DEF30812 Certificate III in Explosive Ordnance Maintenance

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for DEF30812 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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.

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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
PUA30810
Superseded by
DEF32315 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. DEF30812Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Explosive Ordnance Maintenance
  2. equivalent
  3. DEF32315Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Explosive Ordnance Maintenance
  4. equivalent
  5. DEF30120CurrentCertificate III in Explosive Ordnance Maintenance

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.

  • PUA30810DEF30812equivalent14 March 2012

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

  • DEF30812DEF32315equivalent21 October 2015

    DEF unit codes updated. Imported units updated. DEFEO208C and DEFEO509D removed from elective units. DEFGEN024 added to elective units.

Is DEF30812 on your scope?

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What DEF30812 is made of

training.gov.au lists 41 units for DEF30812: 4 core and 37 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
BSBCMN311BMaintain workplace safetynot current
DEFEO101DWork safely with explosive ordnancenot current
DEFEQ001CWork with equity and diversitynot current
TLID1001AShift materials safely using manual handling methodsnot current

Elective units 37 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBSUS201AParticipate in environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
DEFCA422BConduct range practicesnot current
DEFCM118BAct as a range safety officer on a permanent rangenot current
DEFEO201CRespond to firenot current
DEFEO202DEstablish and maintain the safety and security of explosive warehouses and workshopsnot current
DEFEO204CExamine and certify free from explosive ordnancenot current
DEFEO207CInspect explosive ordnance facilitiesnot current
DEFEO208CSupervise explosive ordnance engineering and logistics processesnot current
DEFEO213AEstablish and operate an explosive ordnance field storage sitenot current
DEFEO217AOperate a large quantity explosive ordnance facilitynot current
DEFEO301DPackage ammunitionnot current
DEFEO302DUnpackage ammunitionnot current
DEFEO303DMonitor explosive ordnance environmental conditionsnot current
DEFEO401DLoad and unload platformsnot current
DEFEO501DConduct explosive ordnance inspectionnot current
DEFEO502DConduct external explosive ordnance maintenancenot current
DEFEO503CConduct explosive ordnance packaging inspectionnot current
DEFEO508DConduct electrical/electronic circuitry testsnot current
DEFEO509DPerform purgingnot current
DEFEO521ARefurbish explosive ordnance packagingnot current
DEFEO715CGauge explosive ordnancenot current
DEFEO716CTest for explosive substancesnot current
DEFRI001BTreat risk within Defence at an operational levelnot current
DEFRI002BConduct risk assessment in a Defence environmentnot current
HLTFA201AProvide basic emergency life supportnot current
HLTFA301BApply first aidnot current
PUAWER004BRespond to workplace emergenciesnot current
TLIA1507CComplete receival/despatch documentationnot current
TLIA2207CParticipate in stocktakesnot current
TLIB607CCarry out inspection of vehicles designed to carry special loadsnot current
Show the remaining 7 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
TLIC707COperate vehicle carrying special loadsnot current
TLID1207COperate specialised load shifting equipmentnot current
TLID1507DIdentify and label explosives and dangerous goodsnot current
TLID1607DLoad and unload explosives and dangerous goodsnot current
TLIE207CEstimate/calculate mass, area and quantify dimensionsnot current
TLIF207CConduct housekeeping activitiesnot current
TLIO207DFollow security 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.

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