DEF10117 Certificate I in Defence Skills

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for DEF10117 ended on 18 May 2026 — 3 months ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

Transition clockOpen for new enrolments

New enrolments are not permitted from 20 May 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).

The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
DEF — Defence Training Package
Currency period ends
18 May 2026
Latest release
Release 4 · 23 March 2022 · 4 releases in all
Supersedes
DEF10112
Superseded by
DEF10126 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. DEF10117Superseded — equivalentCertificate I in Defence Skills
  2. equivalent
  3. DEF10126CurrentCertificate I in Defence Skills

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.

  • DEF10112DEF10117not equivalent16 August 2017

    Core units decreased from 6 to 4

  • DEF10117DEF10126equivalent19 May 2026

    Updated Qualification description, change in Core and Elective units of competency, revised packaging rules.

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What DEF10117 is made of

training.gov.au lists 23 units for DEF10117: 4 core and 19 elective. To complete it, the register publishes a rule of 4 core units plus 5 electives9 units in all.

Core units 4 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
DEFGEN001Work in a teamcurrent
DEFGEN006Work with equity and diversitycurrent
DEFMIL007Participate in ceremonial activitiescurrent
DEFMIL009Integrate into the Defence working environmentcurrent

Elective units 19 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCMM101Apply basic communication skillsnot current
BSBCMM201Communicate in the workplacenot current
BSBOPS101Use business resourcescurrent
BSBPEF202Plan and apply time managementcurrent
BSBSUS211Participate in sustainable work practicescurrent
BSBTEC101Operate digital devicescurrent
BSBWHS201Contribute to health and safety of self and othersnot current
DEFMIL008Display the attributes of Defence personnelcurrent
HLTAID011Provide First Aidcurrent
ICTICT103Use, communicate and search securely on the internetnot current
MEM50009BSafely operate a mechanically powered recreational boatnot current
PSPGEN009Work effectively in the organisationnot current
PUAOPE013Operate communications systems and equipmentcurrent
SISOBWG201ADemonstrate bushwalking skills in a controlled environmentnot current
SISONAV201ADemonstrate navigation skills in a controlled environmentnot current
SISOOPS201AMinimise environmental impactnot current
SISOOPS202AUse and maintain a temporary or overnight sitenot current
SISOYSB201ADemonstrate basic skills to sail a small boat in controlled conditionsnot current
TLIF1001Follow work health and safety proceduresnot 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.

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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