AUR31512 Certificate III in Automotive Diesel Engine Technology

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for AUR31512 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).

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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 1 · 17 January 2013
Supersedes
AUR30611
Superseded by
AUR31516 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. AUR31512Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Automotive Diesel Engine Technology
  2. equivalent
  3. AUR31516Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Automotive Diesel Engine Technology
  4. equivalent
  5. AUR31520CurrentCertificate III in Automotive Diesel Engine 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.

  • AUR30611AUR31512not equivalent16 January 2013

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

  • AUR31512AUR31516equivalent13 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 AUR31512 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.

  • AUR31512_R1.docxAUR31512 release 1 · product document · published 26 November 2024
  • AUR31512_R1.pdfAUR31512 release 1 · product document · published 8 February 2013

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What AUR31512 is made of

training.gov.au lists 36 units for AUR31512: 14 core and 22 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 14 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AURAEA3003Monitor environmental and sustainability best practice in the automotive mechanical industrynot current
AURASA2002Apply safe working practices in an automotive workplacenot current
AURETR2012Test and repair basic electrical circuitsnot current
AURETR3025Test, charge and replace batteriesnot current
AURHTE3002Repair engines and associated engine components (heavy vehicle)not current
AURTTA2004Carry out servicing operationsnot current
AURTTA3018Carry out diagnostic proceduresnot current
AURTTE2004Inspect and service enginesnot current
AURTTF3004Repair diesel fuel injection systemsnot current
AURTTK2001Use and maintain measuring equipment in an automotive workplacenot current
AURTTK2002Use and maintain workplace tools and equipmentnot current
AURTTM3004Assemble engine blocks and sub-assembliesnot current
AURTTM3008Dismantle and evaluate engine blocks and sub-assembliesnot current
AURTTM3011Recondition engine cylinder headsnot current

Elective units 22 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AURAFA2003Communicate effectively in an automotive workplacenot current
AURAMA2001Work effectively with othersnot current
AURETR3024Diagnose and repair electronic compression ignition engine management systemsnot current
AURETR3028Diagnose and repair instruments and warning systemsnot current
AURETR3029Diagnose and repair charging systemsnot current
AURETR3030Diagnose and repair starting systemsnot current
AURETR3032Repair electrical systemsnot current
AURHTE2001Remove and install heavy vehicle engine assembliesnot current
AURHTX3004Diagnose and repair heavy vehicle clutch systemsnot current
AURHTZ3001Diagnose and repair heavy vehicle emission control systemsnot current
AURMTE4001Test engines using a dynamometernot current
AURTTA2005Select and use bearings, seals, gaskets, sealants and adhesivesnot current
AURTTA2009Carry out pre-repair operations (mechanical)not current
AURTTF2002Service diesel fuel injection systemsnot current
AURTTF3005Inspect and repair engine forced induction systemsnot current
AURTTL3001Service CNG fuel systemsnot current
AURTTL3002Diagnose and repair CNG fuel systemsnot current
AURVTW2001Carry out manual metal arc welding proceduresnot current
AURVTW2003Carry out gas metal arc welding proceduresnot current
MEM05006CPerform brazing and or silver solderingnot current
MEM05007CPerform manual heating and thermal cuttingnot current
MEM18028BMaintain engine lubrication systemsnot current

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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