AUR21716 Certificate II in Automotive Exhaust System Technology

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for AUR21716 ended on 11 November 2020 — 5 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 13 November 2021 — 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).

The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted. When enrolments stop, the course page advertising it stops being permitted too — and if ASQA approves a later enrolment date, that moves with it.

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Product type
Qualification
Training package
AUR — Automotive Retail, Service and Repair Training Package
Currency period ends
11 November 2020
Latest release
Release 2 · 7 December 2018 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
AUR21712
Superseded by
AUR21220 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. AUR21716Superseded — not equivalentCertificate II in Automotive Exhaust System Technology
  2. not equivalent
  3. AUR21220CurrentCertificate II in Automotive Underbody Technology

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.

  • AUR21712AUR21716equivalent13 April 2016

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

  • AUR21716AUR21220not equivalent12 November 2020

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

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What AUR21716 is made of

training.gov.au lists 20 units for AUR21716: 8 core and 12 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 8 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AURAEA002Follow environmental and sustainability best practice in an automotive workplacecurrent
AURASA002Follow safe working practices in an automotive workplacenot current
AURATA001Identify basic automotive faults using troubleshooting processescurrent
AURTTA004Carry out servicing operationsnot current
AURTTK002Use and maintain tools and equipment in an automotive workplacenot current
AURTTS001Fabricate exhaust systems and componentsnot current
AURTTZ002Diagnose and repair exhaust systemsnot current
AURVTW009Carry out basic gas metal arc weldingnot current

Elective units 12 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AURACA001Respond to customer needs and enquiries in an automotive workplacenot current
AURAFA001Use numbers in an automotive workplacecurrent
AURAFA002Read and respond to automotive workplace informationcurrent
AURAFA003Communicate effectively in an automotive workplacenot current
AURTTA009Carry out mechanical pre-repair operationscurrent
AURTTE004Inspect and service enginesnot current
AURTTW003Carry out machining operationscurrent
AURTTZ001Inspect and service emission control systemscurrent
AURVTW001Carry out manual metal arc welding on componentsnot current
AURVTW002Carry out oxyacetylene brazing of componentscurrent
AURVTW004Carry out tungsten inert gas weldingnot current
AURVTW018Carry out oxyacetylene welding, thermal heating and cuttingcurrent

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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