When must new enrolments into DEF42315 stop?

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.

Is there a deadline for learners already enrolled in DEF42315?

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).

DEF42315 Certificate IV in Explosive Ordnance Manufacture

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.

DEF42315Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Explosive Ordnance Manufacture
equivalent
DEF40220CurrentCertificate IV in Explosive Ordnance Manufacture

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.

DEF41912DEF42315equivalent21 October 2015
DEF unit codes updated. Imported units updated. DEFEO208C, DEFEO209C and DEFEO509D removed from elective units. DEFGEN024 and DEFGEN025 added to elective units.
DEF42315DEF40220equivalent25 October 2020
The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

Is DEF42315 on your scope?

This page is the register's record of one product. What it cannot tell you is whether DEF42315 sits on your own scope today, or what else on that scope has moved without anyone noticing. Enter your RTO number and we read every product on your live scope against training.gov.au and tell you which ones are superseded and which replacements the register flags not equivalent.

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 DEF42315 is made of

training.gov.au lists 64 units for DEF42315: 4 core and 60 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

Code	Unit	In this product
BSBWHS401	Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirements	not current
DEFEXO001	Work safely with explosive ordnance	current
MSAPMOHS210B	Undertake first response to non-fire incidents	not current
TLID1001A	Shift materials safely using manual handling methods	not current

Elective units 60 listed

Code	Unit	In this product
BSBLDR403	Lead team effectiveness	not current
BSBSUS301A	Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices	not current
BSBWOR404	Develop work priorities	not current
DEFEXO002	Respond to fire	current
DEFEXO003	Establish and maintain the safety and security of explosive warehouses and workshops	current
DEFEXO021	Breakdown explosive ordnance	current
DEFEXO022	Fuze and defuze explosive ordnance	current
DEFEXO023	Assemble and disassemble explosive components	current
DEFEXO041	Maintain grenades	current
DEFEXO042	Maintain mortar ammunition	current
DEFEXO043	Maintain actuating devices	current
DEFEXO044	Maintain pyrotechnics and countermeasures	current
DEFEXO045	Maintain guided weapons	current
DEFEXO046	Maintain free flight rockets	current
DEFEXO047	Maintain gun ammunition	current
DEFEXO048	Maintain aerial delivered ordnance	current
DEFEXO049	Maintain mines	current
DEFEXO050	Maintain demolition stores	current
DEFEXO066	Inspect explosive facilities	current
DEFEXO067	License explosive facilities and potential explosive sites	not current
DEFEXO081	Apply a knowledge of the service environment	current
DEFEXO082	Apply a knowledge of explosives	current
DEFEXO103	Dispose of non-explosive dangerous goods	current
DEFEXO121	Assess explosive firings	current
DEFEXO122	Plan explosive trials	current
DEFEXO123	Conduct explosive trials	current
DEFEXO124	Perform explosive tests, measurements and analyses	current
DEFEXO128	Conduct explosive firings	current
DEFGEN007	Conduct risk assessment in a Defence environment	current
DEFGEN008	Treat risk within Defence at an operational level	current

Show the remaining 30 elective units

Code	Unit	In this product
DEFGEN024	Supervise engineering and logistic tasks	current
DEFGEN025	Control engineering and logistic processes	current
MSACMS401A	Ensure process improvements are sustained	not current
MSAPMOPS400A	Optimise process/plant area	not current
MSAPMOPS401A	Trial new process or product	not current
MSS402060A	Use planning software systems in operations	not current
MSS403001A	Implement competitive systems and practices	not current
MSS403005A	Facilitate use of a Balanced Scorecard for performance improvement	not current
MSS403010A	Facilitate change in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practices	not current
MSS403051A	Mistake proof an operational process	not current
MSS404050A	Undertake process capability improvements	not current
MSS404052A	Apply statistics to operational processes	not current
MSS404060A	Facilitate the use of planning software systems in a work area or team	not current
MSS404061A	Facilitate the use of SCADA systems in a team or work area	not current
MSS404081A	Undertake proactive maintenance analyses	not current
MSS404082A	Assist in implementing a proactive maintenance strategy	not current
PMAOPS410B	Monitor remote production facilities	not current
PMAOPS411B	Manage plant shutdown and restart	not current
PMASUP440B	Commission/recommission plant	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
PUAEMR026	Treat operational risk	not current
PUAEMR027	Assess operational risk	not current
TLIB3006A	Carry out inspection of vehicles designed to carry special loads	not current
TLIC3063A	Operate vehicle carrying special loads	not current
TLID2016A	Load and unload explosives and dangerous goods	not current
TLID3015A	Identify and label 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 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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