AUR31516 Certificate III in Automotive Diesel Engine Technology

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for AUR31516 ended on 11 November 2020 — 5 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

Transition clockClosed to new enrolments

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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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 1 · 14 April 2016
Supersedes
AUR31512
Superseded by
AUR31520 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. AUR31516Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Automotive Diesel Engine Technology
  2. equivalent
  3. 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.

  • AUR31512AUR31516equivalent13 April 2016

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

  • AUR31516AUR31520equivalent12 November 2020

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

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What AUR31516 is made of

training.gov.au lists 37 units for AUR31516: 14 core and 23 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
AURAEA002Follow environmental and sustainability best practice in an automotive workplacecurrent
AURASA002Follow safe working practices in an automotive workplacenot current
AURETR012Test and repair basic electrical circuitsnot current
AURETR025Test, charge and replace batteries and jump-start vehiclesnot current
AURHTE002Diagnose and repair heavy vehicle compression ignition enginesnot current
AURHTF002Diagnose and repair heavy vehicle diesel fuel injection systemsnot current
AURTTA004Carry out servicing operationsnot current
AURTTA018Carry out diagnostic proceduresnot current
AURTTE004Inspect and service enginesnot current
AURTTK001Use and maintain measuring equipment in an automotive workplacecurrent
AURTTK002Use and maintain tools and equipment in an automotive workplacenot current
AURTTM004Assemble engine blocks and sub-assembliescurrent
AURTTM008Dismantle and evaluate engine blocks and sub-assembliescurrent
AURTTM011Recondition engine cylinder headscurrent

Elective units 23 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AURAFA003Communicate effectively in an automotive workplacenot current
AURAMA001Work effectively with others in an automotive workplacecurrent
AURETR024Diagnose and repair compression ignition engine management systemsnot current
AURETR028Diagnose and repair instruments and warning systemsnot current
AURETR029Diagnose and repair charging systemsnot current
AURETR030Diagnose and repair starting systemsnot current
AURETR032Diagnose and repair automotive electrical systemsnot current
AURHTE001Remove and install heavy vehicle engine assembliescurrent
AURHTX004Diagnose and repair heavy vehicle clutch systemsnot current
AURHTZ001Diagnose and repair heavy vehicle emission control systemsnot current
AURMTE001Test engines using a dynamometernot current
AURTTA005Select and use bearings, seals, gaskets, sealants and adhesivesnot current
AURTTA009Carry out mechanical pre-repair operationscurrent
AURTTF002Inspect and service diesel fuel injection systemsnot current
AURTTF005Diagnose and repair engine forced-induction systemsnot current
AURTTL001Inspect and service CNG fuel systemscurrent
AURTTL002Diagnose and repair CNG fuel systemsnot current
AURVTW001Carry out manual metal arc welding on componentsnot current
AURVTW003Carry out advanced gas metal arc welding on vehicle body sectionsnot current
AURVTW009Carry out basic gas metal arc weldingnot 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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