MSS405004A Develop business plans in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practices

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MSS405004A 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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.

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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
MSACMS603A
Superseded by
MSS405004 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. MSS405004ASuperseded — equivalentDevelop business plans in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practices
  2. equivalent
  3. MSS405004Superseded — not equivalentDevelop business plans in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practices
  4. not equivalent
  5. MSS405017CurrentDevelop business plans in an organisation implementing 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.

  • MSACMS603AMSS405004Aequivalent1 May 2012

    Alignment corrected

  • MSS405004AMSS405004equivalent21 June 2016

    Supersedes and is equivalent to MSS405004A Develop business plans in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practices

Is MSS405004A on your scope?

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Where MSS405004A is used

training.gov.au lists MSS405004A inside 15 training products, 2 of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for MSS405004A in that product.

Current products 2 listed

CodeTraining productTypeMSS405004A is
MSA50108Diploma of Manufacturing TechnologyQualificationelective
MSA60108Advanced Diploma of Manufacturing TechnologyQualificationelective

Products no longer current 13 listed

The register still records MSS405004A 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 productTypeMSS405004A is
DEF50712Diploma of Range ManagementQualificationelective
DEF52215Diploma of Explosive Ordnance ManufactureQualificationelective
FPI50111Diploma of Forest and Forest ProductsQualificationelective
FPI50311Diploma of Timber Truss and Frame ManufactureQualificationelective
FPI50411Diploma of Timber Truss and Frame DesignQualificationelective
FWP50116Diploma of Forest and Forest ProductsQualificationelective
FWP50216Diploma of Timber Truss and Frame ManufactureQualificationelective
FWP50316Diploma of Timber Truss and Frame DesignQualificationelective
MEM60112Advanced Diploma of EngineeringQualificationelective
MSS40312Certificate IV in Competitive Systems and PracticesQualificationelective
Show the remaining 3 products no longer current
CodeTraining productTypeMSS405004A is
MSS50112Diploma of Sustainable OperationsQualificationelective
MSS50312Diploma of Competitive Systems and PracticesQualificationelective
MSS60312Advanced Diploma of Competitive Systems and PracticesQualificationelective

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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