The minimum requirements for achievement of the Diploma of Engineering - Advanced Trade are:
- completion of all of the Core units of competency, and
- completion of Specialisation units from the Group A list to a maximum value of 100 points, and
- completion of units up to the value 12 points from the Group B list and
- completion of units from the Group C list to bring the total value of units from Groups A, B and C to at least 117 points.

Points associated with prerequisites count towards the total (refer to units and prerequisites listing in Appendix 2, Volume 1).

Appropriate elective units to the value of 26 points may be chosen from other endorsed Training Packages and accredited courses where those units are available for inclusion at Diploma. Note that the elective units listed below include all of the units that are approved for selection from the MEM Training Package for use in this qualification. This meets the NQC requirement that one sixth of the total units must be able to be selected from other qualifications in the same Training Package.