When must new enrolments into DEF32012 stop?

New enrolments are not permitted from 24 January 2014 — 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.

Is there a deadline for learners already enrolled in DEF32012?

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).

DEF32012 Certificate III in Military Engineering

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.

DEF32012Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Military Engineering
equivalent
DEF33112Deleted from the registerCertificate III in Military Land Engineering

The register does not list a current endpoint for this chain: DEF33112 is the last product it points at, and DEF33112 is not marked current either.

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.

PUA32006DEF32012equivalent14 March 2012
The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.
DEF32012DEF33112equivalent23 January 2013
Structure and packaging rules changed

Is DEF32012 on your scope?

This page is the register's record of one product. What it cannot tell you is whether DEF32012 sits on your own scope today, or what else on that scope has moved without anyone noticing. Enter your RTO number and we read every product on your live scope against training.gov.au and tell you which ones are superseded and which replacements the register flags not equivalent.

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 DEF32012 is made of

training.gov.au lists 92 units for DEF32012. It does not mark them core or elective: the unit grid records N/A for every one of them. The register does not publish a completion rule in units for this product, so we do not state one. What it takes to complete the product is in the packaging rules on training.gov.au.

Units listed 92 listed

Code	Unit	Core or elective	In this product
BCC1013A	Monitor machine operations	`N/A`	not current
BCC1014A	Control construction traffic	`N/A`	not current
BCC2006A	Erect/dismantle fencing and gates	`N/A`	not current
BCCPO3002B	Conduct dozer operations	`N/A`	not current
BCG1004A	Carry out measurements and calculations	`N/A`	not current
BCG1006A	Use small plant and equipment	`N/A`	not current
BCG1008A	Use simple levelling devices	`N/A`	not current
BCG1010A	Carry out concreting to simple forms	`N/A`	not current
BCG2007A	Operate elevating work platforms (EWP)	`N/A`	not current
BSBCMN107A	Operate a personal computer	`N/A`	not current
BSBCMN108A	Develop keyboard skills	`N/A`	not current
BSBCMN203A	Communicate in the workplace	`N/A`	not current
BSBCMN211A	Participate in workplace safety procedures	`N/A`	not current
BSBSUS201A	Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA001B	Observe and monitor hostile areas to detect targets	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA002B	Operate remote sensors to detect targets	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA003B	Operate a radar to locate targets	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA005B	Operate communications equipment	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA006B	Perform an individual free fall parachute descent	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA007B	Perform an individual free fall parachute descent carrying combat equipment	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA008B	Perform an individual static line parachute descent	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA009B	Perform an individual static line parachute descent carrying combat equipment	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA010B	Perform a team free fall parachute descent carrying combat equipment	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA205B	Observe targets and direct single asset firepower on a single target	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA206B	Observe targets and coordinate multi asset firepower on multiple targets	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA301B	Shift loads manually utilising non-motorised equipment	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA302B	Assist in the construction of minefields	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA303B	Assist in the preparation, construction, operation and maintenance of a field water-point	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA304B	Prepare, operate and maintain small watercraft	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA305B	Assist in the construction of wet gap crossings	`N/A`	not current

Show the remaining 62 units

Code	Unit	Core or elective	In this product
DEFCA306B	Assist in the construction of dry gap crossings	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA307B	Assist in the preparation, construction and maintenance of roads and tracks	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA308B	Assist in the construction and maintenance of field structures	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA309B	Perform military high-risk search	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA310B	Collect environmental information	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA311B	Operate an inland tug boat	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA401B	Undertake security operations	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA402B	Undertake defensive operations	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA403B	Undertake offensive operations	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA404B	Undertake reconnaissance tasks	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA405B	Undertake surveillance patrol tasks	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA407B	Operate a sustained fire machine gun	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA408B	Operate sustained fire machine guns on operations	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA409B	Operate a shotgun	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA410B	Throw grenades on operations	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA411B	Operate a grenade launcher	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA413B	Operate a direct fire support weapon	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA414B	Operate direct fire support weapon systems on operations	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA415B	Operate anti-personnel weapon	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA416C	Employ hand operated pyrotechnics	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA417B	Destroy targets using a direct fire guided weapon system	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA419B	Operate a service rifle on operations	`N/A`	not current
DEFCA420B	Operate a light support weapon on operations	`N/A`	not current
DEFCM001B	Use personal camouflage and concealment in a threat environment	`N/A`	not current
DEFCM102C	Operate a light support weapon	`N/A`	not current
DEFCO401C	Maintain security in a Defence communications and information systems environment	`N/A`	not current
DEFEO101D	Work safely with explosive ordnance	`N/A`	not current
DEFEO201C	Respond to fire	`N/A`	not current
DEFEO706D	Participate in the conduct of explosive ordnance disposal operations	`N/A`	not current
DEFEO711C	Conduct military demolition operations	`N/A`	not current
DEFEO712C	Lay and clear booby traps	`N/A`	not current
DEFEO713C	Lay and clear mines	`N/A`	not current
DEFEQ001C	Work with equity and diversity	`N/A`	not current
DEFOH005B	Apply radio frequency radiation safety procedures	`N/A`	not current
DEFOH007B	Apply ionising radiation safety procedures	`N/A`	not current
DEFOH009B	Work safely with lasers	`N/A`	not current
DEFOH012B	Identify confined space	`N/A`	not current
DEFOH013B	Enter confined space	`N/A`	not current
DEFOH014B	Test confined space environment	`N/A`	not current
DEFTP001B	Operate a vehicle in an environment of threat	`N/A`	not current
DEFTP002B	Operate a vehicle at night	`N/A`	not current
DEFTP003B	Operate a vehicle over difficult terrain	`N/A`	not current
DEFTP004B	Operate a vehicle using night fighting equipment (NFE)	`N/A`	not current
DEFTP005B	Operate a multi-axle trailer	`N/A`	not current
FPICOT2239A	Trim and cut felled trees	`N/A`	not current
FPIFGM2208A	Fall trees manually (basic)	`N/A`	not current
FPIFGM3204A	Fall trees manually (intermediate)	`N/A`	not current
PSPBORD303A	Deploy detector dog	`N/A`	not current
PSPBORD304A	Maintain detector dog proficiency	`N/A`	not current
PSPGOV204B	Access and use resources	`N/A`	not current
PUAEME001B	Provide emergency care	`N/A`	not current
PUAFIR207B	Operate breathing apparatus open circuit	`N/A`	not current
PUAFIR308B	Employ personal protection at a hazardous materials incident	`N/A`	not current
PUAOPE003B	Navigate in urban and rural environments	`N/A`	not current
PUATEA001B	Work in a team	`N/A`	not current
PUATEA005A	Manage own professional performance	`N/A`	not current
RTC1301A	Operate basic machinery and equipment	`N/A`	not current
RTC2304A	Operate and maintain chainsaws	`N/A`	not current
TDTC297B	Drive light rigid vehicle	`N/A`	not current
TDTC397B	Drive medium rigid vehicle	`N/A`	not current
TDTC497C	Drive heavy rigid vehicle	`N/A`	not current
TDTD397C	Handle dangerous goods/hazardous substances	`N/A`	not current

The register publishes this unit grid without a core or elective flag, so this page does not split it into core and elective. "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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