MSS80216 Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for MSS80216 ended on 20 October 2018 — 7 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 October 2019 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
Qualification
Training package
MSS — Sustainability
Currency period ends
20 October 2018
Latest release
Release 1 · 22 June 2016
Supersedes
MSS70211
Superseded by
MSS80218 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. MSS80216Superseded — equivalentGraduate Certificate in Environmental Management
  2. equivalent
  3. MSS80218Deleted from the registerGraduate Certificate in Environmental Management

The register does not list a current endpoint for this chain: MSS80218 is the last product it points at, and MSS80218 is not marked current either.

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.

  • MSS70211MSS80216equivalent21 June 2016

    Supersedes and is equivalent to MSS70211 Graduate Certificate In Environmental Management

  • MSS80216MSS80218equivalent21 October 2018

    Code updated, core units updated, qualification template updated, qualification description changed

Is MSS80216 on your scope?

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What MSS80216 is made of

training.gov.au lists 41 units for MSS80216: 5 core and 36 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
MSL944001Maintain laboratory or field workplace safetynot current
MSMENV472Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent
MSS027001Coordinate environmental management activitiesnot current
MSS027002Apply environmental legislation, codes and standardsnot current
MSS027003Provide environmental advice to clientsnot current

Elective units 36 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBWHS608Assist with applying occupational hygiene to manage WHS risksnot current
LGAPLEM506AImprove community knowledge and skills in environmental management practicesnot current
MSL974007Undertake environmental field-based monitoringnot current
MSL974009Undertake field-based, remote-sensing monitoringnot current
MSL975011Design and supervise complex environmental field surveysnot current
MSMENV672Develop workplace policy and procedures for environmental sustainabilitycurrent
MSS015005Develop required sustainability reportsnot current
MSS015018Inform and educate organisation and community representatives on sustainability issuesnot current
MSS024005Collect spatial and discrete environmental datanot current
MSS024006Perform sampling and testing of waternot current
MSS024007Collect and evaluate meteorological datanot current
MSS024008Recognise common geological landforms and samplesnot current
MSS024009Assist with assessing and monitoring stormwater systemsnot current
MSS025005Produce site mapsnot current
MSS025006Collect and evaluate groundwater datanot current
MSS025007Perform sampling and testing of soilsnot current
MSS025008Monitor and evaluate noisenot current
MSS025009Perform sampling and testing of airnot current
MSS025010Assist with odour source assessmentnot current
MSS025011Assist with odour field assessmentnot current
MSS025013Assist with assessing and monitoring wetlandsnot current
MSS025014Perform sampling and testing of contaminated sitesnot current
MSS025016Perform sampling and testing of stationary emissionsnot current
MSS027004Contribute to environmental decision makingnot current
MSS027005Contribute to improving environmental performancenot current
MSS027006Coordinate water quality management activitiesnot current
MSS027007Coordinate air quality management activitiesnot current
MSS027008Coordinate noise management activitiesnot current
MSS027009Coordinate site remediation or rehabilitation activitiesnot current
MSS027010Undertake complex environmental project worknot current
Show the remaining 6 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
MSS027011Select, commission and maintain environmental monitoring instrumentsnot current
MSS027012Implement and maintain the site health and safety management systemnot current
PSPRAD007Monitor radiationnot current
PUAWER010BLead a workplace emergency initial response teamnot current
RIINHB408DSupervise environmental drilling operationsnot current
RIIPRM501DImplement, monitor, rectify and report on contractsnot 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.

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