DEF82115 Graduate Diploma of Explosive Ordnance

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for DEF82115 ended on 24 October 2020 — 5 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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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).

A second obligation follows from the same fact: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted. For an RTO registered by ASQA, new enrolments in this product are not permitted today, so a course page advertising it is not permitted either — and if ASQA approves a later enrolment date, that moves with it.

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Product type
Qualification
Training package
DEF — Defence Training Package
Currency period ends
24 October 2020
Latest release
Release 1 · 22 October 2015
Supersedes
DEF80212
Superseded by
DEF80120 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. DEF82115Superseded — equivalentGraduate Diploma of Explosive Ordnance
  2. equivalent
  3. DEF80120CurrentGraduate Diploma of Explosives

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.

  • DEF80212DEF82115equivalent21 October 2015

    DEF unit codes updated. Imported units updated. DEFEO210C removed. DEFGEN026 added to electives.

  • DEF82115DEF80120equivalent25 October 2020

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

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for DEF82115 and for its training package DEF (release 7.1), with the name and date the register publishes for each file. We link them; we have not read them, and nothing on this page is taken from their contents.

Is DEF82115 on your scope?

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What DEF82115 is made of

training.gov.au lists 15 units for DEF82115: 2 core and 13 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
DEFEXO083Apply explosive ordnance design principlescurrent

Elective units 13 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBMGT608Manage innovation and continuous improvementnot current
DEFEXO087Assess the safety and suitability for service of explosivescurrent
DEFEXO088Conduct explosive capability analysiscurrent
DEFEXO089Assess specific explosives as being safe and suitable for transportcurrent
DEFEXO114Develop explosive ordnance disposal techniques and render safe procedurescurrent
DEFEXO126Conduct post blast analysiscurrent
DEFEXO127Predict and confirm explosive effectscurrent
DEFGEN026Manage engineering and logistic operationscurrent
DEFTST007Apply knowledge of test and evaluation processescurrent
MSS408005ADevelop the learning processes of the operations organisationnot current
MSS408006ADevelop and refine systems for continuous improvement in operationsnot current
MSS408007ADevelop problem solving capability of an organisationnot current
PSPPOL601ADevelop public policynot 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.

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