DEF32512 Certificate III in Explosive Ordnance Proof and Experimental

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for DEF32512 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
PUA32510
Superseded by
DEF32215 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. DEF32512Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Explosive Ordnance Proof and Experimental
  2. equivalent
  3. DEF32215Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Explosive Ordnance Proof and Experimental
  4. equivalent
  5. DEF30420CurrentCertificate III in Explosive Ordnance Proof and Experimental

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.

  • PUA32510DEF32512equivalent14 March 2012

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

  • DEF32512DEF32215equivalent21 October 2015

    DEF unit codes updated. Imported units updated.

Is DEF32512 on your scope?

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What DEF32512 is made of

training.gov.au lists 40 units for DEF32512: 5 core and 35 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 5 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
DEFEO101DWork safely with explosive ordnancenot current
DEFEQ001CWork with equity and diversitynot current
HLTFA201AProvide basic emergency life supportnot current
PSPOHS301AContribute to workplace safetynot current
TLID1001AShift materials safely using manual handling methodsnot current

Elective units 35 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBSUS201AParticipate in environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
DEFCA003BOperate a radar to locate targetsnot current
DEFCA208BMaintain radar systems at field operator levelnot current
DEFEO201CRespond to firenot current
DEFEO202DEstablish and maintain the safety and security of explosive warehouses and workshopsnot current
DEFEO203CDispose of non-explosive dangerous goodsnot current
DEFEO204CExamine and certify free from explosive ordnancenot current
DEFEO206CApply a knowledge of the service environmentnot 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
DEFEO505DBreakdown explosive ordnancenot current
DEFEO506DFuze and defuze explosive ordnancenot current
DEFEO507DAssemble and disassemble explosive componentsnot current
DEFEO508DConduct electrical/electronic circuitry testsnot current
DEFEO800APrepare proof firing pointsnot current
DEFEO801AUndertake proof firings of small armsnot current
DEFEO802AUndertake proof firings of other calibre weaponsnot current
DEFEO807APrepare explosive ordnance for proof testsnot current
DEFEO808BPrepare explosives for metal hardeningnot current
DEFEO815AOperate small watercraftnot current
DEFRI001BTreat risk within Defence at an operational levelnot current
DEFRI002BConduct risk assessment in a Defence environmentnot current
DEFSO001COperate a radar systemnot current
PUAOPE002BOperate communications systems and equipmentnot current
PUAWER004BRespond to workplace emergenciesnot current
Show the remaining 5 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
TLIA1507CComplete receival/despatch documentationnot current
TLID1207COperate specialised load shifting equipmentnot current
TLID1607DLoad and unload explosives and dangerous goodsnot 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.

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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