PUA31312 Certificate III in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue)

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for PUA31312 ended on 14 July 2019 — 7 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 16 July 2020 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
Qualification
Training package
PUA12 — Public Safety Training Package
Currency period ends
14 July 2019
Latest release
Release 3 · 2 May 2013 · 3 releases in all
Supersedes
PUA31310
Superseded by
PUA30319 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. PUA31312Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue)
  2. equivalent
  3. PUA30319Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue)
  4. equivalent
  5. PUA30322CurrentCertificate III in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue)

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.

  • PUA31310PUA31312equivalent16 August 2012

    Packaging rules wording reviewed. Imported units updated.

  • PUA31312PUA30319equivalent15 July 2019

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

Is PUA31312 on your scope?

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What PUA31312 is made of

training.gov.au lists 36 units for PUA31312: 6 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 6 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
HLTFA311AApply first aidnot current
PUACOM001CCommunicate in the workplacenot current
PUAOHS002BMaintain safety at an incident scenenot current
PUAOPE013AOperate communications systems and equipmentnot current
PUASAR011CSearch as a member of an aquatic search teamnot current
PUATEA004DWork effectively in a public safety organisationnot current

Elective units 30 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBFLM312CContribute to team effectivenessnot current
HLTFA211AProvide basic emergency life supportnot current
HLTFA302BProvide first aid in remote situationnot current
HLTFA404CApply advanced resuscitation techniquesnot current
HLTFA412AApply advanced first aidnot current
PMAOHS214BUndertake helicopter safety and escapenot current
PUACOM002BProvide services to clientsnot current
PUAEME003CAdminister oxygen in an emergency situationnot current
PUAEME004AProvide emergency care for suspected spinal injurynot current
PUAEME005AProvide pain managementnot current
PUAEMR026Treat operational risknot current
PUAEMR027Assess operational risknot current
PUAEQU001BPrepare, maintain and test response equipmentnot current
PUAOHS001CFollow defined occupational health and safety policies and proceduresnot current
PUAOPE009CNavigate in an aquatic environmentnot current
PUAOPE010COperate an automated external defibrillator in an emergencynot current
PUAOPE012AControl a Level 1 incidentnot current
PUAOPE027AUndertake beach safety management activitiesnot current
PUAPOLIM002APromote public safety objectives by liaison with a culturally specific communitynot current
PUASAR014AOperate and maintain a small powercraft and motor for rescue operationsnot current
PUASAR015ACrew small powercraft in a rescue operationnot current
PUASAR016AOperate and maintain a personal water craft for rescue operationsnot current
PUASAR017AUndertake advanced surf rescuenot current
PUASES012AWork as a team member in an emergency operations centrenot current
PUATEA002BWork autonomouslynot current
PUAVEH001BDrive vehicles under operational conditionsnot current
SISCAQU202APerform basic water rescuesnot current
SISCAQU306ASupervise clients at an aquatic facility or environmentnot current
SISCAQU307APerform advanced water rescuesnot current
SISCAQU312AAssist participants with a disability during aquatic activitiesnot 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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