SIR40112 Certificate IV in Community Pharmacy

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for SIR40112 ended on 29 March 2016 — 10 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 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.

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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule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
SIR07 — Retail Services Training Package
Currency period ends
29 March 2016
Latest release
Release 3 · 21 January 2013 · 3 releases in all
Supersedes
SIR40107
Superseded by
SIR40116 not 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. SIR40112Superseded — not equivalentCertificate IV in Community Pharmacy
  2. not equivalent
  3. SIR40116CurrentCertificate IV in Community Pharmacy

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.

  • SIR40107SIR40112equivalent12 June 2012

    SIR40112 replaces and is equivalent to SIR40107 as the intent of the qualification remains unchanged. The total number of units required to complete this qualification has decreased from 33 to 14. The number of core units has decreased from 22 to 4. The number of elective units has decreased from 11 to 10.

  • SIR40112SIR40116not equivalent30 March 2016

    •Not Equivalent. •Entry requirement amended to Certificate III in Community Pharmacy or equivalent industry experience and statement of attainment in the unit SIRCIND002 Support the supply of Pharmacy Medicines and Pharmacist Only Medicines. •Number of units for completion remains at 14; core reduced by 1 unit; electives increased by 1 unit. •The following units removed from the core: oHLTCSD306C Respond effectively to difficult and challenging behaviour •The following units added to the core: oBSBLDR403 Lead team effectiveness oHLTWHS003 Maintain work health and safety. •Packaging rules simplified.

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What SIR40112 is made of

training.gov.au lists 47 units for SIR40112: 4 core and 43 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
HLTCSD306CRespond effectively to difficult or challenging behaviournot current
SIRCHCS302Assist in managing Pharmacy Medicines and Pharmacist Only Medicinesnot current
SIRXMGT003ALead and manage peoplenot current
SIRXWHS302Maintain store safetynot current

Elective units 43 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCUS401BCoordinate implementation of customer service strategiesnot current
BSBFIA302AProcess payrollnot current
BSBRES401AAnalyse and present research informationnot current
HLTCOM408DUse specific health terminology to communicate effectivelynot current
HLTHIR403CWork effectively with culturally diverse clients and co-workersnot current
HLTHIR404DWork effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoplenot current
HLTIN301CComply with infection control policies and proceduresnot current
HLTIN402CMaintain infection control standards in office practice settingsnot current
HLTSL408DPerform home based assessments for sleep studiesnot current
SIRCDIS301Accept prescriptions and return dispensed medicines to customersnot current
SIRCDIS303Assist in dispensing prescriptionsnot current
SIRCDIS404Assist in dispensary stock controlnot current
SIRCDIS405Assist in dispensary administrationnot current
SIRCDIS406Assist in preparing dose administration aidsnot current
SIRCDIS407Assist in preparing extemporaneous prescriptionsnot current
SIRCDIS408Coordinate service to patients in residential care settingsnot current
SIRCHCS201Support the supply of Pharmacy Medicines and Pharmacist Only Medicinesnot current
SIRCHCS303Advise on asthma managementnot current
SIRCHCS304Advise on smoking cessationnot current
SIRCHCS305Advise on continence managementnot current
SIRCHCS306Advise on complementary medicinesnot current
SIRCHCS407Test blood pressure and advise on self-monitoringnot current
SIRCHCS408Test blood glucose and advise on equipment and services for diabetes managementnot current
SIRCHCS409Advise on diet, nutrition and weight-management products and servicesnot current
SIRCHCS410Advise on pregnancy and maternal health products and servicesnot current
SIRCHCS411Advise on wound care products and self-carenot current
SIRCHCS412Provide Australian Needle and Syringe Program servicesnot current
SIRCHCS413Supply and hire aids and equipment to support home health carenot current
SIRCHCS414Support the management of obstructive sleep apnoeanot current
SIRCHCS415Coordinate pharmacy health promotions and home medicine reviewsnot current
Show the remaining 13 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
SIRCMER401Market and promote a pharmacy products and services areanot current
SIRXCCS304Coordinate interaction with customersnot current
SIRXCCS406Provide professional customer service for high value and complex salesnot current
SIRXCCS408Build retail relationships and sustain customer loyaltynot current
SIRXFIN003AProduce financial reportsnot current
SIRXHRM001AAdminister human resources policynot current
SIRXHRM002ARecruit and select personnelnot current
SIRXINV001APerform stock control proceduresnot current
SIRXINV002AMaintain and order stocknot current
SIRXINV003APlan inventory levelsnot current
SIRXINV005AControl inventorynot current
SIRXMGT001ACoordinate work teamsnot current
SIRXSLS304Coordinate sales performancenot 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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