AHC21020 Certificate II in Conservation and Ecosystem Management

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for AHC21020 ended on 29 April 2024 — 2 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 1 May 2025 — 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).

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Product type
Qualification
Training package
AHC — Agriculture, Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management Training Package
Currency period ends
29 April 2024
Latest release
Release 1 · 24 December 2020
Supersedes
AHC21016
Superseded by
AHC21024 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. AHC21020Superseded — not equivalentCertificate II in Conservation and Ecosystem Management
  2. not equivalent
  3. AHC21024CurrentCertificate II in Conservation and Ecosystem Management

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.

  • AHC21016AHC21020equivalent23 December 2020

    Title changed. Unit description updated and packaging rules clarified. Unit codes updated. Units added to Group A and Group B electives

  • AHC21020AHC21024not equivalent30 April 2024

    Updated 2 Core units and 21 Elective units. Added 2 Elective units

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What AHC21020 is made of

training.gov.au lists 70 units for AHC21020: 2 core and 68 elective. The register does not publish a completion rule in units for this product, so we do not state one. How many of the electives are required is in the packaging rules on training.gov.au.

Core units 2 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCWHS201Participate in work health and safety processesnot current
AHCWRK209Participate in environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current

Elective units 68 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCBIO203Inspect and clean machinery, tools and equipment to preserve biosecuritycurrent
AHCCHM201Apply chemicals under supervisioncurrent
AHCECR201Capture digital media for fieldworkcurrent
AHCECR202Maintain wildlife habitat refugescurrent
AHCECR203Perform basic ecological restoration workscurrent
AHCECR305Collect native seedcurrent
AHCFAU202Recognise faunacurrent
AHCFIR202Assist with planned burningcurrent
AHCILM201Maintain cultural placesnot current
AHCILM202Observe and report plants or animalsnot current
AHCILM203Record information about Countrynot current
AHCINF201Carry out basic electric fencing operationsnot current
AHCINF202Install, maintain and repair farm fencingnot current
AHCINF203Maintain properties and structuresnot current
AHCLPW201Operate a handheld GPS devicecurrent
AHCLPW311Construct access trackscurrent
AHCLSC201Assist with landscape construction worknot current
AHCLSC203Install aggregate pathsnot current
AHCLSC205Install tree protection devicesnot current
AHCMOM201Operate two wheel motorbikescurrent
AHCMOM202Operate tractorscurrent
AHCMOM203Operate basic machinery and equipmentcurrent
AHCMOM204Undertake operational maintenance of machinerycurrent
AHCMOM205Operate vehiclescurrent
AHCMOM206Conduct grader operationscurrent
AHCMOM207Conduct front-end loader operationscurrent
AHCMOM208Conduct excavator operationscurrent
AHCMOM209Conduct dozer operationscurrent
AHCMOM210Conduct scraper operationscurrent
AHCMOM213Operate and maintain chainsawscurrent
Show the remaining 38 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
AHCMOM216Operate side by side utility vehiclescurrent
AHCMOM217Operate quad bikescurrent
AHCNSY206Care for nursery plantscurrent
AHCNSY207Undertake propagation activitiescurrent
AHCPCM202Collect, prepare and preserve plant specimenscurrent
AHCPCM204Recognise plantscurrent
AHCPCM205Fell small treescurrent
AHCPGD201Plant trees and shrubsnot current
AHCPGD206Conduct visual inspection of park facilitiesnot current
AHCPMG201Treat weedscurrent
AHCPMG202Treat plant pests, diseases and disorderscurrent
AHCPMG304Use firearms to humanely destroy animalscurrent
AHCPMG307Apply animal trapping techniquescurrent
AHCPMG312Apply poison baits for vertebrate pest control in rural and environmental landscapescurrent
AHCSAW202Recognise landforms and soil typescurrent
AHCSAW203Conduct erosion and sediment control activitiescurrent
AHCSOL203Assist with soil or growing media sampling and testingcurrent
AHCWRK201Observe and report on weathernot current
AHCWRK202Observe environmental work practicesnot current
AHCWRK204Work effectively in the industrynot current
AHCWRK205Participate in workplace communicationsnot current
AHCWRK206Observe enterprise quality assurance proceduresnot current
AHCWRK207Collect and record production datanot current
AHCWRK208Provide information on products and servicesnot current
AHCWRK312Operate in isolated and remote situationsnot current
BSBINS201Process and maintain workplace informationcurrent
BSBTEC201Use business software applicationscurrent
FWPCOT3259Operate a four wheel drive on unsealed roadsnot current
HLTAID009Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitationcurrent
HLTAID010Provide basic emergency life supportcurrent
HLTAID011Provide First Aidcurrent
HLTAID013Provide First Aid in remote or isolated sitecurrent
PUAFIR204Respond to wildfirecurrent
PUAFIR210Prevent injurycurrent
PUALAW001Protect and preserve incident scenecurrent
SITXCCS002Provide visitor informationnot current
TLID1001Shift materials safely using manual handling methodsnot current
TLILIC0003Licence to operate a forklift truckcurrent

Core and elective are the register's own flags on the unit grid of the release read here. "Not current" means training.gov.au no longer recommends that unit for use inside this product — it does not say anything about the product itself.

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