PMB50116 Diploma of Polymer Technology

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for PMB50116 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule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
PMB50107
Superseded by
PMB50121 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. PMB50116Superseded — equivalentDiploma of Polymer Technology
  2. equivalent
  3. PMB50121CurrentDiploma of Polymer 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.

  • PMB50107PMB50116equivalent21 June 2016

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

  • PMB50116PMB50121equivalent17 February 2021

    PMB50120 Diploma of Polymer Technology supersedes and is equivalent to PMB50116 Diploma of Polymer Technology

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What PMB50116 is made of

training.gov.au lists 51 units for PMB50116: 4 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 4 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MSMENV472Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent
MSMSUP300Identify and apply process improvementscurrent
MSMSUP390Use structured problem-solving toolscurrent
MSMWHS200Work safelycurrent

Elective units 47 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
MEM09003BPrepare basic engineering drawingnot current
MEM15001BPerform basic statistical quality controlnot current
MEM16006AOrganise and communicate informationnot current
MEM16007AWork with others in a manufacturing, engineering or related environmentnot current
MEM16008AInteract with computing technologynot current
MEM30031AOperate computer-aided design (CAD) system to produce basic drawing elementsnot current
MEM30033AUse computer-aided design (CAD) to create and display 3-D modelsnot current
MSL974003Perform chemical tests and proceduresnot current
MSL974005Perform physical testsnot current
MSL974010Perform mechanical testsnot current
MSMOPS400Optimise process/plant areacurrent
MSMOPS401Trial new process or productcurrent
MSMSUP383Facilitate a teamcurrent
MSMSUP400Develop and monitor quality systemscurrent
MSMSUP404Coordinate maintenancecurrent
MSMSUP405Identify problems in fluid power systemcurrent
MSMSUP406Identify faults in electronic controlcurrent
MSMWHS400Contribute to WHS management systemcurrent
MSMWHS401Assess riskcurrent
MSS015002Develop strategies for more sustainable use of resourcesnot current
MSS403002Ensure process improvements are sustainednot current
MSS404052Apply statistics to operational processesnot current
MSS405020Develop quick changeover proceduresnot current
MSS405021Develop a Just in Time systemnot current
MSS405030Optimise cost of a product or servicenot current
MSS405031Undertake value analysis of product or process costs in terms of customer requirementsnot current
MSS405050Determine and improve process capabilitynot current
MSS405070Develop sustainable energy practicesnot current
PMBPROD430Trial a new die/toolnot current
PMBPROD431Trial a new, advanced or complex mouldnot current
Show the remaining 17 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
PMBTECH401Predict polymer properties and characteristicsnot current
PMBTECH402Set advanced or complex diesnot current
PMBTECH403Test fibre-composites materials and laminatesnot current
PMBTECH404Mould chemical resistant and/or fire retardant fibre-compositesnot current
PMBTECH405Repair damaged fibre-composites structuresnot current
PMBTECH406Diagnose production equipment problemsnot current
PMBTECH501Analyse equipment performancenot current
PMBTECH502Review and analyse production trials and specify retrialsnot current
PMBTECH503Determine rheology and output of plastics materials from processing equipmentnot current
PMBTECH504Determine heat transfer loads for processing equipmentnot current
PMBTECH505Choose polymer materials for an applicationnot current
PMBTECH506Analyse the design of products and toolsnot current
PMBTECH507Develop fibre-composite products using cored-laminate techniquesnot current
PMBTECH508Develop a new compoundnot current
PMBTECH509Modify an existing productnot current
PMBTECH510Analyse failure in polymeric materialsnot current
PSPPM502BManage complex projectsnot 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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