DEF32412 Certificate III in Air Dispatch

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for DEF32412 ended on 15 August 2017 — 9 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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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).

A second obligation follows from the same fact: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted. For an RTO registered by ASQA, new enrolments in this product are not permitted today, so a course page advertising it is not permitted either — and if ASQA approves a later enrolment date, that moves with it.

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For an ASQA-registered RTO that does not already hold it, adding DEF30317 to scope is a change-of-scope application to ASQA, with a fee set by law: A$200 application fee + A$1,100 assessment fee per application (up to 5 VET courses and 50 units of competency). RTOs registered by a state regulator, and ASQA delegates, sit under other arrangements. Source: NVR Fees Determination 2026, F2026L00814, from 1 July 2026 · read 5 September 2026.

Product type
Qualification
Training package
DEF12 — Defence Training Package
Currency period ends
15 August 2017
Latest release
Release 2 · 24 January 2013 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
PUA32409
Superseded by
DEF30317 not 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. DEF32412Superseded — not equivalentCertificate III in Air Dispatch
  2. not equivalent
  3. 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

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for DEF32412 and for its training package DEF12 (release 2.0), with the name and date the register publishes for each file. We link them; we have not read them, and nothing on this page is taken from their contents.

  • DEF32412_R2.pdfDEF32412 release 2 · product document · published 26 January 2013
  • DEF32412_R2.docxDEF32412 release 2 · product document · published 26 November 2024

Is DEF32412 on your scope?

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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

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBOHS201AParticipate in OHS processesnot current
DEFAD001ARig and hook up loads during rotary wing external lift operationsnot current
DEFAD002AAssist in establishing and clearing a cargo drop zonenot current
DEFCM104COperate in a threat environmentnot current
DEFCM303BRig and dispatch air-drop loadsnot current
DEFEQ001CWork with equity and diversitynot current
PUATEA001BWork in a teamnot current

Elective units 28 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AVI2D308BPrepare freight for flightnot current
AVI3A108BPackage dangerous goods for air transportnot current
BSBCMM201ACommunicate in the workplacenot current
BSBINM201AProcess and maintain workplace informationnot current
BSBSUS201AParticipate in environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
BSBWOR202AOrganise and complete daily work activitiesnot current
DEFEO101DWork safely with explosive ordnancenot current
DEFEO201CRespond to firenot current
DEFTP001BOperate a vehicle in an environment of threatnot current
DEFTP002BOperate a vehicle at nightnot current
DEFTP003BOperate a vehicle over difficult terrainnot current
HLTFA301BApply first aidnot current
ICAU1133BSend and retrieve information using web browsers and emailnot current
MSAENV272AParticipate in environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
PSPGOV204BAccess and use resourcesnot current
PSPGOV207BUse technology in the workplacenot current
PUAWER008BConfine small workplace emergenciesnot current
TLIA1507CComplete receival/despatch documentationnot current
TLIB2807BMaintain and use hand toolsnot current
TLID107CShift materials safely using manual handling methodsnot current
TLID1607CLoad and unload explosives and dangerous goodsnot current
TLID307DHandle dangerous goods/hazardous substancesnot current
TLID407CLoad and unload goods/cargonot current
TLID707CPrepare cargo for transfer with slingsnot current
TLIE207CEstimate/calculate mass, area and quantify dimensionsnot current
TLIE407CPrepare workplace documentsnot current
TLIE507CCarry out basic workplace calculationsnot current
TLIE707BUse communication systemsnot 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 13 October 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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