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.
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.
DEF40412DEF42215=equivalent21 October 2015
DEF unit codes updated. Imported units updated. DEFEO208C, DEFEO209C and DEFEO509D removed from elective units. DEFGEN024 and DEFGEN025 added to elective units.
DEF42215DEF40420=equivalent25 October 2020
The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.
Official documents on the register
What training.gov.au lists for DEF42215 and for its training package DEF (release 7.1), with the name and date the register publishes for each file. We link them; we have not read them, and nothing on this page is taken from their contents.
Is DEF42215 on your scope?
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Whether a supersession requires anything of you, and what, sits with you and your regulator. This page maps what the register records; it does not make that judgement. If the difference between an equivalent and a non-equivalent replacement is the question, we wrote it up in equivalent vs not equivalent.
What DEF42215 is made of
training.gov.au lists 55 units for DEF42215: 5 core and 50 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 5 listed
| Code | Unit | In this product |
|---|---|---|
| DEFEXO001 | Work safely with explosive ordnance | ●current |
| DEFGEN006 | Work with equity and diversity | ●current |
| HLTAID002 | Provide basic emergency life support | !not current |
| PSPOHS301A | Contribute to workplace safety | !not current |
| TLID1001A | Shift materials safely using manual handling methods | !not current |
Elective units 50 listed
| Code | Unit | In this product |
|---|---|---|
| BSBADM409A | Coordinate business resources | !not current |
| BSBREL401A | Establish networks | !not current |
| BSBSUS301A | Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices | !not current |
| BSBWHS401 | Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirements | !not current |
| DEFEXO003 | Establish and maintain the safety and security of explosive warehouses and workshops | ●current |
| DEFEXO081 | Apply a knowledge of the service environment | ●current |
| DEFEXO082 | Apply a knowledge of explosives | ●current |
| DEFEXO121 | Assess explosive firings | ●current |
| DEFEXO122 | Plan explosive trials | ●current |
| DEFEXO144 | Conduct static tests | ●current |
| DEFEXO145 | Conduct dynamic small arms tests | ●current |
| DEFEXO146 | Conduct dynamic other calibre tests | ●current |
| DEFEXO147 | Conduct environmental tests | ●current |
| DEFEXO150 | Acquire data related to velocity | ●current |
| DEFEXO151 | Acquire data related to pressure | ●current |
| DEFEXO152 | Acquire data related to time | ●current |
| DEFEXO153 | Acquire data related to environment | ●current |
| DEFEXO154 | Acquire data related to imagery | ●current |
| DEFEXO155 | Provide survey data for proof and experimental firing | ●current |
| DEFEXO156 | Operate small watercraft | ●current |
| DEFGEN007 | Conduct risk assessment in a Defence environment | ●current |
| DEFGEN008 | Treat risk within Defence at an operational level | ●current |
| DEFGEN010 | Supervise equity and diversity in the workplace | ●current |
| DEFGEN014 | Act as a range safety officer on a permanent range | ●current |
| DEFGEN015 | Conduct basic range practices on a permanent range | ●current |
| DEFGEN024 | Supervise engineering and logistic tasks | ●current |
| DEFGEN025 | Control engineering and logistic processes | ●current |
| DEFMIL063 | Produce meteorological data | ●current |
| DEFMIL069 | Supervise indirect fire weapons | ●current |
| DEFMIL127 | Conduct range practices | ●current |
Show the remaining 20 elective units
| Code | Unit | In this product |
|---|---|---|
| DEFMIL128 | Manage range practices and qualifications | ●current |
| DEFMIL135 | Supervise the operation of mortars | ●current |
| DEFMIL136 | Supervise the operation of direct fire support weapons | ●current |
| DEFTST003 | Conduct testing processes | !not current |
| DEFWHS010 | Identify confined space | ●current |
| DEFWHS011 | Enter confined space | ●current |
| DEFWHS012 | Test confined space environment | ●current |
| DEFWHS013 | Control entry to confined spaces | ●current |
| PSPGOV404B | Develop and implement work unit plans | !not current |
| PSPPM401B | Design simple projects | !not current |
| PSPPM402B | Manage simple projects | !not current |
| PSPPM403B | Close simple projects | !not current |
| PSPPROC303A | Carry out basic procurement | !not current |
| PUAEMR022 | Establish context for emergency risk assessment | !not current |
| PUAEMR023 | Assess emergency risk | !not current |
| PUAEMR024 | Develop treatment options for emergency risk | !not current |
| PUAEMR025 | Manage risk treatment implementation | !not current |
| PUAWER004B | Respond to workplace emergencies | !not current |
| TLID2016A | Load and unload explosives and dangerous goods | !not current |
| TLIF4007A | Implement and coordinate accident-emergency procedures | !not 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 14 October 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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