MSS402002 Sustain process improvements

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MSS402002 ended on 14 December 2022 — 3 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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Product type
Unit of competency
Training package
MSS — Sustainability
Currency period ends
14 December 2022
Latest release
Release 1 · 22 June 2016
Supersedes
MSS402002A
Superseded by
MSS402004 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. MSS402002Superseded — equivalentSustain process improvements
  2. equivalent
  3. MSS402004CurrentSustain process improvements

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.

  • MSS402002AMSS402002equivalent21 June 2016

    Supersedes and is equivalent to MSS402002A Sustain process improvements

  • MSS402002MSS402004equivalent15 December 2022

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

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for MSS402002 and for its training package MSS (release 5.0), with the name and date the register publishes for each file. We link them; we have not read them, and nothing on this page is taken from their contents.

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Where MSS402002 is used

training.gov.au lists MSS402002 inside 32 training products, 15 of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for MSS402002 in that product.

Current products 15 listed

CodeTraining productTypeMSS402002 is
AUM20218Certificate II in Automotive Manufacturing Production - Bus, Truck and TrailerQualificationelective
DEF20220Certificate II in Explosive Ordnance ManufactureQualificationelective
DEF30220Certificate III in Explosive Ordnance ManufactureQualificationelective
FBP30921Certificate III in Wine Industry OperationsQualificationelective
ICP31220Certificate III in PrintingQualificationelective
ICP31420Certificate III in Prepress Graphic Design ProductionQualificationelective
MSF20322Certificate II in Cabinet Making and Timber TechnologyQualificationelective
MSM20116Certificate II in Process ManufacturingQualificationelective
MSM20216Certificate II in Manufacturing TechnologyQualificationelective
MSM30116Certificate III in Process ManufacturingQualificationelective
MSM40116Certificate IV in Process ManufacturingQualificationelective
PMA20116Certificate II in Process Plant OperationsQualificationelective
PMA30120Certificate III in Process Plant OperationsQualificationelective
PMA40116Certificate IV in Process Plant TechnologyQualificationelective
PMB20121Certificate II in Polymer ProcessingQualificationelective

Products no longer current 17 listed

The register still records MSS402002 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 productTypeMSS402002 is
AUM20118Certificate II in Automotive Manufacturing Production - Passenger Motor VehicleQualificationelective
FBP20117Certificate II in Food ProcessingQualificationelective
FBP20317Certificate II in Food Processing (Sales)Qualificationelective
FBP30117Certificate III in Food ProcessingQualificationelective
FBP30217Certificate III in Plant BakingQualificationelective
FBP30617Certificate III in Food Processing (Sales)Qualificationelective
FBP30918Certificate III in Wine Industry OperationsQualificationelective
FBP30920Certificate III in Wine Industry OperationsQualificationelective
MSF20113Certificate II in FurnishingQualificationelective
MSF20313Certificate II in Furniture MakingQualificationelective
Show the remaining 7 products no longer current
CodeTraining productTypeMSS402002 is
MSF31113Certificate III in Cabinet MakingQualificationelective
MSM41015Certificate IV in Recreational VehiclesQualificationelective
MSS20316Certificate II in Competitive Systems and PracticesQualificationelective
MSS30316Certificate III in Competitive Systems and PracticesQualificationelective
PMB20116Certificate II in Polymer ProcessingQualificationelective
PMB30116Certificate III in Polymer ProcessingQualificationelective
PMB40116Certificate IV in Polymer TechnologyQualificationelective

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