Victorian training package purchasing guides – Business
Victorian purchasing guides contain nominal hour allocations for units of competency and maximum hour allocations for qualifications within training packages.
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- BSB Business Services
VPG date
22 March 2022
VPG current
Description
This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects Release 8 of the BSB Business Services Package and includes:
- BSB41021 Certificate IV in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Governance – not equivalent
- 11 new units of competency – organisational disruption (3), Cyber security awareness (7), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Governance (1)
- review of 28 units to 8 revised units.
VPG superseded
BSB Business Services (Superseded) Word 118.71 KB (opens in a new window)
Description
This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects a minor release (R7.2) for the BSB Business Services Package and included the addition of:
- Unit of competency – BSBWHS432X Contribute to organisational mental health response in the context of disruptive events. This unit forms part of a new Skillset – BSBSS00129 Cross-Sector Mental Health and Organisational Disruption – details available on the National Register of VET website.
- CPP Property Services
VPG date
26 March 2026
VPG current
CPP Property Services Word 328.62 KB (opens in a new window)
CPP Property Services PDF 642.19 KB (opens in a new window)
Description
- 4 revised qualifications
- 3 revised units of competency
VPG superseded
Description
This guide reflects release 17.0 for the CPP Property Services Training Package consisting of:
- one new qualification
- 8 new units of competency.
- CSC Correctional Services
VPG date
10 February 2023
VPG current
Description
This VPG reflects Release 5.0 and includes 5 revised and 2 new qualifications and 35 revised associated units of competency.
VPG superseded
CSC Correctional Services Release 4 (Superseded) Word 97.24 KB (opens in a new window)
Description
This VPG reflects Release 4 and includes the revised Certificate IV in Correctional Practice and associated new and revised units of competency.
- FNS Financial Services
VPG date
9 November 2022
VPG current
Description
This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects Release 8 of the FNS Financial Services Training Package. This release consists of the following changes:
Qualifications:
- 20 updated: 17 equivalent and 3 not equivalent.
Units of competency
- one new
- 75 updated: 67 equivalent and 8 not equivalent
- 18 deleted
VPG superseded
FNS Financial Services – Release 7 (Superseded) Word 127.16 KB (opens in a new window)
Description
This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects updates as part of FNS Financial Services Training Package Release 7.
Qualifications
- one updated qualification in Finance and Mortgage Broking – FNS40821 (equivalent), and one updated qualification in Life Insurance – FNS41521 (not equivalent)
- one qualification deleted: FNS51315
Units of competency
- 5 new
- 9 updated of which 7 were not equivalent and 2 were equivalent
- 7 deleted
- ICT Information and Communications Technology
VPG date
17 February 2025
VPG current
ICT Information and Communications Technology VPG Release 9 Word 414.86 KB (opens in a new window)
ICT Information and Communications Technology VPG Release 9 PDF 637.8 KB (opens in a new window)
Description
This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects a minor release for the ICT Information and Communications Technology Package. The following changes occurred as part of Release 9:
- one re-coded qualification, ICT30524
- 2 imported units added to the elective bank of qualification ICT30524.
VPG superseded
Description
This superseded Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects a major release for the ICT Information and Communications Technology Package. The following updates occurred as part of Release 8:
- Units of competency: 33 new and 27 revised.
- LGA Local Government
VPG date
7 May 2021
VPG current
Description
This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects the first release of LGA Local Government Training Package.
- Full transition of LGA04 Local Government Training Package qualifications and units in the Standards for Training Packages.
VPG superseded
LGA04 Local Government (Superseded) Word 663.5 KB (opens in a new window)
Description
This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects Release 3 of the LGA04 Local Government Training Package. It includes one new qualification and one new unit of competency.
- PSP Public Sector
VPG date
8 March 2023
VPG current
Description
This VPG reflects Release 4 of the Training Package and includes:
- 4 revised qualifications
- 48 revised associated units of competency for Translating and Interpreting.
VPG superseded
PSP Public Sector Release 3 (Superseded) Word 739.96 KB (opens in a new window)
Description
This VPG reflects Release 3 and includes 7 revised qualifications and one new and 155 revised units of competency.
- PUA Public Safety
VPG Date
20 November 2025
VPG
Victorian Purchasing Guide PUA Public Safety Release 6.0 Word 375.2 KB (opens in a new window)
Victorian Purchasing Guide PUA Public Safety Release 6.0 PDF 461.08 KB (opens in a new window)
Description
This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects Release 6 and includes:
- One (1) qualification updated: PUA41120 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Community Safety)
- One (1) new skill set: PUASSO0108 Firefighting Appliance Pump Technician
- One (1) new unit of competency: PUAEQU002 Conduct maintenance and repair of firefighting pumps
VPG superseded
14 March 2023
Description
This VPG reflects Release 5 of the Training Package and includes
- one new and 8 revised qualifications
- 11 new and 3 revised units of competency.
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