DEF50220 Diploma of Explosive Ordnance Proof and Experimental

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for DEF50220 ended on 19 October 2022 — 3 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 21 October 2023 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule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
19 October 2022
Latest release
Release 1 · 26 October 2020
Supersedes
DEF52315
Superseded by
DEF51022 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. DEF50220Superseded — equivalentDiploma of Explosive Ordnance Proof and Experimental
  2. equivalent
  3. DEF51022CurrentDiploma of Explosive Ordnance Proof and Experimental

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.

  • DEF52315DEF50220equivalent25 October 2020

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

  • DEF50220DEF51022equivalent20 October 2022

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

Is DEF50220 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 DEF50220 is made of

training.gov.au lists 32 units for DEF50220: 2 core and 30 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
DEFEXO001Work safely with explosive ordnancecurrent
TLID1001Shift materials safely using manual handling methodsnot current

Elective units 30 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBSUS411Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicescurrent
DEFEXO070Conduct technical explosive investigationscurrent
DEFEXO083Apply explosive ordnance design principlescurrent
DEFGEN012Provide technical advicecurrent
DEFGEN026Manage engineering and logistic operationscurrent
DEFRNG005Manage emergency operationscurrent
DEFRNG006Conduct range inspectionsnot current
DEFRNG008Manage training area and range contaminationcurrent
DEFRNG009Supervise contractorscurrent
DEFRNG010Monitor and implement environmental plans and procedurescurrent
DEFRNG016Coordinate training area and range activitiescurrent
DEFRNG017Develop and maintain training area and range standing orderscurrent
DEFRNG018Monitor and control training area and range visitscurrent
DEFTST001Plan testing and evaluation processesnot current
DEFTST002Prepare testing and evaluation processesnot current
DEFTST003Conduct testing processesnot current
DEFTST004Evaluate testingcurrent
DEFTST005Produce test and evaluation reportsnot current
DEFWHS004Develop radio frequency radiation safety planscurrent
DEFWHS006Develop ionising radiation safety planscurrent
DEFWHS009Develop laser safety planscurrent
PUACOM007Liaise with other organisationscurrent
PUAEMR001Establish context for emergency risk assessmentcurrent
PUAEMR002Assess emergency riskcurrent
PUAEMR003Develop treatment options for emergency riskcurrent
PUAEMR004Manage risk treatment implementationcurrent
PUAEMR030Manage and evaluate emergency management exercisesnot current
PUAEMR031Design emergency management exercisesnot current
PUAFER004Respond to facility emergenciescurrent
TLIA5029Plan and manage storage of dangerous goods and hazardous substancescurrent

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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