DEF40217 Certificate IV in Intelligence Operations

Currenttraining.gov.au: current

Australia's national training register lists DEF40217 as current. It publishes no end date for the currency period.

Product type
Qualification
Training package
DEF — Defence Training Package
Currency period ends
no end date published
Latest release
Release 2 · 21 October 2022 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
DEF42112
Superseded by
nothing — no replacement listed

Where the register points next

training.gov.au points at nothing after DEF40217: it is the current product, and no replacement is listed.

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.

  • DEF42112DEF40217not equivalent16 August 2017

    Core units changed Qualification packaging rules decreased from 17 to 14 units of competency

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What DEF40217 is made of

training.gov.au lists 30 units for DEF40217: 6 core and 24 elective. To complete it, the register publishes a rule of 6 core units plus 8 electives14 units in all.

Core units 6 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBWRT401Write complex documentsnot current
DEFGEN007Conduct risk assessment in a Defence environmentcurrent
DEFINT001Supervise intelligence operationscurrent
DEFINT002Plan and lead a counter-surveillance operationcurrent
PSPGEN027Gather and analyse informationnot current
PUACOM007BLiaise with other organisationsnot current

Elective units 24 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCMM411Make presentationscurrent
BSBITU402Develop and use complex spreadsheetsnot current
BSBMKG555Write persuasive copycurrent
BSBPMG420Apply project scope management techniquescurrent
BSBPMG424Apply project human resources management approachescurrent
BSBPMG425Apply project information management and communications techniquescurrent
BSBPMG428Apply project life cycle management processescurrent
BSBPMG430Undertake project workcurrent
BSBTEC402Design and produce complex spreadsheetscurrent
BSBWHS311Assist with maintaining workplace safetycurrent
BSBWHS411Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programscurrent
DEFGEN003Lead a teamcurrent
DEFGEN010Supervise equity and diversity in the workplacecurrent
DEFGEN012Provide technical advicecurrent
DEFINT003Edit intelligence material for security purposescurrent
PSPGEN130Use resources to achieve work unit goalscurrent
PSPGEN138Organise workplace informationcurrent
PSPINV001Plan and initiate an investigationcurrent
PSPINV003Finalise an investigationcurrent
PSPINV004Conduct an investigationcurrent
PSPSEC007Develop and advise on government security procedurescurrent
PSPSEC012Develop security risk management planscurrent
PSPSEC022Implement security risk treatmentscurrent
PUATEA002Work autonomouslycurrent

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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