DEF51512 Diploma of Military Leadership

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for DEF51512 ended on 20 October 2015 — 10 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 22 October 2016 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule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
DEF12 — Defence Training Package
Currency period ends
20 October 2015
Latest release
Release 2 · 24 January 2013 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
PUA51509
Superseded by
DEF51115 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. DEF51512Superseded — not equivalentDiploma of Military Leadership
  2. not equivalent
  3. DEF51115CurrentDiploma of Leadership

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.

  • PUA51509DEF51512equivalent14 March 2012

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

  • DEF51512DEF51115not equivalent21 October 2015

    Modifications made to Elective units. Two imported unit codes changed and one imported unit code and title change.

Is DEF51512 on your scope?

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What DEF51512 is made of

training.gov.au lists 43 units for DEF51512: 4 core and 39 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

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCMN311BMaintain workplace safetynot current
BSBWOR501AManage personal work priorities and professional developmentnot current
BSBWOR502AEnsure team effectivenessnot current
PSPGOV406BGather and analyse informationnot current

Elective units 39 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBSUS301AImplement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
CHCCS405AWork effectively with culturally diverse clients and co-workersnot current
CSCSAS402AManage threatening behaviournot current
DEFCA406BOperate a service pistolnot current
DEFCA411BOperate a grenade launchernot current
DEFCA413BOperate a direct fire support weaponnot current
DEFCA415BOperate anti-personnel weaponnot current
DEFCA416CEmploy hand operated pyrotechnicsnot current
DEFCA419BOperate a service rifle on operationsnot current
DEFCM001BUse personal camouflage and concealment in a threat environmentnot current
DEFCM002COperate night fighting equipmentnot current
DEFCM005BConduct a Defence administrative inquirynot current
DEFCM008BProvide technical advicenot current
DEFCM101COperate a service riflenot current
DEFCM102COperate a light support weaponnot current
DEFCM103COperate a service hand grenadenot current
DEFCM104COperate in a threat environmentnot current
DEFCM105CParticipate in ceremonial activitiesnot current
DEFCM106CDisplay the attributes of an Australian soldiernot current
DEFCM118BAct as a range safety officer on a permanent rangenot current
DEFCM119BConduct basic range practices on a permanent rangenot current
DEFCM130Perform the duties of a defending officer at service tribunalsnot current
DEFCM131Perform the duties of a prosecuting officer at service tribunalsnot current
DEFCM201BApply non-lethal unarmed self-defence techniquesnot current
DEFEQ002BSupervise equity and diversity in the workplacenot current
DEFRI001BTreat risk within Defence at an operational levelnot current
DEFRI002BConduct risk assessment in a Defence environmentnot current
HLTFA301BApply first aidnot current
PSPGOV201BWork in a public sector environmentnot current
PSPGOV207BUse technology in the workplacenot current
Show the remaining 9 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
PSPGOV403BUse resources to achieve work unit goalsnot current
PUACOM001CCommunicate in the workplacenot current
PUAOPE002BOperate communications systems and equipmentnot current
PUATEA003BLead, manage and develop teamsnot current
TAAASS401CPlan and organise assessmentnot current
TAAASS402CAssess competencenot current
TAADEL401BPlan and organise group-based deliverynot current
TAADEL402BFacilitate group-based learningnot current
TAADEL403BFacilitate individual learningnot 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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