NWP40515 Certificate IV in Water Industry Operations

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for NWP40515 ended on 20 January 2021 — 5 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 January 2022 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule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
NWP — National Water Training Package
Currency period ends
20 January 2021
Latest release
Release 2 · 4 February 2020 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
nothing — no earlier product listed
Superseded by
NWP40120 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. NWP40515Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Water Industry Operations
  2. equivalent
  3. NWP40120CurrentCertificate IV in Water Industry 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.

  • NWP40515NWP40120equivalent21 January 2021

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

Is NWP40515 on your scope?

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What NWP40515 is made of

training.gov.au lists 49 units for NWP40515: 2 core and 47 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 2 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
NWPGEN002Ensure compliance with water industry standards, guidelines and legislationnot current
NWPGEN005Coordinate and monitor the application of environmental plans and proceduresnot current

Elective units 47 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCBUS504Prepare estimates, quotes and tendersnot current
AHCLPW306Undertake sampling and testing of waternot current
BSBCUS401Coordinate implementation of customer service strategiesnot current
BSBLDR403Lead team effectivenessnot current
BSBMGT402Implement operational plannot current
BSBSMB407Manage a small teamnot current
BSBWHS401Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirementsnot current
BSBWHS412Assist with workplace compliance with WHS lawscurrent
BSBWHS413Contribute to implementation and maintenance of WHS consultation and participation processescurrent
BSBWHS414Contribute to WHS risk managementcurrent
BSBWOR404Develop work prioritiesnot current
BSBWRT401Write complex documentsnot current
FSKNUM21Apply an expanding range of mathematical calculations for worknot current
MSL924003Process and interpret datanot current
NWPCAD001Respond to blue-green algae outbreakscurrent
NWPCAD003Identify and confirm blue-green algae outbreakscurrent
NWPCAD014Inspect and report river performancecurrent
NWPGEN010Contribute to continuous improvement of quality systemsnot current
NWPGEN014Sample and test trade wastewaternot current
NWPGEN015Develop an operational plannot current
NWPGEN022Perform laboratory testingcurrent
NWPGEN025Apply principles of chemistry to water systems and processescurrent
NWPGEN027Monitor and operate pump stationscurrent
NWPGEN028Investigate and report on breaches of water industry legislationcurrent
NWPHYD011Measure and process low and medium flows using area velocity methodsnot current
NWPHYD013Operate, maintain and decommission monitoring sitesnot current
NWPHYD014Measure and process medium and high flows using a range of methods and equipmentnot current
NWPHYD015Undertake surveying of monitoring sitesnot current
NWPIRR033Coordinate and monitor the operation of irrigation delivery systemsnot current
NWPIRR034Coordinate and monitor surface water systemsnot current
Show the remaining 17 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
NWPIRR035Coordinate and monitor the operation of drainage systemsnot current
NWPNET005Optimise network systemsnot current
NWPNET017Supervise and report on conduit inspectionsnot current
NWPNET019Prepare and restore worksitecurrent
NWPNET025Coordinate and manage maintenance and repair of network assetsnot current
NWPNET033Coordinate and monitor water asset constructionnot current
NWPSOU014Develop and implement catchment operational plansnot current
NWPSOU026Implement dam safety plansnot current
NWPSOU041Coordinate and monitor bulkwater system operationsnot current
NWPSOU053Coordinate and monitor groundwater system usagenot current
NWPTRD001Evaluate, implement and monitor standard low risk trade waste discharge approvalsnot current
NWPTRD012Investigate, rectify and report on trade waste incidentsnot current
NWPTRD023Coordinate, implement and report on trade waste monitoring proceduresnot current
NWPTRD024Establish connections of water and wastewater systemsnot current
NWPTRT051Assess and improve treatment for pathogen removalnot current
RIIWHS202DEnter and work in confined spacesnot current
TAEDEL301Provide work skill instructionnot 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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