MSS40116 Certificate IV in Sustainable Operations

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MSS40116 ended on 20 October 2018 — 7 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

Transition clockClosed to new enrolments

New enrolments are not permitted from 22 October 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).

The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
20 October 2018
Latest release
Release 1 · 22 June 2016
Supersedes
MSS40111
Superseded by
MSS40118 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. MSS40116Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Sustainable Operations
  2. equivalent
  3. MSS40118Superseded — not equivalentCertificate IV in Sustainable Operations
  4. not equivalent
  5. MSS40122CurrentCertificate IV in Sustainable Operations

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.

  • MSS40111MSS40116equivalent21 June 2016

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

  • MSS40116MSS40118equivalent21 October 2018

    Code updated, core units updated, qualification template updated, qualification description simplified and changes to elective list.

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What MSS40116 is made of

training.gov.au lists 49 units for MSS40116: 3 core and 46 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
MSMENV472Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent
MSS014001Improve sustainability through readily implementable changenot current
MSS014002Evaluate sustainability impact of a work or process areanot current

Elective units 46 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBRSK401Identify risk and apply risk management processesnot current
LMTGN4002AParticipate in product engineeringnot current
LMTGN4016AContribute to the development of products or processesnot current
MEM13002BUndertake occupational health and safety activities in the workplacenot current
MEM30016AAssist in the analysis of a supply chainnot current
MSFFDT4003Assess and record the lifecycle of a productnot current
MSFFT4007Sample, inspect and test products to specificationsnot current
MSL933003Apply critical control point requirementsnot current
MSL934001Contribute to the ongoing development of HACCP plansnot current
MSL974007Undertake environmental field-based monitoringnot current
MSL974009Undertake field-based, remote-sensing monitoringnot current
MSMSUP301Apply HACCP to the workplacecurrent
MSMWHS401Assess riskcurrent
MSS014003Optimise sustainability of a process or plant areanot current
MSS014004Develop team strategies for more sustainable use of resourcesnot current
MSS014005Apply proactive maintenance strategies to sustainabilitynot current
MSS014006Contribute to sustainability related auditsnot current
MSS014007Implement social sustainability in work practicesnot current
MSS015005Develop required sustainability reportsnot current
MSS024002Implement environmental management plans and proceduresnot current
MSS024003Apply an understanding of environmental principles to a sitenot current
MSS027001Coordinate environmental management activitiesnot current
MSS402030Apply cost factors to work practicesnot current
MSS402060Use planning software systems in operationsnot current
MSS402061Use SCADA systems in operationsnot current
MSS402080Undertake root cause analysisnot current
MSS403001Review competitive systems and practicesnot current
MSS403002Ensure process improvements are sustainednot current
MSS403005Facilitate use of a Balanced Scorecard for performance improvementnot current
MSS403010Facilitate change in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practicesnot current
Show the remaining 16 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
MSS403011Facilitate implementation of competitive systems and practicesnot current
MSS403013Lead team culture improvementnot current
MSS403023Monitor a levelled pull system of operationsnot current
MSS403030Improve cost factors in work practicesnot current
MSS403040Facilitate and improve implementation of 5Snot current
MSS403041Facilitate breakthrough improvementsnot current
MSS403051Mistake proof an operational processnot current
MSS404050Undertake process capability improvementsnot current
MSS404052Apply statistics to operational processesnot current
MSS404053Use DMAIC techniquesnot current
MSS404060Facilitate the use of planning software systems in a work area or teamnot current
MSS404061Facilitate the use of SCADA systems in a team or work areanot current
MSS404081Undertake proactive maintenance analysesnot current
MSS404082Assist in implementing a proactive maintenance strategynot current
MSS404083Support proactive maintenancenot current
PMASUP520Review procedures to minimise environmental impact of processcurrent

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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