MSS403002A Ensure process improvements are sustained

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MSS403002A ended on 20 June 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 22 June 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).

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Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule

Product type
Unit of competency
Training package
MSS11 — Sustainability Training Package
Currency period ends
20 June 2016
Latest release
Release 1 · 2 May 2012
Supersedes
MSACMS401A
Superseded by
MSS403002 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. MSS403002ASuperseded — equivalentEnsure process improvements are sustained
  2. equivalent
  3. MSS403002Superseded — equivalentEnsure process improvements are sustained
  4. equivalent
  5. MSS403085Superseded — equivalentEnsure process improvements are sustained
  6. equivalent
  7. MSS403081CurrentEnsure process improvements are sustained

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.

  • MSACMS401AMSS403002Anot equivalent1 May 2012

    New Element Alignment corrected

  • MSS403002AMSS403002equivalent21 June 2016

    Supersedes and is equivalent to MSS403002A Ensure process improvements are sustained

Is MSS403002A on your scope?

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Where MSS403002A is used

training.gov.au lists MSS403002A inside 59 training products, 8 of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for MSS403002A in that product.

Current products 8 listed

CodeTraining productTypeMSS403002A is
MSA30208Certificate III in Manufacturing TechnologyQualificationelective
MSA40108Certificate IV in Manufacturing TechnologyQualificationelective
MSA50108Diploma of Manufacturing TechnologyQualificationelective
MSA60108Advanced Diploma of Manufacturing TechnologyQualificationelective
MSM40116Certificate IV in Process ManufacturingQualificationelective
PMA40116Certificate IV in Process Plant TechnologyQualificationelective
PMA50116Diploma of Process Plant TechnologyQualificationelective
PMA60116Advanced Diploma of Process Plant TechnologyQualificationelective

Products no longer current 51 listed

The register still records MSS403002A 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 productTypeMSS403002A is
AUM40113Certificate IV in Automotive ManufacturingQualificationelective
DEF32115Certificate III in Explosive Ordnance ManufactureQualificationelective
FDF30111Certificate III in Food ProcessingQualificationelective
FDF30210Certificate III in Pharmaceutical ManufacturingQualificationelective
FDF30310Certificate III in Plant BakingQualificationelective
FDF30510Certificate III in Retail Baking (Cake and Pastry)Qualificationelective
FDF30610Certificate III in Retail Baking (Bread)Qualificationelective
FDF30710Certificate III in Retail Baking (Combined)Qualificationelective
FDF30910Certificate III in Food Processing (Sales)Qualificationelective
FDF40110Certificate IV in Food ProcessingQualificationelective
Show the remaining 41 products no longer current
CodeTraining productTypeMSS403002A is
FDF40210Certificate IV in Pharmaceutical ManufacturingQualificationelective
FDF41012Certificate IV in Flour MillingQualificationelective
LMT30107Certificate III in Textile ProductionQualificationelective
LMT30307Certificate III in Cotton GinningQualificationelective
LMT30407Certificate III in Textile FabricationQualificationelective
LMT30507Certificate III in Clothing ProductionQualificationelective
LMT30707Certificate III in Footwear ProductionQualificationelective
LMT30807Certificate III in Footwear RepairQualificationelective
LMT30907Certificate III in Leather ProductionQualificationelective
LMT31110Certificate III in Laundry OperationsQualificationelective
LMT31210Certificate III in Dry Cleaning OperationsQualificationelective
LMT31807Certificate III in Technical Textiles and Non-wovensQualificationelective
LMT40107Certificate IV in Textile Technology and ProductionQualificationelective
LMT40207Certificate IV in Cotton GinningQualificationelective
LMT40307Certificate IV in Clothing ProductionQualificationelective
LMT40407Certificate IV in Custom-made FootwearQualificationelective
LMT40810Certificate IV in Laundry Operations and SupervisionQualificationelective
LMT50407Diploma of Textile Technology and Production ManagementQualificationelective
MEM50212Diploma of Engineering - TechnicalQualificationelective
MEM60112Advanced Diploma of EngineeringQualificationelective
MSA40311Certificate IV in Process ManufacturingQualificationelective
MSA40510Certificate IV in Recreational VehiclesQualificationelective
MSM41015Certificate IV in Recreational VehiclesQualificationelective
MSS30312Certificate III in Competitive Systems and PracticesQualificationelective
MSS40111Certificate IV in Sustainable OperationsQualificationelective
MSS40312Certificate IV in Competitive Systems and PracticesQualificationelective
MSS50312Diploma of Competitive Systems and PracticesQualificationelective
MSS60312Advanced Diploma of Competitive Systems and PracticesQualificationelective
PMA40113Certificate IV in Process Plant TechnologyQualificationelective
PMA50108Diploma of Process Plant TechnologyQualificationelective
PMA60108Advanced Diploma of Process Plant TechnologyQualificationelective
PMB40107Certificate IV in Polymer TechnologyQualificationelective
PMB50107Diploma of Polymer TechnologyQualificationelective
PMB60107Advanced Diploma of Polymer TechnologyQualificationelective
PMC40110Certificate IV in Manufactured Mineral ProductsQualificationelective
PPM30116Certificate III in Pulping OperationsQualificationelective
PPM30216Certificate III in Papermaking OperationsQualificationelective
PPM40116Certificate IV in Pulping OperationsQualificationelective
PPM40216Certificate IV in Papermaking OperationsQualificationelective
SFI30511Certificate III in Seafood ProcessingQualificationelective
SFI40511Certificate IV in Seafood ProcessingQualificationelective

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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