MSS404050A Undertake process capability improvements

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MSS404050A 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).

The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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.

Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule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
MSACMT450A
Superseded by
MSS404050 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. MSS404050ASuperseded — equivalentUndertake process capability improvements
  2. equivalent
  3. MSS404050Superseded — equivalentUndertake process capability improvements
  4. equivalent
  5. MSS404084Superseded — equivalentUndertake process capability improvements
  6. equivalent
  7. MSS404080CurrentUndertake process capability 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.

  • MSACMT450AMSS404050Aequivalent1 May 2012

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

  • MSS404050AMSS404050equivalent21 June 2016

    Supersedes and is equivalent to MSS404050A Undertake process capability improvements

Is MSS404050A on your scope?

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Where MSS404050A is used

training.gov.au lists MSS404050A inside 53 training products, 6 of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for MSS404050A in that product.

Current products 6 listed

CodeTraining productTypeMSS404050A is
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 47 listed

The register still records MSS404050A 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 productTypeMSS404050A is
AUM40112Certificate IV in Automotive ManufacturingQualificationelective
AUM40113Certificate IV in Automotive ManufacturingQualificationelective
DEF32115Certificate III in Explosive Ordnance ManufactureQualificationelective
DEF32312Certificate III in Explosive Ordnance ManufactureQualificationelective
DEF42315Certificate IV in Explosive Ordnance ManufactureQualificationelective
FDF30111Certificate III in Food ProcessingQualificationelective
FDF30210Certificate III in Pharmaceutical ManufacturingQualificationelective
FDF30310Certificate III in Plant BakingQualificationelective
FDF30910Certificate III in Food Processing (Sales)Qualificationelective
FDF40110Certificate IV in Food ProcessingQualificationelective
Show the remaining 37 products no longer current
CodeTraining productTypeMSS404050A is
FDF40210Certificate IV in Pharmaceutical ManufacturingQualificationelective
FDF41012Certificate IV in Flour MillingQualificationelective
FPI40311Certificate IV in Timber Truss and Frame ManufactureQualificationelective
FPI40411Certificate IV in Timber Truss and Frame DesignQualificationelective
FWP40316Certificate IV in Timber Truss and Frame ManufactureQualificationelective
FWP40416Certificate IV in Timber Truss and Frame DesignQualificationelective
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
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
MSF40413Certificate IV in Glass and GlazingQualificationelective
MSF50313Diploma of Furniture Design and TechnologyQualificationelective
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
PMC40110Certificate IV in Manufactured Mineral ProductsQualificationelective
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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