When must new enrolments into DEF32412 stop?

New enrolments are not permitted from 17 August 2018 — 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 DEF32412?

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).

DEF32412 Certificate III in Air Dispatch

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.

DEF32412Superseded — not equivalentCertificate III in Air Dispatch
not equivalent
DEF30317CurrentCertificate III in Air Dispatch

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.

PUA32409DEF32412equivalent14 March 2012
The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.
DEF32412DEF30317not equivalent16 August 2017
Core units increased from 7 to 8 Qualification packaging rules decreased from 17 to 16 units of competency

Is DEF32412 on your scope?

This page is the register's record of one product. What it cannot tell you is whether DEF32412 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Enter your RTO number and we read every product on your live scope against training.gov.au and tell you which ones are superseded and which replacements the register flags not equivalent.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 DEF32412 is made of

training.gov.au lists 35 units for DEF32412: 7 core and 28 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 7 listed

Code	Unit	In this product
BSBOHS201A	Participate in OHS processes	not current
DEFAD001A	Rig and hook up loads during rotary wing external lift operations	not current
DEFAD002A	Assist in establishing and clearing a cargo drop zone	not current
DEFCM104C	Operate in a threat environment	not current
DEFCM303B	Rig and dispatch air-drop loads	not current
DEFEQ001C	Work with equity and diversity	not current
PUATEA001B	Work in a team	not current

Elective units 28 listed

Code	Unit	In this product
AVI2D308B	Prepare freight for flight	not current
AVI3A108B	Package dangerous goods for air transport	not current
BSBCMM201A	Communicate in the workplace	not current
BSBINM201A	Process and maintain workplace information	not current
BSBSUS201A	Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices	not current
BSBWOR202A	Organise and complete daily work activities	not current
DEFEO101D	Work safely with explosive ordnance	not current
DEFEO201C	Respond to fire	not current
DEFTP001B	Operate a vehicle in an environment of threat	not current
DEFTP002B	Operate a vehicle at night	not current
DEFTP003B	Operate a vehicle over difficult terrain	not current
HLTFA301B	Apply first aid	not current
ICAU1133B	Send and retrieve information using web browsers and email	not current
MSAENV272A	Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices	not current
PSPGOV204B	Access and use resources	not current
PSPGOV207B	Use technology in the workplace	not current
PUAWER008B	Confine small workplace emergencies	not current
TLIA1507C	Complete receival/despatch documentation	not current
TLIB2807B	Maintain and use hand tools	not current
TLID107C	Shift materials safely using manual handling methods	not current
TLID1607C	Load and unload explosives and dangerous goods	not current
TLID307D	Handle dangerous goods/hazardous substances	not current
TLID407C	Load and unload goods/cargo	not current
TLID707C	Prepare cargo for transfer with slings	not current
TLIE207C	Estimate/calculate mass, area and quantify dimensions	not current
TLIE407C	Prepare workplace documents	not current
TLIE507C	Carry out basic workplace calculations	not current
TLIE707B	Use communication systems	not 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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