DEF40512 Certificate IV in Explosive Ordnance Operations

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for DEF40512 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
PUA40510
Superseded by
DEF42415 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. DEF40512Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Explosive Ordnance Operations
  2. equivalent
  3. DEF42415Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Explosive Ordnance Operations
  4. equivalent
  5. DEF40320CurrentCertificate IV in Explosive Ordnance Operations

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.

  • PUA40510DEF40512equivalent14 March 2012

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

  • DEF40512DEF42415equivalent21 October 2015

    DEF unit codes updated. Imported units updated.

Is DEF40512 on your scope?

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What DEF40512 is made of

training.gov.au lists 40 units for DEF40512: 4 core and 36 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 36 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBSUS301AImplement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
DEFCA004BConduct military searchesnot current
DEFCA005BOperate communications equipmentnot current
DEFCA309BPerform military high-risk searchnot current
DEFCM314AOperate an in-service remote positioning vehiclenot current
DEFEO202DEstablish and maintain the safety and security of explosive warehouses and workshopsnot current
DEFEO203CDispose of non-explosive dangerous goodsnot current
DEFEO211DApply a knowledge of explosive ordnancenot current
DEFEO703CSupervise military explosive ordnance tasknot current
DEFEO704CControl military explosive ordnance operationsnot current
DEFEO706DParticipate in the conduct of explosive ordnance disposal operationsnot current
DEFEO710DPrepare and arm weapon systemsnot current
DEFEO711CConduct military demolition operationsnot current
DEFEO712CLay and clear booby trapsnot current
DEFEO713CLay and clear minesnot current
DEFEO714CConduct underwater explosive demolitionsnot current
DEFEO720AConduct post blast analysisnot current
DEFEO722ADetect, record and collect evidencenot current
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
MSL974003APerform chemical tests and proceduresnot current
PUAEMR001BEstablish context and develop risk evaluation criterianot current
PUAEMR002BIdentify, analyse and evaluate risknot current
PUAEMR003BDetermine treatment strategiesnot current
PUAEMR004BManage treatment strategy implementationnot current
PUAEMR006BTreat risk at an operational levelnot current
PUAEMR007BConduct risk assessmentnot current
Show the remaining 6 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
PUAWER004BRespond to workplace emergenciesnot 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
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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