DEF43215 Certificate IV in Simulator Maintenance

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for DEF43215 ended on 8 February 2021 — 5 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 10 February 2022 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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.

Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule

Product type
Qualification
Training package
DEF — Defence Training Package
Currency period ends
8 February 2021
Latest release
Release 2 · 26 October 2020 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
nothing — no earlier product listed
Superseded by
DEF40520 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. DEF43215Superseded — not equivalentCertificate IV in Simulator Maintenance
  2. not equivalent
  3. DEF40520CurrentCertificate IV in Simulator 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.

  • DEF43215DEF40520not equivalent9 February 2021

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

Is DEF43215 on your scope?

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What DEF43215 is made of

training.gov.au lists 35 units for DEF43215: 7 core and 28 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 7 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
DEFSIM001Fault find and repair simulator power distribution and control systemsnot current
DEFSIM002Fault find and repair simulator computer systems and peripheral hardwarenot current
DEFSIM003Fault find and repair simulator image generator and visual display systemsnot current
DEFSIM004Fault find and repair simulator motion and control loading systemsnot current
DEFSIM005Fault find and repair simulator sound systemsnot current
DEFSIM008Work effectively with simulator systemsnot current
DEFSIM009Operate the simulator for testing purposesnot current

Elective units 28 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCUS402Address customer needsnot current
BSBMGT402Implement operational plannot current
BSBMGT403Implement continuous improvementnot current
BSBSUS301AImplement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
BSBWHS201Contribute to health and safety of self and othersnot current
BSBWHS301Maintain workplace safetynot current
BSBWHS401Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirementsnot current
BSBWOR501Manage personal work priorities and professional developmentnot current
DEFGEN001Work in a teamcurrent
DEFGEN005Develop relationships with other organisationscurrent
DEFGEN006Work with equity and diversitycurrent
DEFSIM006Fault find and repair simulator weapons systemsnot current
DEFSIM007Conduct simulator performance evaluationnot current
HLTAID003Provide first aidnot current
ICTICT206Install software applicationsnot current
ICTICT302Install and optimise operating system softwarenot current
ICTICT303Connect internal hardware componentsnot current
ICTSAS203Connect hardware peripheralsnot current
ICTSAS205Maintain ICT system integritynot current
MEM07001BPerform operational maintenance of machines/equipmentnot current
PUAOPE015AConduct briefings and debriefingsnot current
TLID1001AShift materials safely using manual handling methodsnot current
TLID2010AOperate a forkliftnot current
TLID2013AMove materials mechanically using automated equipmentnot current
TLID3043AShift loads using gantry equipmentnot current
TLIO1002AFollow security procedures when working with passengers and personnelnot current
TLIX4031AApply knowledge of configuration managementnot current
TLIX4032AApply knowledge of technical regulatory frameworknot 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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