TAEASS402 Assess competence

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for TAEASS402 ended on 6 December 2022 — 3 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 8 December 2023 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule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
Unit of competency
Training package
TAE — Training and Education Training Package
Currency period ends
6 December 2022
Latest release
Release 2 · 10 March 2017 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
TAEASS402B
Superseded by
TAEASS412 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. TAEASS402Superseded — not equivalentAssess competence
  2. not equivalent
  3. TAEASS412CurrentAssess competence

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.

  • TAEASS402BTAEASS402equivalent5 April 2016

    Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages

  • TAEASS402TAEASS412not equivalent7 December 2022

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

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Where TAEASS402 is used

training.gov.au lists TAEASS402 inside 66 training products, 27 of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for TAEASS402 in that product.

Current products 27 listed

CodeTraining productTypeTAEASS402 is
AVI50419Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instructor)Qualificationcore
CUA40120Certificate IV in DanceQualificationelective
FBP40522Certificate IV in Pharmaceutical ManufacturingQualificationelective
HLT50221Diploma of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care ManagementQualificationelective
ICP40120Certificate IV in Printing and Graphic Arts ManagementQualificationelective
ICP50120Diploma of Printing and Graphic Arts Business ManagementQualificationelective
MEA60322Advanced Diploma of Aviation Non-Destructive TestingQualificationcore
PMA40116Certificate IV in Process Plant TechnologyQualificationelective
PMA50116Diploma of Process Plant TechnologyQualificationelective
PMA60116Advanced Diploma of Process Plant TechnologyQualificationelective
PMASS00015Workplace assessor, trainer, coachSkill setelective
PPM40121Certificate IV in Pulp and Paper OperationsQualificationelective
PUA40119Certificate IV in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations)Qualificationelective
PUA40319Certificate IV in Public Safety (Firefighting Supervision)Qualificationelective
PUA41019Certificate IV in Public Safety (Leadership)Qualificationelective
PUA41120Certificate IV in Public Safety (Community Safety)Qualificationelective
PUA50919Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue - Coordination)Qualificationelective
RGR40419Certificate IV in Greyhound Racing IndustryQualificationelective
RGR50118Diploma of Racing (Racehorse Trainer)Qualificationelective
RII40120Certificate IV in Surface Extraction OperationsQualificationelective
RII40320Certificate IV in Underground Metalliferous Mining OperationsQualificationelective
RII40520Certificate IV in Resource ProcessingQualificationelective
RII40920Certificate IV in Drilling OperationsQualificationelective
SIS40621Certificate IV in Outdoor LeadershipQualificationelective
SIS50421Diploma of Outdoor LeadershipQualificationelective
Show the remaining 2 current products
CodeTraining productTypeTAEASS402 is
TLI31921Certificate III in Mechanical Rail SignallingQualificationelective
TLISS00162Driving Instructor Skill SetSkill setcore

Products no longer current 39 listed

The register still records TAEASS402 inside these, but it no longer recommends them as current. They are here because a scope history or an old enrolment can still point at them.

CodeTraining productTypeTAEASS402 is
AHC41916Certificate IV in ArboricultureQualificationcore
AMP40215Certificate IV in Meat Processing (General)Qualificationelective
AMP40315Certificate IV in Meat Processing (Leadership)Qualificationelective
FBP30117Certificate III in Food ProcessingQualificationelective
FBP30617Certificate III in Food Processing (Sales)Qualificationelective
FBP40518Certificate IV in Pharmaceutical ManufacturingQualificationelective
FWP40116Certificate IV in Forest OperationsQualificationelective
FWP40216Certificate IV in Timber ProcessingQualificationelective
FWP40316Certificate IV in Timber Truss and Frame ManufactureQualificationelective
FWP40416Certificate IV in Timber Truss and Frame DesignQualificationelective
Show the remaining 29 products no longer current
CodeTraining productTypeTAEASS402 is
MAR40218Certificate IV in Maritime Operations (Chief Integrated Rating)Qualificationcore
MEA60318Advanced Diploma of Aviation Non-Destructive TestingQualificationcore
MSM41115Certificate IV in Recreational Vehicle and Accessories RetailingQualificationelective
PMB40116Certificate IV in Polymer TechnologyQualificationelective
PMC40116Certificate IV in Manufactured Mineral ProductsQualificationelective
PPM30116Certificate III in Pulping OperationsQualificationelective
PPM30216Certificate III in Papermaking OperationsQualificationelective
PPM40116Certificate IV in Pulping OperationsQualificationelective
PPM40216Certificate IV in Papermaking OperationsQualificationelective
PPM50116Diploma of Pulp and Paper Process ManagementQualificationelective
PUA41119Certificate IV in Public Safety (Community Safety)Qualificationelective
RGR40418Certificate IV in Racing (Greyhound Trainer)Qualificationelective
RII40115Certificate IV in Surface Extraction OperationsQualificationelective
RII40215Certificate IV in Surface Coal Mining (Open Cut Examiner)Qualificationelective
RII40220Certificate IV in Surface Coal Mining (Open Cut Examiner)Qualificationelective
RII40315Certificate IV in Metalliferous Mining Operations (Underground)Qualificationelective
RII40515Certificate IV in Resource ProcessingQualificationelective
RII40915Certificate IV in Drilling OperationsQualificationelective
RII41115Certificate IV in Drilling Oil & Gas (On shore)Qualificationelective
RII41215Certificate IV in Well Servicing OperationsQualificationelective
SIS40619Certificate IV in Outdoor LeadershipQualificationelective
SIS50419Diploma of Outdoor LeadershipQualificationelective
TAE40116Certificate IV in Training and AssessmentQualificationcore
TAESS00011Assessor Skill SetSkill setelective
TAESS00015Enterprise Trainer and Assessor Skill SetSkill setelective
TLI30220Certificate III in Mechanical Rail SignallingQualificationelective
TLI31918Certificate III in Mechanical Rail SignallingQualificationelective
TLI31920Certificate III in Mechanical Rail SignallingQualificationelective
TLI41222Certificate IV in Motor Vehicle Driver TrainingQualificationelective

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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