When must new enrolments into MSS50211 stop?

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.

Is there a deadline for learners already enrolled in MSS50211?

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).

MSS50211 Diploma of Environmental Monitoring and Technology

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.

MSS50211Superseded — equivalentDiploma of Environmental Monitoring and Technology
equivalent
MSS50216Superseded — equivalentDiploma of Environmental Monitoring and Technology
equivalent
MSS50218Superseded — equivalentDiploma of Environmental Monitoring and Technology
equivalent
MSS50222CurrentDiploma of Environmental Monitoring and Technology

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.

MSS50211MSS50216equivalent21 June 2016
Supersedes and is equivalent to MSS50211 Diploma of Environmental Monitoring and Technology

Is MSS50211 on your scope?

This page is the register's record of one product. What it cannot tell you is whether MSS50211 sits on your own scope today, or what else on that scope has moved without anyone noticing. Enter your RTO number and we read every product on your live scope against training.gov.au and tell you which ones are superseded and which replacements the register flags not equivalent.

Whether a supersession requires anything of you, and what, sits with you and your regulator. This page maps what the register records; it does not make that judgement. If the difference between an equivalent and a non-equivalent replacement is the question, we wrote it up in equivalent vs not equivalent.

What MSS50211 is made of

training.gov.au lists 64 units for MSS50211. It does not mark them core or elective: the unit grid records N/A for every one of them. The register does not publish a completion rule in units for this product, so we do not state one. What it takes to complete the product is in the packaging rules on training.gov.au.

Units listed 64 listed

Code	Unit	Core or elective	In this product
BSBOHS406C	Use equipment to conduct workplace monitoring	`N/A`	not current
CUVPHI05B	Use a 35mm SLR camera or digital equivalent	`N/A`	not current
HLTFA301B	Apply first aid	`N/A`	not current
MSAENV272B	Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices	`N/A`	not current
MSAENV472B	Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices	`N/A`	not current
MSL904001A	Perform standard calibrations	`N/A`	not current
MSL924002A	Use laboratory application software	`N/A`	not current
MSL935004A	Maintain instruments and equipment	`N/A`	not current
MSL943002A	Participate in laboratory/field workplace safety	`N/A`	not current
MSL952001A	Collect routine site samples	`N/A`	not current
MSL954001A	Obtain representative samples in accordance with sampling plan	`N/A`	not current
MSL973001A	Perform basic tests	`N/A`	not current
MSL973002A	Prepare working solutions	`N/A`	not current
MSL973004A	Perform aseptic techniques	`N/A`	not current
MSL973007A	Perform microscopic examination	`N/A`	not current
MSL973012A	Assist with geotechnical site investigations	`N/A`	not current
MSL974002A	Conduct geotechnical site investigations	`N/A`	not current
MSL974003A	Perform chemical tests and procedures	`N/A`	not current
MSL974006A	Perform biological procedures	`N/A`	not current
MSL974007A	Undertake environmental field-based monitoring	`N/A`	not current
MSL974009A	Undertake field-based, remote-sensing monitoring	`N/A`	not current
MSL975011A	Design and supervise complex environmental field surveys	`N/A`	not current
MSL975017A	Perform laboratory-based ecological techniques	`N/A`	not current
MSL975023A	Supervise geotechnical site investigations	`N/A`	not current
MSS014006A	Contribute to sustainability related audits	`N/A`	not current
MSS015001A	Measure and report carbon footprint	`N/A`	not current
MSS015010A	Conduct a sustainable water use audit	`N/A`	not current
MSS015011A	Conduct a sustainability energy audit	`N/A`	not current
MSS015012A	Conduct an emissions audit	`N/A`	not current
MSS015018A	Inform and educate organisation and community representatives on sustainability issues	`N/A`	not current

Show the remaining 34 units

Code	Unit	Core or elective	In this product
MSS024001A	Work and communicate effectively as an environmental technician	`N/A`	not current
MSS024002A	Implement environmental management plans and procedures	`N/A`	not current
MSS024003A	Apply an understanding of environmental principles to a site	`N/A`	not current
MSS024004A	Process and present environmental data	`N/A`	not current
MSS024005A	Collect spatial and discrete environmental data	`N/A`	not current
MSS024006A	Perform sampling and testing of water	`N/A`	not current
MSS024007A	Collect and evaluate meteorological data	`N/A`	not current
MSS024008A	Recognise common geological landforms and samples	`N/A`	not current
MSS024009A	Assist with assessing and monitoring stormwater systems	`N/A`	not current
MSS024010A	Perform environmental biological techniques	`N/A`	not current
MSS024011A	Navigate in urban, regional and remote areas	`N/A`	not current
MSS024012A	Undertake simple environmental project activities	`N/A`	not current
MSS025001A	Assist with assessing site environmental indicators	`N/A`	not current
MSS025002A	Assess the environmental risk or impact of a project activity or process	`N/A`	not current
MSS025003A	Report environmental data	`N/A`	not current
MSS025004A	Provide environmental information to customers	`N/A`	not current
MSS025005A	Produce site maps	`N/A`	not current
MSS025006A	Collect and evaluate groundwater data	`N/A`	not current
MSS025007A	Perform sampling and testing of soils	`N/A`	not current
MSS025008A	Monitor and evaluate noise	`N/A`	not current
MSS025009A	Perform sampling and testing of air	`N/A`	not current
MSS025010A	Assist with odour source assessment	`N/A`	not current
MSS025011A	Assist with odour field assessment	`N/A`	not current
MSS025012A	Perform environmental microbiological tests	`N/A`	not current
MSS025013A	Assist with assessing and monitoring wetlands	`N/A`	not current
MSS025014A	Perform sampling and testing of contaminated sites	`N/A`	not current
MSS025015A	Plan and conduct environmental project work	`N/A`	not current
MSS025016A	Perform sampling and testing of stationary emissions	`N/A`	not current
PRMWM01B	Plan waste audit	`N/A`	not current
PRMWM02B	Carry out waste audit	`N/A`	not current
PSPRAD703A	Perform basic radiation measurements	`N/A`	not current
PSPRAD707A	Monitor radiation	`N/A`	not current
PUAWER009B	Participate as a member of a workplace emergency initial response team	`N/A`	not current
TAEDEL301A	Provide work skill instruction	`N/A`	not current

The register publishes this unit grid without a core or elective flag, so this page does not split it into core and elective. "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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