DEF53115 Diploma of Electronic Forensics

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for DEF53115 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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Sector-wide: the item 14 cut-off, measured across every live scope · the repealed 12-month rule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 · 22 October 2015
Supersedes
nothing — no earlier product listed
Superseded by
DEF53122 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. DEF53115Superseded — equivalentDiploma of Electronic Forensics
  2. equivalent
  3. DEF53122CurrentDiploma of Digital Forensics

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.

  • DEF53115DEF53122equivalent20 October 2022

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

Is DEF53115 on your scope?

This page is the register's record of one product. What it cannot tell you is whether DEF53115 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.

Public code, nothing else. We read your live scope from training.gov.au and answer here — nothing is stored unless you ask us to watch it.

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 DEF53115 is made of

training.gov.au lists 32 units for DEF53115: 5 core and 27 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 5 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
DEFFOR006Conduct electronic data search and analysisnot current
DEFFOR008Detect, record and collect electronic evidencenot current
DEFFOR009Give evidence of electronic media crimenot current
DEFFOR010Produce an electronic media image for forensic purposesnot current
DEFFOR011Assess, control and examine electronic incident scenesnot current

Elective units 27 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCUS501Manage quality customer servicenot current
BSBFIM501Manage budgets and financial plansnot current
BSBINM501Manage an information or knowledge management systemnot current
BSBLED501Develop a workplace learning environmentnot current
BSBMGT516Facilitate continuous improvementnot current
BSBMGT517Manage operational plannot current
BSBPMG522Undertake project worknot current
BSBRSK501Manage risknot current
BSBWHS501Ensure a safe workplacenot current
BSBWOR501Manage personal work priorities and professional developmentnot current
DEFGEN003Lead a teamcurrent
DEFGEN005Develop relationships with other organisationscurrent
DEFGEN007Conduct risk assessment in a Defence environmentcurrent
ICTICT304Implement system software changesnot current
ICTNWK305Install and manage network protocolsnot current
ICTNWK410Install hardware to a networknot current
ICTNWK411Deploy software to networked computersnot current
MSL974008ACapture and manage scientific imagesnot current
PSPGOV513ARefine complex workplace documentsnot current
PSPLEGN501BPromote compliance with legislation in the public sectornot current
PSPMNGT614AFacilitate knowledge managementnot current
PSPMNGT615AInfluence workforce effectivenessnot current
PUACOM003BManage informationnot current
PUACOM004BManage organisational communication strategiesnot current
PUACOM010BPromote the organisation's mission and servicesnot current
PUAOHS002BMaintain safety at an incident scenenot current
PUAOPE015AConduct briefings and debriefingsnot 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.

Every DEF training product on the register · Search all training products

Is DEF53115 still on your scope? Type your RTO code and get the free breakdown — every superseded product on your live scope, and whether the register flags each replacement equivalent.

No account, no card. We never ask for anything about your learners. Your address gets this one report — no list, no marketing — and the scope watch only if you tick the box, with one click to stop it.