DEF20812 Certificate II in Explosive Ordnance

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for DEF20812 ended on 20 October 2015 — 10 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 22 October 2016 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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.

Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule

Product type
Qualification
Training package
DEF12 — Defence Training Package
Currency period ends
20 October 2015
Latest release
Release 2 · 24 January 2013 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
PUA20810
Superseded by
DEF22115 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. DEF20812Superseded — equivalentCertificate II in Explosive Ordnance
  2. equivalent
  3. DEF22115Superseded — equivalentCertificate II in Explosive Ordnance
  4. equivalent
  5. DEF20120CurrentCertificate II in Explosive Ordnance

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.

  • PUA20810DEF20812equivalent14 March 2012

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

  • DEF20812DEF22115equivalent21 October 2015

    DEF unit codes updated. Imported units updated DEFEO215A removed from elective units.

Is DEF20812 on your scope?

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Whether a supersession requires anything of you, and what, sits with you and your regulator. This page maps what the register records; it does not make that judgement. If the difference between an equivalent and a non-equivalent replacement is the question, we wrote it up in equivalent vs not equivalent.

What DEF20812 is made of

training.gov.au lists 26 units for DEF20812: 4 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 4 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBOHS201AParticipate in OHS processesnot current
DEFEO101DWork safely with explosive ordnancenot current
DEFEQ001CWork with equity and diversitynot current
TLID1001AShift materials safely using manual handling methodsnot current

Elective units 22 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBSUS201AParticipate in environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
DEFEO201CRespond to firenot current
DEFEO204CExamine and certify free from explosive ordnancenot current
DEFEO215AOperate lighterage equipmentnot current
DEFEO216AOperate a small quantity explosive ordnance facilitynot current
DEFEO301DPackage ammunitionnot current
DEFEO302DUnpackage ammunitionnot current
DEFEO303DMonitor explosive ordnance environmental conditionsnot current
DEFEO502DConduct external explosive ordnance maintenancenot current
DEFEO503CConduct explosive ordnance packaging inspectionnot current
DEFEO508DConduct electrical/electronic circuitry testsnot current
DEFEO521ARefurbish explosive ordnance packagingnot current
DEFEO522AConduct broken seal inspectionnot current
DEFEO715CGauge explosive ordnancenot current
HLTFA211AProvide basic emergency life supportnot current
HLTFA311AApply first aidnot current
PUAWER004BRespond to workplace emergenciesnot current
TLIA2012APick and process ordersnot current
TLIA2021ADespatch stocknot current
TLID2012AOperate specialised load shifting equipmentnot current
TLIF1002AConduct housekeeping activitiesnot current
TLIF2012AApply safe procedures when handling/transporting dangerous goods or explosivesnot 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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