Victorian training package purchasing guides – Primary industries

Victorian purchasing guides contain nominal hour allocations for units of competency and maximum hour allocations for qualifications within training packages.

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ACM Animal Care and Management

VPG date

28 August 2022

VPG current

Victorian Purchasing Guide ACM Animal Care and Management Training Package Release 6.0 PDF 539.89 KB (opens in a new window)

Victorian Purchasing Guide ACM Animal Care and Management Training Package Release 6.0 Word 733.43 KB (opens in a new window)

Description

ACM Animal Care and Management Release 6 Victorian Purchasing Guide includes:

Four updated qualifications:

ACM30122 Certificate III in Animal Care Services
ACM40122 Certificate IV in Animal Regulation and Management
ACM40222 Certificate IV in Animal Facility Management
ACM40322 Certificate IV in Animal Behaviour and Training One revised and 12 new units of competency.

Superseded

ACM Animal Care and Management (Superseded) Word 727.3 KB (opens in a new window)

Description

This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects updates to ACM Animal Care and Management Training Package Release 5.0:

One new qualification:

ACM40921 Certificate IV in Equine Care Five revised qualifications related to horse care:
ACM20221 Certificate II in Horse Care
ACM30821 Certificate III in Horse Care
ACM30921 Certificate III in Equine Hoof Care
ACM50421 Diploma of Equine Management
ACM50521 Diploma of Equine Allied Health

Units of competency

9 new
41 revised
6 deleted

AHC Agriculture, Horticulture, Conservation and Land Management Release 11

VPG date

22 April 2025

VPG current

AHC Agriculture, Horticulture, Conservation and Land Management Release 11 Word 460.17 KB (opens in a new window)

AHC Agriculture, Horticulture, Conservation and Land Management Release 11 PDF 406.62 KB (opens in a new window)

Description

Release 11.0 includes components from the Skills Insight AHC Livestock Operations and Shearing and Wool Classing Projects to update qualifications and units to reflect current work practices.

Livestock Operations focused on the skills needed to work safely and effectively with and around livestock.

Shearing and Wool Classing focused on technological advances, work health and safety, animal behaviour and handling techniques.

Sectors include:

livestock (LSK)
shearing (SHG)
wool (WOL)
other (BAC, BUS, HYD) Qualifications:
7 revised Units:
3 new
100 revised
8 deleted Skill Sets (non-endorsed):
1 new
5 revised not equivalent 4 updated equivalents

VPG superseded

Victorian Purchasing Guide AHC Agriculture, Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management Training Package Release 10.0 Word 450.33 KB (opens in a new window)

Description

AHC Agriculture, Horticulture, Conservation and Land Management Release 10.0 includes components from the Skills Insight AHC Improvements Project to update qualifications to include units already reviewed as part of previous projects. This update includes:

40 revised qualifications
1 new unit
3 revised units (equivalent)
4 units have been deleted
28 revised Skill Sets (non-endorsed)

FWP Forest and Wood Products

VPG date

17 June 2024

VPG current

Victorian Purchasing Guide FWP Forest and Wood Products Training Package Release 9.0 Word 364.92 KB (opens in a new window)

Victorian Purchasing Guide FWP Forest and Wood Products Training Package Release 9.0 PDF 485.77 KB (opens in a new window)

Description

FWP Forest and Wood Products Release 9 includes the following:

3 revised FWPCOT tree felling units
3 Forest Operations qualifications with amended tree felling unit codes (minor change)

VPG superseded

FWP Release 8 (Superseded) Word 366.22 KB (opens in a new window)

Description

FWP Forest and Wood Products Release 8 includes the following:

6 revised qualifications including 2 qualifications in timber and wood production operations developed from merged superseded qualifications in sawmilling and processing, and timber manufactured products. The Certificate III in Timber and Wood Products has 4 new specialisations in timber production.
10 new units and 41 revised units relating to sawmilling and timber processing and wood products.

PPM Pulp and Paper Manufacturing

VPG date

1 April 2022

VPG current

Victorian Purchasing Guide Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Training Package Release 3.0 Word 704.34 KB (opens in a new window)

Victorian Purchasing Guide Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Training Package Release 3.0 (PDF) PDF 835.87 KB (opens in a new window)

Description

This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects Release 3.0 of the PPM Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Training Package:

1 qualification was reviewed, and 6 qualifications were merged into 4
7 new and 61 revised units from 50 reviewed and 23 merged units and 7 units deleted.

VPG superseded

PPM Pulp and Paper (superseded) Word 98.52 KB (opens in a new window)

Description

This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects Release 2 of the PPM Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Training Package:

40 units updated to reflect current work health and safety requirements with no change to unit codes.

RGR Racing and Breeding

VPG date

23 September 2021

VPG current

Victorian Purchasing Guide RGR Racing and Breeding Training Package Release 4.0 Word 95.6 KB (opens in a new window)

Victorian Purchasing Guide RGR Racing and Breeding Training Package Release 4.0 (PDF) PDF 251.08 KB (opens in a new window)

Description

This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects the changes made to the RGR Racing Training Package Release 4.0. They include changes to the packaging rules for 2 qualifications:

RGR20221 Certificate II in Racing Industry
RGR40221 Certificate IV in Racing (Jockey).

VPG superseded

RGR Racing and Breeding (Superseded) Word 100.27 KB (opens in a new window)

Description

This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects the changes made to the RGR Racing Training Package Release 3 which includes:

3 Horse Breeding qualifications migrated from the ACM Animal Care and Management Training Package
2 revised qualifications
13 new and 19 revised units of competency.

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Updated 23 October 2025

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