PUA42712 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations)

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for PUA42712 ended on 14 July 2019 — 7 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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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
PUA42710
Superseded by
PUA40119 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. PUA42712Superseded — not equivalentCertificate IV in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations)
  2. not equivalent
  3. PUA40119CurrentCertificate IV in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations)

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.

  • PUA42710PUA42712equivalent16 August 2012

    Packaging rules wording reviewed. Units updated.

  • PUA42712PUA40119not equivalent15 July 2019

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

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for PUA42712 and for its training package PUA12 (release 2.1), 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.

  • PUA42712_R3.pdfPUA42712 release 3 · product document · published 2 May 2013
  • PUA42712_R3.docxPUA42712 release 3 · product document · published 26 November 2024

Is PUA42712 on your scope?

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What PUA42712 is made of

training.gov.au lists 20 units for PUA42712: 11 core and 9 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 11 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCON401AWork effectively in a business continuity contextnot current
PUACOM001CCommunicate in the workplacenot current
PUACOM003BManage informationnot current
PUAECO009ACoordinate emergency communications centre operationsnot current
PUAECO010AMaintain standards of emergency service deliverynot current
PUAOHS001CFollow defined occupational health and safety policies and proceduresnot current
PUAOPE015AConduct briefings and debriefingsnot current
PUATEA001BWork in a teamnot current
PUATEA002BWork autonomouslynot current
PUATEA003BLead, manage and develop teamsnot current
TAEDEL301AProvide work skill instructionnot current

Elective units 9 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBWHS401AImplement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirementsnot current
BSBWHS510AContribute to implementing emergency proceduresnot current
PUACOM012BLiaise with media at a local levelnot current
PUAECO011ASupport logistics in the fieldnot current
PUAMAN005BManage projectsnot current
TAEASS301BContribute to assessmentnot current
TAEASS401BPlan assessment activities and processesnot current
TAEASS402BAssess competencenot current
TAEASS403BParticipate in assessment validationnot 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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