DEF42312 Certificate IV in Preventive Health

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for DEF42312 ended on 15 August 2017 — 9 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 17 August 2018 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
15 August 2017
Latest release
Release 2 · 24 January 2013 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
PUA42309
Superseded by
DEF40617 not 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. DEF42312Superseded — not equivalentCertificate IV in Preventive Health
  2. not equivalent
  3. DEF40617Deleted from the registerCertificate IV in Preventive Health

The register does not list a current endpoint for this chain: DEF40617 is the last product it points at, and DEF40617 is not marked current either.

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.

  • PUA42309DEF42312equivalent14 March 2012

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

  • DEF42312DEF40617not equivalent16 August 2017

    Core units increased from 1 to 5 Qualification packaging rules decreased from 18 to 16 units of competency

Is DEF42312 on your scope?

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What DEF42312 is made of

training.gov.au lists 31 units for DEF42312: 2 core and 29 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 2 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
DEFCM008BProvide technical advicenot current
DEFPH008ACoordinate environmental health operationsnot current

Elective units 29 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBADM409ACoordinate business resourcesnot current
BSBAUD402BParticipate in a quality auditnot current
BSBLED401ADevelop teams and individualsnot current
BSBOHS401BContribute to the implementation of a systematic approach to managing OHSnot current
BSBOHS402BContribute to the implementation of the OHS consultation processnot current
BSBOHS403BIdentify hazards and assess OHS risksnot current
BSBOHS404BContribute to the implementation of strategies to control OHS risknot current
BSBOHS405BContribute to the implementation of emergency proceduresnot current
BSBSUS301AImplement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
BSBWOR402APromote team effectivenessnot current
BSBWOR404ADevelop work prioritiesnot current
DEFPH007AConduct chlorine dosing of water at the point of supplynot current
DEFPH009AConduct a quick assessment of disease outbreaknot current
DEFPH010AConduct a field hygiene surveynot current
FDFCORFSY2AImplement the food safety program and proceduresnot current
FDFOPTHCP3AParticipate in a HACCP teamnot current
NWP240BInspect and report catchment and surrounding areasnot current
NWP260AMonitor and report water treatment processesnot current
NWP261AOperate and maintain water treatment plant and equipmentnot current
NWP262AMonitor and report wastewater treatment processesnot current
NWP264BMonitor, operate and report wastewater pre-treatment processesnot current
NWP268BMonitor, operate and report chlorine disinfection systemsnot current
NWP364BPerform laboratory testingnot current
PRMPM19BOrganise and monitor pest management operationsnot current
PRMWM07BImplement waste management plannot current
PRMWM30BDetermine waste management servicesnot current
PRMWM32BInform and educate clients on waste management issuesnot current
PRMWM36BDevelop a waste management plannot current
RTD2101AApply animal trapping techniquesnot 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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