DEF42115 Certificate IV in Explosive Ordnance Maintenance

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for DEF42115 ended on 24 October 2020 — 5 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 26 October 2021 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
DEF — Defence Training Package
Currency period ends
24 October 2020
Latest release
Release 1 · 22 October 2015
Supersedes
DEF40412
Superseded by
DEF40120 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. DEF42115Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Explosive Ordnance Maintenance
  2. equivalent
  3. 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.

  • 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.

  • DEF42115DEF40120equivalent25 October 2020

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

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What DEF42115 is made of

training.gov.au lists 52 units for DEF42115: 4 core and 48 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
BSBWHS301Maintain workplace safetynot current
DEFEXO001Work safely with explosive ordnancecurrent
DEFGEN006Work with equity and diversitycurrent
TLID1001AShift materials safely using manual handling methodsnot current

Elective units 48 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBAUD402Participate in a quality auditnot current
BSBSUS301AImplement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
DEFEXO003Establish and maintain the safety and security of explosive warehouses and workshopscurrent
DEFEXO021Breakdown explosive ordnancecurrent
DEFEXO022Fuze and defuze explosive ordnancecurrent
DEFEXO023Assemble and disassemble explosive componentscurrent
DEFEXO041Maintain grenadescurrent
DEFEXO042Maintain mortar ammunitioncurrent
DEFEXO043Maintain actuating devicescurrent
DEFEXO044Maintain pyrotechnics and countermeasurescurrent
DEFEXO045Maintain guided weaponscurrent
DEFEXO046Maintain free flight rocketscurrent
DEFEXO047Maintain gun ammunitioncurrent
DEFEXO048Maintain aerial delivered ordnancecurrent
DEFEXO049Maintain minescurrent
DEFEXO050Maintain demolition storescurrent
DEFEXO051Maintain aircraft egress systemscurrent
DEFEXO052Maintain cartridge operated fire extinguisher systemscurrent
DEFEXO066Inspect explosive facilitiescurrent
DEFEXO067License explosive facilities and potential explosive sitesnot current
DEFEXO068Establish and operate an explosive field storage sitecurrent
DEFEXO081Apply a knowledge of the service environmentcurrent
DEFEXO082Apply a knowledge of explosivescurrent
DEFEXO103Dispose of non-explosive dangerous goodscurrent
DEFEXO121Assess explosive firingscurrent
DEFEXO122Plan explosive trialscurrent
DEFEXO123Conduct explosive trialscurrent
DEFEXO124Perform explosive tests, measurements and analysescurrent
DEFEXO128Conduct explosive firingscurrent
DEFGEN007Conduct risk assessment in a Defence environmentcurrent
Show the remaining 18 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
DEFGEN008Treat risk within Defence at an operational levelcurrent
DEFGEN010Supervise equity and diversity in the workplacecurrent
DEFGEN014Act as a range safety officer on a permanent rangecurrent
DEFGEN024Supervise engineering and logistic taskscurrent
DEFGEN025Control engineering and logistic processescurrent
DEFMIL127Conduct range practicescurrent
HLTAID002Provide basic emergency life supportnot current
HLTAID003Provide first aidnot current
PUAWER004BRespond to workplace emergenciesnot current
TLIA2022AParticipate in stocktakesnot current
TLIA3023ACoordinate stocktakesnot current
TLIB3006ACarry out inspection of vehicles designed to carry special loadsnot current
TLIC3063AOperate vehicle carrying special loadsnot current
TLID2016ALoad and unload explosives and dangerous goodsnot current
TLID3015AIdentify and label explosives and dangerous goodsnot current
TLID3027APrepare for transport of dangerous goodsnot current
TLIE3002AEstimate/calculate mass, area and quantify dimensionsnot current
TLIF4007AImplement 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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