AUR20712 Certificate II in Automotive Vocational Preparation

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for AUR20712 ended on 12 April 2016 — 10 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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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).

A second obligation follows from the same fact: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted. For an RTO registered by ASQA, new enrolments in this product are not permitted today, so a course page advertising it is not permitted either — and if ASQA approves a later enrolment date, that moves with it.

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Product type
Qualification
Training package
AUR12 — Automotive Industry Retail, Service and Repair Training Package
Currency period ends
12 April 2016
Latest release
Release 3 · 27 January 2015 · 3 releases in all
Supersedes
nothing — no earlier product listed
Superseded by
AUR20716 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. AUR20712Superseded — equivalentCertificate II in Automotive Vocational Preparation
  2. equivalent
  3. AUR20716Superseded — equivalentCertificate II in Automotive Vocational Preparation
  4. equivalent
  5. AUR20720CurrentCertificate II in Automotive Vocational Preparation

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.

  • AUR20712AUR20716equivalent13 April 2016

    The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for AUR20712 and for its training package AUR12 (release 2.1), with the name and date the register publishes for each file. We link them; we have not read them, and nothing on this page is taken from their contents.

  • AUR20712_R3.docxAUR20712 release 3 · product document · published 26 November 2024
  • AUR20712_R3.pdfAUR20712 release 3 · product document · published 28 January 2015

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What AUR20712 is made of

training.gov.au lists 74 units for AUR20712: 7 core and 67 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 7 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AURAEA2002Apply environmental and sustainability best practice in an automotive workplacenot current
AURAFA2003Communicate effectively in an automotive workplacenot current
AURAFA2004Solve routine problems in an automotive workplacenot current
AURASA2002Apply safe working practices in an automotive workplacenot current
AURETR1003Apply automotive electrical system fundamentalsnot current
AURLTA1001Apply automotive mechanical system fundamentalsnot current
AURTTK2002Use and maintain workplace tools and equipmentnot current

Elective units 67 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AURAFA009Carry out research into the automotive industrycurrent
AURAFA2005Write routine texts in an automotive workplacenot current
AURAMA2001Work effectively with othersnot current
AURAQA2001Contribute to quality work outcomesnot current
AURBTA1001Remove and tag bicycle componentsnot current
AURBTJ2001Remove, repair and fit bicycle tyresnot current
AURBTK2001Use and maintain specialised bicycle repair toolsnot current
AURBTQ2001Service bicycle drivetrain systemsnot current
AURBTV2001Fit and adjust bicycle accessoriesnot current
AURETK003Operate electrical test equipmentcurrent
AURETK1001Identify, select and use low voltage electrical test equipmentnot current
AURETR046Remove and refit vehicle batteriesnot current
AURETR047Recharge vehicle batteriesnot current
AURETR048Construct and test basic electronic circuitscurrent
AURETR1001Remove and tag automotive electrical system componentsnot current
AURETR1002Test, service and maintain battery storage systemsnot current
AURETR2006Carry out soldering of electrical wiring and circuitsnot current
AURETR2009Install, test and repair vehicle lighting and wiring systemsnot current
AURETR2015Inspect and service batteriesnot current
AURHTD2001Inspect and service heavy commercial vehicle suspension systemsnot current
AURHTF2001Inspect heavy commercial vehicle fuel systems and componentsnot current
AURHTJ1001Inspect heavy commercial vehicle wheels and tyresnot current
AURHTQ2001Inspect heavy commercial vehicle driveline componentsnot current
AURJTA1001Perform minor adjustments to motorcyclesnot current
AURJTA1002Remove and replace motorcycle components and accessoriesnot current
AURJTD2001Inspect and service motorcycle suspension systemsnot current
AURJTD2002Inspect and service motorcycle steering systemsnot current
AURJTJ2001Remove, inspect and fit motorcycle wheel assembliesnot current
AURLTJ2003Remove, inspect, and refit light vehicle wheel assembliesnot current
AURPTA1001Carry out pre-repair operations to outdoor power equipmentnot current
Show the remaining 37 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
AURPTA1002Perform minor adjustments to outdoor power equipmentnot current
AURPTA2003Service and repair rotary cutting systemsnot current
AURPTA2006Service line trimming systems and componentsnot current
AURPTE2002Service engines and engine components (outdoor power equipment)not current
AURRTE1001Prepare outboard engines for wet-run testingnot current
AURRTE2002Service outboard engines and componentsnot current
AURRTQ2001Service inboard propeller drive systemsnot current
AURRTQ2002Service jet drive propulsion systemsnot current
AURRTR1001Inspect, service and maintain marine battery storage systemsnot current
AURTTA027Carry out basic vehicle servicing operationsnot current
AURTTA1001Remove and tag steering, suspension and brake system componentsnot current
AURTTA1002Carry out workshop practice activitiesnot current
AURTTA1003Use and maintain basic measuring devicesnot current
AURTTA2004Carry out servicing operationsnot current
AURTTA2005Select and use bearings, seals, gaskets, sealants and adhesivesnot current
AURTTA2009Carry out pre-repair operations (mechanical)not current
AURTTB007Remove and replace brake assembliescurrent
AURTTC004Remove and replace radiatorscurrent
AURTTD006Remove and replace vehicle front suspension springscurrent
AURTTD007Remove and replace steering assembliescurrent
AURTTE006Remove and replace conventional engine assembliescurrent
AURTTE007Dismantle and assemble single cylinder four-stroke petrol enginescurrent
AURTTE008Dismantle and assemble multi-cylinder four-stroke petrol enginescurrent
AURTTE009Remove and replace engine cylinder headscurrent
AURTTE1003Remove and tag engine system componentsnot current
AURTTJ003Remove and replace wheel and tyre assembliescurrent
AURTTQ2002Remove and refit driveline componentsnot current
AURTTX012Dismantle and assemble conventional manual transmissionscurrent
AURTTX013Remove and replace clutch assembliescurrent
AURVTA005Clean vehiclescurrent
AURVTK2001Use and maintain vehicle body repair hand toolsnot current
AURVTN2003Carry out pre-repair vehicle body operationsnot current
AURVTP029Prepare surface and prime repaired body panelsnot current
AURVTP2006Prepare vehicle components for paint repairsnot current
AURVTP2008Clean and polish vehicle exterior paintnot current
AURVTT2008Clean and finish vehicle interior trim and seatsnot current
AURVTW010Set up and use welding equipmentcurrent

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.

Source: this product on training.gov.au, Australia's national training register — or go straight to the units it requires. The rule itself is item 14 of F2025L00355, and ASQA publishes the extensions it has granted. Read on 13 October 2026 UTC. Every code, title, date, status and equivalence flag on this page is the register's; nothing here is estimated or inferred, and where the register publishes nothing we say so.

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