SIF30308 Certificate III in Funeral Operations

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for SIF30308 ended on 19 June 2013 — 13 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 21 June 2014 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule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
SIF08 — Funeral Services Training Package
Currency period ends
19 June 2013
Latest release
Release 1 · 19 February 2009
Supersedes
WFS30202
Superseded by
SIF30313 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. SIF30308Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Funeral Operations
  2. equivalent
  3. SIF30313CurrentCertificate III in Funeral 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.

  • WFS30202SIF30308equivalent18 February 2009

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

  • SIF30308SIF30313equivalent20 June 2013

    Revised qualification provides greater flexibility to meet industry/organisational outcomes. Changes to packaging rules include the removal of specialisations and greater choice of imported units from other training packages and accredited courses. The total number of units required to complete this qualification is 14. For SIF30308, this was 13 or 14 units depending on specialist stream undertaken. The number of core units has decreased from 5 to 4. The number of elective units is 10. For SIF30308, this was 9 or 10 units depending on specialist stream undertaken.

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What SIF30308 is made of

training.gov.au lists 36 units for SIF30308. 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 36 listed

CodeUnitCore or electiveIn this product
SIFBCR002ATransfer coffins and casketsN/Anot current
SIFBCR025AExhume a burial siteN/Anot current
SIFCCS001BProvide service to clientsN/Anot current
SIFCCS003ALiaise with communityN/Anot current
SIFCCS004ACoordinate interaction with clientsN/Anot current
SIFFNL003AArrange funeralsN/Anot current
SIFFNL004AArrange and oversee viewingsN/Anot current
SIFFNL007AConduct a funeralN/Anot current
SIFGLC001AMaintain and care for historical recordsN/Anot current
SIFGLC002AControl and order goodsN/Anot current
SIFIND001BWork effectively in the funeral services industryN/Anot current
SIFIND002ADeal with grief and traumaN/Anot current
SIFIND003AParticipate in industry networksN/Anot current
SIFMGT001ACoordinate a teamN/Anot current
SIFMGT002ACoordinate staffN/Anot current
SIFMPR001AImplement marketing and promotional activitiesN/Anot current
SIFMWK001AEncoffin the deceased personN/Anot current
SIFMWK004BCoordinate mortuary operationsN/Anot current
SIFMWK005ADetermine body preparation requirementsN/Anot current
SIFMWK006ACleanse and disinfect deceased bodiesN/Anot current
SIFMWK007ASet facial featuresN/Anot current
SIFMWK008ARestore minor body damageN/Anot current
SIFMWK009ARestore head damage on autopsied casesN/Anot current
SIFMWK010ARestore and set eyes after eye donationN/Anot current
SIFMWK011ADress bodies and apply cosmeticsN/Anot current
SIFOHS001AFollow OHS proceduresN/Anot current
SIFOHS002AFollow infection and contamination control proceduresN/Anot current
SIFOHS003AFollow mortuary OHS proceduresN/Anot current
SIFOHS004AWork in confined spacesN/Anot current
SIFOHS005AImplement and monitor infection and contamination control practicesN/Anot current
Show the remaining 6 units
CodeUnitCore or electiveIn this product
SIFOHS006AImplement and monitor OHS proceduresN/Anot current
SIFOHS007AIdentify hazards and assess risks in a cemetery or crematoriumN/Anot current
SIFSLS001ASell funeral and burial products and servicesN/Anot current
SIFSLS002ASell pre-need funeral and burial products and servicesN/Anot current
SRXEMR001ARespond to emergency situationsN/Anot current
TAADEL301CProvide training through instruction and demonstration of work skillsN/Anot 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.

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