DEF40520 Certificate IV in Simulator Maintenance

Currenttraining.gov.au: current

Australia's national training register lists DEF40520 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 1 · 10 February 2021
Supersedes
DEF43215
Superseded by
nothing — no replacement listed

Where the register points next

training.gov.au points at nothing after DEF40520: 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.

  • DEF43215DEF40520not equivalent9 February 2021

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

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What DEF40520 is made of

training.gov.au lists 37 units for DEF40520: 7 core and 30 elective. To complete it, the register publishes a rule of 7 core units plus 7 electives14 units in all.

Core units 7 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
DEFSIM011Fault find and repair simulator control systemscurrent
DEFSIM014Work effectively with simulator systemscurrent
DEFSIM015Fault find and repair simulator power distribution and control systemscurrent
DEFSIM016Fault find and repair simulator computer systems and peripheral hardwarecurrent
DEFSIM017Fault find and repair simulator image generator and visual display systemscurrent
DEFSIM018Fault find and repair simulator sound systemscurrent
DEFSIM021Operate the simulator for testing purposescurrent

Elective units 30 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AVIM0008Operate a simulatorcurrent
AVIM0009Facilitate training in a synthetic environmentcurrent
BSBOPS402Coordinate business operational planscurrent
BSBOPS404Implement customer service strategiescurrent
BSBPEF501Manage personal and professional developmentcurrent
BSBSTR402Implement continuous improvementcurrent
BSBSUS411Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent
BSBWHS211Contribute to the health and safety of self and otherscurrent
BSBWHS311Assist with maintaining workplace safetycurrent
BSBWHS411Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programscurrent
DEFGEN001Work in a teamcurrent
DEFGEN005Develop relationships with other organisationscurrent
DEFGEN006Work with equity and diversitycurrent
DEFSIM012Fault find and repair simulator motion systemscurrent
DEFSIM019Fault find and repair simulator weapons systemscurrent
DEFSIM020Conduct simulator performance evaluationcurrent
HLTAID011Provide First Aidcurrent
ICTICT206Install software applicationsnot current
ICTICT302Install and optimise operating system softwarenot current
ICTICT303Connect internal hardware componentsnot current
ICTSAS203Connect hardware peripheralsnot current
ICTSAS213Maintain the integrity of ICT systemscurrent
PUAOPE015Conduct briefings and debriefingscurrent
TLID0006Move materials mechanically using automated equipmentcurrent
TLID0008Shift loads using bridge or gantry cranecurrent
TLID1001Shift materials safely using manual handling methodsnot current
TLID2010Operate a forkliftnot current
TLIO1002Follow security procedures when working with passengers and personnelcurrent
TLIX4031Apply knowledge of configuration managementnot current
TLIX4032Apply knowledge of technical regulatory frameworknot 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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