AUR31316 Certificate III in Automotive Engine Reconditioning

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for AUR31316 ended on 15 March 2026 — 5 months ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 17 March 2027 — 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
AUR — Automotive Retail, Service and Repair Training Package
Currency period ends
15 March 2026
Latest release
Release 2 · 7 December 2018 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
AUR31312
Superseded by
AUR31326 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. AUR31316Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Automotive Engine Reconditioning
  2. equivalent
  3. AUR31326CurrentCertificate III in Automotive Engine Reconditioning

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.

  • AUR31312AUR31316equivalent13 April 2016

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

  • AUR31316AUR31326equivalent16 March 2026

    Superseded core and elective units updated

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What AUR31316 is made of

training.gov.au lists 32 units for AUR31316: 13 core and 19 elective. To complete it, the register publishes a rule of 13 core units plus 15 electives28 units in all.

Core units 13 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AURAEA002Follow environmental and sustainability best practice in an automotive workplacecurrent
AURASA002Follow safe working practices in an automotive workplacenot current
AURMTA007Conduct non-destructive testingcurrent
AURTTE001Apply knowledge of engine sciencecurrent
AURTTK001Use and maintain measuring equipment in an automotive workplacecurrent
AURTTK002Use and maintain tools and equipment in an automotive workplacenot current
AURTTM002Repair bearing tunnels and connecting rods in enginescurrent
AURTTM004Assemble engine blocks and sub-assembliescurrent
AURTTM007Carry out crankshaft grindingcurrent
AURTTM008Dismantle and evaluate engine blocks and sub-assembliescurrent
AURTTM009Fit sleeves and bore and hone engine cylinderscurrent
AURTTM011Recondition engine cylinder headscurrent
AURTTW003Carry out machining operationscurrent

Elective units 19 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AURHTE002Diagnose and repair heavy vehicle compression ignition enginesnot current
AURLTE001Remove and install light vehicle engine assembliescurrent
AURLTE002Diagnose and repair light vehicle enginesnot current
AURTTA005Select and use bearings, seals, gaskets, sealants and adhesivesnot current
AURTTA009Carry out mechanical pre-repair operationscurrent
AURTTA018Carry out diagnostic proceduresnot current
AURTTF005Diagnose and repair engine forced-induction systemsnot current
AURTTM001Operate and monitor computer numerical control machinesnot current
AURTTM003Apply metal to rebuild engine componentscurrent
AURTTM005Balance rotating and reciprocating engine componentscurrent
AURTTM006Perform advanced machining and blueprinting of engine componentscurrent
AURTTM010Heat treat, straighten and reclaim engine componentscurrent
AURTTM012Carry out camshaft grindingcurrent
AURTTW002Set, operate and monitor specialist reconditioning machinescurrent
AURVTW001Carry out manual metal arc welding on componentsnot current
AURVTW003Carry out advanced gas metal arc welding on vehicle body sectionsnot current
AURVTW004Carry out tungsten inert gas weldingnot current
AURVTW009Carry out basic gas metal arc 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.

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 28 August 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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