When must new enrolments into PML40104 stop?

New enrolments are not permitted from 14 January 2012 — 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.

Is there a deadline for learners already enrolled in PML40104?

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).

PML40104 Certificate IV in Laboratory Techniques

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.

PML40104Superseded — not equivalentCertificate IV in Laboratory Techniques
not equivalent
MSL40109Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Laboratory Techniques
equivalent
MSL40116Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Laboratory Techniques
equivalent
MSL40118Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Laboratory Techniques
equivalent
MSL40122CurrentCertificate IV in Laboratory Techniques

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.

PML40104MSL40109not equivalent13 January 2011
The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

Is PML40104 on your scope?

This page is the register's record of one product. What it cannot tell you is whether PML40104 sits on your own scope today, or what else on that scope has moved without anyone noticing. Enter your RTO number and we read every product on your live scope against training.gov.au and tell you which ones are superseded and which replacements the register flags not equivalent.

Whether a supersession requires anything of you, and what, sits with you and your regulator. This page maps what the register records; it does not make that judgement. If the difference between an equivalent and a non-equivalent replacement is the question, we wrote it up in equivalent vs not equivalent.

What PML40104 is made of

training.gov.au lists 76 units for PML40104. It does not mark them core or elective: the unit grid records N/A for every one of them. The register does not publish a completion rule in units for this product, so we do not state one. What it takes to complete the product is in the packaging rules on training.gov.au.

Units listed 76 listed

Code	Unit	Core or elective	In this product
BSZ401A	Plan assessment	`N/A`	not current
BSZ402A	Conduct assessment	`N/A`	not current
BSZ403A	Review assessment	`N/A`	not current
BSZ404A	Train small groups	`N/A`	not current
PMLCAL400A	Perform standard calibrations	`N/A`	not current
PMLCAL500A	Perform non-standard calibrations	`N/A`	not current
PMLCAL501A	Create or modify calibration procedures	`N/A`	not current
PMLCAL502A	Create or modify automated calibration procedures	`N/A`	not current
PMLCOM300B	Communicate with other people	`N/A`	not current
PMLCOM500B	Provide information to customers	`N/A`	not current
PMLDATA400A	Process and interpret data	`N/A`	not current
PMLDATA500B	Analyse data and report results	`N/A`	not current
PMLDATA501B	Use laboratory application software	`N/A`	not current
PMLMAIN300B	Maintain the laboratory fit for purpose	`N/A`	not current
PMLMAIN400A	Maintain and control stocks	`N/A`	not current
PMLMAIN501B	Assist in the maintenance of reference materials	`N/A`	not current
PMLMAIN502A	Maintain instruments and equipment	`N/A`	not current
PMLOHS301B	Work safely with instruments that emit ionising radiation	`N/A`	not current
PMLOHS400A	Maintain laboratory/field workplace safety	`N/A`	not current
PMLORG301A	Plan and conduct laboratory/field work	`N/A`	not current
PMLORG400A	Prepare practical science classes and demonstrations	`N/A`	not current
PMLORG500B	Schedule laboratory work for a small team	`N/A`	not current
PMLQUAL300B	Contribute to the achievement of quality objectives	`N/A`	not current
PMLQUAL301B	Apply critical control point requirements	`N/A`	not current
PMLQUAL400B	Contribute to the ongoing development of HACCP plans	`N/A`	not current
PMLQUAL401B	Apply quality system and continuous improvement processes	`N/A`	not current
PMLQUAL500A	Monitor the quality of test results and data	`N/A`	not current
PMLSAMP302A	Receive and prepare samples for testing	`N/A`	not current
PMLSAMP400B	Obtain representative samples in accordance with sampling plan	`N/A`	not current
PMLSAMP401A	Prepare mineral samples for analysis	`N/A`	not current

Show the remaining 46 units

Code	Unit	Core or elective	In this product
PMLSCIG300B	Operate basic handblowing equipment	`N/A`	not current
PMLSCIG301B	Repair glass apparatus using simple glassblowing equipment	`N/A`	not current
PMLSCIG501B	Design and manufacture glass apparatus and glass systems	`N/A`	not current
PMLSCIG502B	Perform glass coating, grinding and finishing operations	`N/A`	not current
PMLSCIG503B	Construct, modify and maintain high vacuum systems	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST300B	Perform basic tests	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST303B	Prepare working solutions	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST304B	Prepare culture media	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST305B	Perform aseptic techniques	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST306B	Assist with fieldwork	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST307B	Prepare trial batches for evaluation	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST308A	Perform microscopic examination	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST310A	Perform histological procedures	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST402B	Prepare, standardise and use solutions	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST403B	Assist with geotechnical site investigations	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST404A	Perform chemical tests and procedures	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST405A	Perform food tests	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST406A	Perform physical tests	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST407A	Perform biological procedures	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST408A	Undertake environmental field-based monitoring	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST409A	Capture and manage scientific images	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST410A	Undertake environmental field-based, remote-sensing monitoring	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST411A	Perform mechanical tests	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST412A	Prepare tissue and cell cultures	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST501B	Perform microbiological tests	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST502B	Perform haematological tests	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST503B	Perform histological tests	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST504B	Perform chemical pathology tests	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST505B	Conduct sensory analysis	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST509B	Perform immunohaematological tests	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST511B	Supervise earthworks inspection, sampling and testing operations	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST512A	Apply electrophoretic techniques	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST513A	Apply routine chromatographic techniques	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST514A	Perform fire assay techniques	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST515A	Design and supervise complex environmental field surveys	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST516A	Provide input to production trials	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST517A	Perform tissue and cell culture techniques	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST518A	Perform molecular biology tests/procedures	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST519A	Prepare animal and plant material for display	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST520A	Perform complex tests to measure engineering properties of materials	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST521A	Perform laboratory based ecological techniques	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST522A	Perform complex tests to measure chemical properties of materials	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST523A	Apply complex instrumental techniques	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST524A	Apply routine spectrometric techniques	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST525A	Apply routine electrometric techniques	`N/A`	not current
PMLTEST526A	Perform food analyses	`N/A`	not current

The register publishes this unit grid without a core or elective flag, so this page does not split it into core and elective. "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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