Victorian training package purchasing guides – Wholesale, retail and personal services
Victorian purchasing guides contain nominal hour allocations for units of competency and maximum hour allocations for qualifications within training packages.
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- SFL Floristry
VPG date
20 November 2025
VPG current
Victorian Purchasing Guide SFL Floristry Training Package Word 270.66 KB (opens in a new window)
Victorian Purchasing Guide SFL Floristry Training Package PDF 366.46 KB (opens in a new window)
Description
This Victorian Purchasing guide reflects Release 2.0 of the SFL Floristry Training Package which includes revised qualifications and updates to superseded and deleted imported units of competency from Release 1.0 the of the SFL Floristry Training Package
VPG Superseded
Description
This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects Release 1.0 of the SFL Floristry Training Package and includes the transition of all qualifications and associated units of competency from the SFL10 Floristry Training Package.
- SHB Hairdressing and Beauty
VPG date
7 March 2022
VPG current
Description
This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects Release 4 of the SHB Hairdressing and Beauty Training Package which includes 2 new and 6 revised qualifications and 30 new and 44 revised units of competency for beauty services.
VPG superseded
SHB Hairdressing and Beauty (Superseded) Word 112.64 KB (opens in a new window)
Description
This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects Release 3.0 of the SHB Hairdressing and Beauty Services Training Package which includes the Advanced Diploma of Intense Pulsed Light and Laser for Hair Reduction, transitioned from the SIB10 Hairdressing and Beauty Services Training Package.
- SIF Funeral Services
VPG date
February 2022
VPG current
Description
This VPG reflects the minor Release 2.2:
- 2 qualifications deleted
- 6 qualifications updated to removed deleted elective units of competency
- 29 units of competency deleted.
VPG superseded
SIF Funeral Services (Superseded) Word 67.1 KB (opens in a new window)
Description
This Victorian Purchasing Guide reflects Release 2.0 of the SIF Funeral Services Training Package which includes the revised Certificate IV in Embalming and associated units of competency transitioned from the SIF08 Funeral Services Training Package.
- SIR Retail Services
VPG date
6 December 2021
VPG current
Description
This VPG reflects the new Advanced Diploma of Visual Merchandising and 5 associated new units of competency.
VPG superseded
SIR Retail Services (Superseded) Word 96.59 KB (opens in a new window)
Description
This Purchasing Guide reflects Release 6 which includes one new cross-sector unit of competency and skill set as part of the Critical Skills for Recovery response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Updated 20 November 2025
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