MSS50118 Diploma of Sustainable Operations

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for MSS50118 ended on 14 December 2022 — 3 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 16 December 2023 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule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
Qualification
Training package
MSS — Sustainability
Currency period ends
14 December 2022
Latest release
Release 4 · 21 April 2021 · 4 releases in all
Supersedes
MSS50116
Superseded by
MSS50122 not 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. MSS50118Superseded — not equivalentDiploma of Sustainable Operations
  2. not equivalent
  3. MSS50122CurrentDiploma of 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.

  • MSS50116MSS50118equivalent21 October 2018

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

  • MSS50118MSS50122not equivalent15 December 2022

    Not equivalent

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What MSS50118 is made of

training.gov.au lists 65 units for MSS50118: 5 core and 60 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 5 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MSS015021Measure and report carbon footprint of a product or product classnot current
MSS015022Develop strategies for more sustainable use of resourcesnot current
MSS015025Develop a business case for sustainability improvementsnot current
MSS015026Develop strategic sustainability plansnot current
MSS015027Implement sustainability plansnot current

Elective units 60 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBMGT516Facilitate continuous improvementnot current
BSBPMG517Manage project risknot current
BSBPMG518Manage project procurementnot current
BSBPMG519Manage project stakeholder engagementnot current
BSBPMG522Undertake project worknot current
BSBWOR502Lead and manage team effectivenessnot current
MSMENV672Develop workplace policy and procedures for environmental sustainabilitycurrent
MSMSUP390Use structured problem-solving toolscurrent
MSS014008Improve sustainability through readily implementable changenot current
MSS014014Implement social sustainability in work practicesnot current
MSS015011Conduct a sustainability energy auditnot current
MSS015020Facilitate an energy auditnot current
MSS015023Design sustainable product or processnot current
MSS015024Develop required sustainability reportsnot current
MSS015028Conduct a sustainable water use auditnot current
MSS015030Conduct an emissions auditnot current
MSS015035Report to Global Reporting Initiative Standardsnot current
MSS015037Develop regulated sustainability reportsnot current
MSS015039Develop response to corporate social responsibilitynot current
MSS024015Apply an understanding of environmental principles to a sitenot current
MSS025017Assist with assessing site environmental indicatorsnot current
MSS025018Assess the environmental risk and impact of a project activity or processnot current
MSS402061Use SCADA systems in operationsnot current
MSS402080Undertake root cause analysisnot current
MSS402082Apply cost factors to work practicesnot current
MSS402083Use planning software systems in operationsnot current
MSS403001Review competitive systems and practicesnot current
MSS403010Facilitate change in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practicesnot current
MSS403023Monitor a levelled pull system of operationsnot current
MSS403087Mistake proof an operational processnot current
Show the remaining 30 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
MSS404053Use DMAIC techniquesnot current
MSS404054Apply statistics to operational processesnot current
MSS404060Facilitate the use of planning software systems in a work area or teamnot current
MSS404085Undertake proactive maintenance analysesnot current
MSS405001Develop competitive systems and practices for an organisationnot current
MSS405004Develop business plans in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practicesnot current
MSS405008Analyse and map a value streamnot current
MSS405009Manage a value streamnot current
MSS405013Facilitate holistic culture improvement in an organisationnot current
MSS405014Develop a communications strategy to support operationsnot current
MSS405015Manage relationships with non-customer external organisationsnot current
MSS405016Manage workplace learningnot current
MSS405020Develop quick changeover proceduresnot current
MSS405021Develop a Just in Time systemnot current
MSS405031Undertake value analysis of product or process costs in terms of customer requirementsnot current
MSS405032Analyse cost implications of maintenance strategynot current
MSS405040Manage 5S system in an organisationnot current
MSS405041Implement improvement systems in an organisationnot current
MSS405054Determine and improve process capabilitynot current
MSS405063Develop the application of enterprise control systems in an organisationnot current
MSS405064Determine and establish information collection requirements and processesnot current
MSS405075Facilitate the development of a new productnot current
MSS405081Develop a proactive maintenance strategynot current
MSS405084Manage people relationshipsnot current
MSS405085Develop a documentation control strategy for an organisationnot current
MSS405087Investigate energy management as a business issuecurrent
MSS405088Plan, implement and monitor energy managementcurrent
MSS405089Develop a business case for improved energy managementcurrent
PMASUP520Review procedures to minimise environmental impact of processcurrent
PMASUP620Manage environmental management systemnot current

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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