PMB20116 Certificate II in Polymer Processing

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for PMB20116 ended on 16 February 2021 — 5 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

Transition clockClosed to new enrolments

New enrolments are not permitted from 18 February 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule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
PMB — Plastics, Rubber and Cablemaking
Currency period ends
16 February 2021
Latest release
Release 1 · 22 June 2016
Supersedes
PMB20107
Superseded by
PMB20121 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. PMB20116Superseded — equivalentCertificate II in Polymer Processing
  2. equivalent
  3. PMB20121CurrentCertificate II in Polymer Processing

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.

  • PMB20107PMB20116equivalent21 June 2016

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

  • PMB20116PMB20121equivalent17 February 2021

    PMB20120 Certificate II in Polymer Processing supersedes and is equivalent to PMB20116 Certificate II in Polymer Processing

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What PMB20116 is made of

training.gov.au lists 118 units for PMB20116: 3 core and 115 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 3 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MSMENV272Participate in environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent
MSMSUP210Process and record informationcurrent
MSMWHS200Work safelycurrent

Elective units 115 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
FWPCOT2238Cut materials with a hand-held chainsawnot current
HLTAID003Provide first aidnot current
LMTGN2008BCoordinate work of team or sectionnot current
MEM13003BWork safely with industrial chemicals and materialsnot current
MEM16006AOrganise and communicate informationnot current
MEM16007AWork with others in a manufacturing, engineering or related environmentnot current
MEM16008AInteract with computing technologynot current
MEM18001CUse hand toolsnot current
MEM18002BUse power tools/hand held operationsnot current
MSMENV172Identify and minimise environmental hazardscurrent
MSMOPS100Use equipmentcurrent
MSMOPS101Make measurementscurrent
MSMOPS102Perform tasks to support productioncurrent
MSMOPS200Operate equipmentcurrent
MSMOPS212Use organisation computers or data systemscurrent
MSMOPS244Lay out and cut materialscurrent
MSMPER200Work in accordance with an issued permitcurrent
MSMPER201Monitor and control work permitscurrent
MSMPER205Enter confined spacecurrent
MSMSUP100Apply workplace context to own jobcurrent
MSMSUP101Clean workplace or equipmentcurrent
MSMSUP102Communicate in the workplacecurrent
MSMSUP106Work in a teamcurrent
MSMSUP200Achieve work outcomescurrent
MSMSUP204Pack products or materialscurrent
MSMSUP205Transfer loadscurrent
MSMSUP230Monitor process operationscurrent
MSMSUP240Undertake minor maintenancecurrent
MSMSUP273Handle goodscurrent
MSMSUP280Manage conflict at workcurrent
Show the remaining 85 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
MSMSUP291Participate in continuous improvementcurrent
MSMSUP292Sample and test materials and productcurrent
MSMWHS100Follow WHS procedurescurrent
MSMWHS110Follow emergency response procedurescurrent
MSMWHS205Control minor incidentscurrent
MSMWHS210Undertake first response to non-fire incidentscurrent
MSMWHS212Undertake first response to fire incidentscurrent
MSMWHS216Operate breathing apparatuscurrent
MSMWHS217Gas test atmospherescurrent
MSS402002Sustain process improvementsnot current
MSS402020Apply quick changeover proceduresnot current
MSS402021Apply Just in Time proceduresnot current
MSS402030Apply cost factors to work practicesnot current
MSS402040Apply 5S proceduresnot current
MSS402050Monitor process capabilitynot current
MSS402051Apply quality standardsnot current
MSS402060Use planning software systems in operationsnot current
MSS402080Undertake root cause analysisnot current
PMBFIN201Finish products and componentsnot current
PMBFIN202Fit attachments to productsnot current
PMBFIN203Repair product imperfectionsnot current
PMBFIN205Hand decorate productsnot current
PMBHAN103Shift materials safely by handnot current
PMBHAN208Store productsnot current
PMBPREP201Prepare moulds for composites productionnot current
PMBPREP205Assemble materials and equipment for productionnot current
PMBPREP206Prepare materials to formulaenot current
PMBPROD206Operate ancillary equipmentnot current
PMBPROD207Operate calendernot current
PMBPROD209Operate cable winding equipmentnot current
PMBPROD210Operate injection moulding equipmentnot current
PMBPROD211Operate blow moulding equipmentnot current
PMBPROD212Operate thermoforming equipmentnot current
PMBPROD213Operate extrudersnot current
PMBPROD216Operate blown film equipmentnot current
PMBPROD217Operate printing equipmentnot current
PMBPROD221Operate rotational moulding equipmentnot current
PMBPROD229Operate polystyrene shape moulding equipmentnot current
PMBPROD233Operate film conversion equipmentnot current
PMBPROD235Use materials and process knowledge to complete work operationsnot current
PMBPROD236Operate hand held air/power equipment for production processesnot current
PMBPROD237Splice cablesnot current
PMBPROD238Perform creel rack operationsnot current
PMBPROD239Build reinforced conveyor beltsnot current
PMBPROD240Cut materialsnot current
PMBPROD241Lay up rubber lining or lag pulleysnot current
PMBPROD242Bond polymers to surfacesnot current
PMBPROD245Fabricate materialsnot current
PMBPROD246Hand mix materialsnot current
PMBPROD247Hand lay up compositesnot current
PMBPROD248Prepare surfaces for coatingnot current
PMBPROD249Apply liquid surface coatingsnot current
PMBPROD251Apply gel coat or other polymer surface finishnot current
PMBPROD252Operate compounding equipmentnot current
PMBPROD253Operate an internal mill blendernot current
PMBPROD254Operate an open mill blendernot current
PMBPROD255Operate mixing equipmentnot current
PMBPROD259Operate granulating equipmentnot current
PMBPROD261Operate continuous vulcanising equipmentnot current
PMBPROD262Operate tyre curing equipmentnot current
PMBPROD263Operate retread curing equipmentnot current
PMBPROD265Operate portable vulcanising equipmentnot current
PMBPROD266Prepare tyre casings for retreadingnot current
PMBPROD267Operate steel cutting equipmentnot current
PMBPROD268Operate bead coiling equipmentnot current
PMBPROD270Operate injection blow moulding equipmentnot current
PMBPROD280Operate resin-glass depositor equipmentnot current
PMBPROD281Finish composite productsnot current
PMBPROD282Assemble mouldnot current
PMBPROD283Demould productnot current
PMBPROD284Operate open flame moulding equipmentnot current
PMBPROD285Operate computer controlled equipmentnot current
PMBPROD287Weld plastics materialsnot current
PMBPROD290Operate filament winding equipmentnot current
PMBPROD291Operate resin infusion moulding equipmentnot current
PMBPROD292Operate pultrusion equipmentnot current
PMBPROD293Operate vacuum bagging equipmentnot current
PMBPROD294Operate resin transfer moulding equipmentnot current
PMBPROD295Operate composite sheeting equipmentnot current
PMBPROD296Operate centrifugal casting equipmentnot current
PMBPROD297Operate equipment using moulding compoundsnot current
PMBPROD298Operate equipment using pre-preg materialnot current
PMBWASTE101Collect waste for recycling or safe disposalnot current
RIIRIS201DConduct local risk controlnot current
TLID2010Operate a forkliftnot 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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