DEF42925 Certificate IV in Defence Public Affairs

Currenttraining.gov.au: current

Australia's national training register lists DEF42925 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 · 14 April 2025
Supersedes
DEF40117
Superseded by
nothing — no replacement listed

Where the register points next

training.gov.au points at nothing after DEF42925: 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.

  • DEF40117DEF42925not equivalent13 April 2025

    This qualification replaces but is not equivalent to DEF40117 Certificate IV in Defence Public Affairs.

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What DEF42925 is made of

training.gov.au lists 15 units for DEF42925: 8 core and 7 elective. To complete it, the register publishes a rule of 8 core units plus 3 electives11 units in all.

Core units 8 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
DEFDPA001Promote the organisation's mission and valuescurrent
DEFDPA002Identify material suitable for media publicationcurrent
DEFDPA004Manage media requirements at major eventscurrent
DEFDPA007Develop and implement effective communication strategiescurrent
DEFDPA009Apply knowledge of public affairs in a service environmentcurrent
DEFGEN003Lead a teamcurrent
DEFGEN006Work with equity and diversitycurrent
DEFGEN019Write material suitable for publication within Defencecurrent

Elective units 7 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
DEFDPA008Manage public affairs projectscurrent
DEFGEN011Interpret policy, legislation and regulationscurrent
PSPGEN090Engage with stakeholderscurrent
PSPGEN140Use advanced workplace communication strategiescurrent
PSPPCY014Support policy implementationcurrent
PUACOM005Foster a positive organisational image in the communitycurrent
PUACOM007Liaise with other organisationscurrent

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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