MST20616 Certificate II in Applied Fashion Design and Technology

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for MST20616 ended on 20 December 2022 — 3 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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Product type
Qualification
Training package
MST — Textiles, Clothing and Footwear
Currency period ends
20 December 2022
Latest release
Release 4 · 31 January 2020 · 4 releases in all
Supersedes
LMT20807, LMT21707
Superseded by
MST20722 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. MST20616Superseded — not equivalentCertificate II in Applied Fashion Design and Technology
  2. not equivalent
  3. MST20722CurrentCertificate II in Apparel, Fashion and Textiles

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.

  • LMT20807MST20616equivalent3 July 2016

    Supersedes and is equivalent to LMT20807 Certificate II in Millinery

  • LMT21707MST20616equivalent3 July 2016

    Supersedes and is equivalent to LMT21707 Certificate II in Applied Fashion Design and Technology

  • MST20616MST20722not equivalent21 December 2022

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

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for MST20616 and for its training package MST (release 5.0), with the name and date the register publishes for each file. We link them; we have not read them, and nothing on this page is taken from their contents.

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What MST20616 is made of

training.gov.au lists 39 units for MST20616: 4 core and 35 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 4 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MSMENV272Participate in environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent
MSMWHS200Work safelycurrent
MSS402051Apply quality standardsnot current
MSTCL2011Draw and interpret a basic sketchnot current

Elective units 35 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MSMSUP106Work in a teamcurrent
MSTCL1001Produce a simple garmentnot current
MSTCL2003Perform basic maintenance of headwearnot current
MSTCL2005Use specialised machinery or processes to assist TCF productionnot current
MSTCL2010Modify patterns to create basic stylesnot current
MSTCL2017Press work for production supportnot current
MSTCL2019Sew components, complex tasksnot current
MSTCL2020Lay up and mark uncomplicated fabrics and laysnot current
MSTFD2001Design and produce a simple garmentnot current
MSTFD2002Apply printing techniques to produce Indigenous textile designsnot current
MSTFD2003Apply dyeing techniques to produce Indigenous textile designsnot current
MSTFD2004Work within an Indigenous cultural frameworknot current
MSTFD2005Identify design process for fashion designsnot current
MSTFD2006Use a sewing machine for fashion designnot current
MSTGN2005Perform minor maintenancenot current
MSTGN2013Identify fibres, fabrics and textiles used in the TCF industrynot current
MSTGN2014Operate computing technology in a TCF workplacecurrent
MSTGN2016Use steaming and pressing equipment in TCF productioncurrent
MSTGN2017Prepare, finish and package products for storage or dispatchcurrent
MSTGN2018Work in the TCF industrycurrent
MSTGN2020Perform test or inspection to check product qualitycurrent
MSTGN2022Perform tasks to support productioncurrent
MSTGN3009Coordinate work of team or sectioncurrent
MSTGN3012Work safely with chemicals in TCF operationscurrent
MSTML1001Make a simple headpiececurrent
MSTML2001Identify materials used in millinerycurrent
MSTML2002Make flat patterns for millinerycurrent
MSTML2003Produce and attach millinery trimscurrent
MSTML2004Produce felt for millinerycurrent
MSTML2005Place and cut millinery patternscurrent
Show the remaining 5 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
MSTML2006Make millinery with flat pattern componentscurrent
MSTML2007Block and shape millinery by handcurrent
MSTML2008Assemble simple blocked millinery componentscurrent
MSTML2009Apply millinery sewing and adhesion techniquescurrent
MSTTX1001Produce a simple textile fabric or productnot current

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