AHC30318 Certificate III in Rural and Environmental Pest Management

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for AHC30318 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.

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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 2 · 24 December 2020 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
AHC33616
Superseded by
AHC30324 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. AHC30318Superseded — not equivalentCertificate III in Rural and Environmental Pest Management
  2. not equivalent
  3. AHC30324CurrentCertificate III in Rural and Environmental Pest 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.

  • AHC33616AHC30318not equivalent18 December 2018

    Change to Core units and introduction of specialisation streams. Title changed to differentiate from Urban Pest Management

  • AHC30318AHC30324not equivalent30 April 2024

    Corrected unit reference in Packaging Rules. Updated 1 Core unit and 7 Elective units

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What AHC30318 is made of

training.gov.au lists 39 units for AHC30318: 6 core and 33 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 6 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCCHM304Transport and store chemicalscurrent
AHCCHM307Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseasescurrent
AHCPMG203Work effectively in a pest management environmentcurrent
AHCPMG306Determine pest control techniquescurrent
AHCPMG308Implement pest management strategiescurrent
AHCWHS301Contribute to work health and safety processesnot current

Elective units 33 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCBIO203Inspect and clean machinery, tools and equipment to preserve biosecuritycurrent
AHCBIO303Apply biosecurity measurescurrent
AHCCHM310Conduct manual fumigation of vertebrate and invertebrate pestscurrent
AHCECR306Conduct photography for fieldworkcurrent
AHCECR307Read and interpret mapscurrent
AHCEXP301Handle and store explosivescurrent
AHCFAU202Recognise faunacurrent
AHCMOM302Perform machinery maintenancecurrent
AHCMOM304Operate machinery and equipmentcurrent
AHCMOM315Operate chemical application machinery and equipmentcurrent
AHCPCM202Collect, prepare and preserve plant specimenscurrent
AHCPCM303Identify plant specimenscurrent
AHCPMG301Control weedscurrent
AHCPMG302Control plant pests, diseases and disorderscurrent
AHCPMG304Use firearms to humanely destroy animalscurrent
AHCPMG305Survey pestscurrent
AHCPMG307Apply animal trapping techniquescurrent
AHCPMG309Apply pest animal control techniquescurrent
AHCPMG311Use firearms for pest control activities from aircraftcurrent
AHCPMG312Apply poison baits for vertebrate pest control in rural and environmental landscapescurrent
AHCPMG313Prepare, monitor and maintain biological agents for weedscurrent
AHCPMG403Apply predator trapping techniquescurrent
AHCPMG413Define the pest problemcurrent
AHCWRK302Monitor weather conditionsnot current
AHCWRK303Respond to emergenciesnot current
AHCWRK305Coordinate work site activitiesnot current
AHCWRK309Apply environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
AHCWRK311Conduct site inspectionsnot current
AHCWRK312Operate in isolated and remote situationsnot current
FWPCOT3202Navigate in remote or trackless areascurrent
Show the remaining 3 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
FWPCOT3259Operate a four wheel drive on unsealed roadsnot current
HLTAID011Provide First Aidcurrent
HLTAID013Provide First Aid in remote or isolated sitecurrent

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