SIHHTLS403A Work as a session stylist

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for SIHHTLS403A ended on 29 March 2016 — 10 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 31 March 2017 — 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.

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Product type
Unit of competency
Training package
SIH11 — Hairdressing Training Package
Currency period ends
29 March 2016
Latest release
Release 2 · 19 August 2013 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
WRHHD406B
Superseded by
SHBHTLS003 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. SIHHTLS403ASuperseded — equivalentWork as a session stylist
  2. equivalent
  3. SHBHTLS003CurrentWork as a session stylist

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.

  • WRHHD406BSIHHTLS403Anot equivalent19 July 2011

    Updated unit and not equivalent to WRHHD406B - Elements 5 and 6 removed.Previously contained the following prerequisites:• WRHHD303A Design and apply short to medium-length hair design finishes• WRHCL302B Colour and lighten hair• WRHCL303B Design and perform full and partial highlighting techniques• WRHCL304A Perform colour correction• WRHCR302B Perform chemical curling and volumising services• WRHCR303B Perform chemical straightening and relaxing servicesand either• WRHHC306B Combine haircut structures on womenor• WRHHC307B Combine haircut structures for traditional and classic designs on men

  • SIHHTLS403ASHBHTLS003equivalent30 March 2016

    Equivalent • Unit updated to meet the Standards for Training Packages.

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Where SIHHTLS403A is used

training.gov.au lists SIHHTLS403A inside 1 training product, which it no longer lists as current. It is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for SIHHTLS403A in that product.

Products no longer current 1 listed

The register still records SIHHTLS403A inside this one, but it no longer recommends it as current. It is here because a scope history or an old enrolment can still point at it.

CodeTraining productTypeSIHHTLS403A is
SIH40111Certificate IV in HairdressingQualificationelective

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