DEF40412 Certificate IV in Explosive Ordnance Maintenance

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for DEF40412 ended on 20 October 2015 — 10 years ago. It names 2 replacements 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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.

Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule

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
PUA40410
Superseded by
DEF42115 equivalent DEF42215 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. DEF40412Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Explosive Ordnance Maintenance
  2. equivalent
  3. DEF42115Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Explosive Ordnance Maintenance
  4. equivalent
  5. DEF40120CurrentCertificate IV in Explosive Ordnance Maintenance

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.

  • PUA40410DEF40412equivalent14 March 2012

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

  • DEF40412DEF42115equivalent21 October 2015

    DEF unit codes updated. Imported units updated. DEFEO208C, DEFEO209C and DEFEO509D removed from elective units. DEFGEN024 and DEFGEN025 added to elective units.

  • DEF40412DEF42215equivalent21 October 2015

    DEF unit codes updated. Imported units updated. DEFEO208C, DEFEO209C and DEFEO509D removed from elective units. DEFGEN024 and DEFGEN025 added to elective units.

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What DEF40412 is made of

training.gov.au lists 48 units for DEF40412: 4 core and 44 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 4 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCMN311BMaintain workplace safetynot current
DEFEO101DWork safely with explosive ordnancenot current
DEFEQ001CWork with equity and diversitynot current
TLID1001AShift materials safely using manual handling methodsnot current

Elective units 44 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBAUD402BParticipate in a quality auditnot current
BSBSUS301AImplement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
DEFCA422BConduct range practicesnot current
DEFCM118BAct as a range safety officer on a permanent rangenot current
DEFEO202DEstablish and maintain the safety and security of explosive warehouses and workshopsnot current
DEFEO203CDispose of non-explosive dangerous goodsnot current
DEFEO206CApply a knowledge of the service environmentnot current
DEFEO207CInspect explosive ordnance facilitiesnot current
DEFEO208CSupervise explosive ordnance engineering and logistics processesnot current
DEFEO209CControl explosive ordnance engineering and logistics processesnot current
DEFEO211DApply a knowledge of explosive ordnancenot current
DEFEO212CLicense explosive ordnance facilities and potential explosive sitesnot current
DEFEO213AEstablish and operate an explosive ordnance field storage sitenot current
DEFEO509DPerform purgingnot current
DEFEO511DMaintain grenadesnot current
DEFEO512DMaintain mortar ammunitionnot current
DEFEO513DMaintain actuating devicesnot current
DEFEO514DMaintain pyrotechnics and countermeasuresnot current
DEFEO515DMaintain guided weaponsnot current
DEFEO516DMaintain free flight rocketsnot current
DEFEO517DMaintain gun ammunitionnot current
DEFEO518DMaintain aerial delivered ordnancenot current
DEFEO519DMaintain minesnot current
DEFEO520DMaintain demolition storesnot current
DEFEO601DAssess explosive ordnance firingsnot current
DEFEO602CPlan explosive ordnance trialsnot current
DEFEO603CConduct explosive ordnance trialsnot current
DEFEO604CPerform explosive tests, measurements and analysesnot current
DEFEO717CMaintain aircraft egress systemsnot current
DEFEO718CMaintain cartridge operated fire extinguisher systemsnot current
Show the remaining 14 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
DEFEQ002BSupervise equity and diversity in the workplacenot current
DEFRI001BTreat risk within Defence at an operational levelnot current
DEFRI002BConduct risk assessment in a Defence environmentnot current
HLTFA201AProvide basic emergency life supportnot current
HLTFA301BApply first aidnot current
PUAWER004BRespond to workplace emergenciesnot current
TLIA2207CParticipate in stocktakesnot current
TLIA2307CCoordinate stocktakesnot current
TLIB607CCarry out inspection of vehicles designed to carry special loadsnot current
TLIC707COperate vehicle carrying special loadsnot current
TLID1507DIdentify and label explosives and dangerous goodsnot current
TLID1607DLoad and unload explosives and dangerous goodsnot current
TLIE207CEstimate/calculate mass, area and quantify dimensionsnot current
TLIF707CImplement and coordinate accident-emergency 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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