FWPHAR3217 Conduct skidder operations

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for FWPHAR3217 ended on 19 February 2018 — 8 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 February 2019 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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.

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Product type
Unit of competency
Training package
FWP — Forest and Wood Products Training Package
Currency period ends
19 February 2018
Latest release
Release 1 · 13 May 2016
Supersedes
FPIHAR3217A
Superseded by
FWPHAR3230 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. FWPHAR3217Superseded — not equivalentConduct skidder operations
  2. not equivalent
  3. FWPHAR3230CurrentOperate skidder

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.

  • FPIHAR3217AFWPHAR3217equivalent12 May 2016

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

  • FWPHAR3217FWPHAR3230not equivalent20 February 2018

    Significant changes to reflect industry requirements for a safe, appropriate and efficient operation, including product quality. New PCs were added, some PCs were edited and PE and KE increased in content to map against the revised PCs. Additional foundation skills identified. Code and title change for consistency with other machine operation units.

Is FWPHAR3217 on your scope?

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Where FWPHAR3217 is used

training.gov.au lists FWPHAR3217 inside 2 training products, none of them current. Every one of them is below, with the register's own core or elective flag for FWPHAR3217 in that product.

Products no longer current 2 listed

The register still records FWPHAR3217 inside these, but it no longer recommends them as current. They are here because a scope history or an old enrolment can still point at them.

CodeTraining productTypeFWPHAR3217 is
FWP30216Certificate III in Harvesting and HaulageQualificationelective
FWPSS00020Skill set for a skidder operatorSkill setelective

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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