current
MSS403052Map an office value streamnot current
MSS403053Map an operational processnot current
MSS403054Facilitate breakthrough improvementsnot current
MSS403055Facilitate continuous improvement through the use of standardised procedures and practicesnot current
MSS403084Improve changeoversnot current
MSS403085Ensure process improvements are sustainednot current
MSS403086Improve cost factors in work practicesnot current
MSS403087Mistake proof an operational processnot current
MSS405013Facilitate holistic culture improvement in an organisationnot current

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