RII20215 Certificate II in Surface Extraction Operations

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for RII20215 ended on 10 March 2021 — 5 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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For an RTO registered by ASQA, new enrolments are not permitted today, unless ASQA has approved otherwise — for your organisation, for a class of RTOs, or for all RTOs. The one-year point this rule counts from — one year from the date the replacement was included on the National Register — fell earlier, on 12 March 2022. That date is arithmetic, not a day on which this instrument prohibited anything: s 14(1)(a)(i) of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Compliance Standards for NVR Registered Training Organisations and Fit and Proper Person Requirements) Instrument 2025 (F2025L00355) commenced on 1 July 2025 and imposes nothing before then. RTOs registered by VRQA in Victoria or by the TAC in Western Australia are not covered by it.

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A second obligation follows from the same fact: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
RII — Resources and Infrastructure Industry Training Package
Currency period ends
10 March 2021
Latest release
Release 3 · 23 September 2020 · 3 releases in all
Supersedes
RII20213
Superseded by
RII20220 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. RII20215Superseded — equivalentCertificate II in Surface Extraction Operations
  2. equivalent
  3. RII20220CurrentCertificate II in Surface Extraction 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.

  • RII20213RII20215equivalent13 December 2015

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

  • RII20215RII20220equivalent11 March 2021

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

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for RII20215 and for its training package RII (release 11.0), 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.

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What RII20215 is made of

training.gov.au lists 74 units for RII20215: 4 core and 70 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 4 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBSUS201Participate in environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
RIICOM201DCommunicate in the workplacenot current
RIIRIS201DConduct local risk controlnot current
RIIWHS201DWork safely and follow WHS policies and proceduresnot current

Elective units 70 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCNAR201Carry out natural area restoration worksnot current
AHCNAR303Implement revegetation worksnot current
AHCSAW201Conduct erosion and sediment control activitiesnot current
AHCSAW301Construct conservation earthworksnot current
AURKTJ011Remove, inspect and fit earthmoving and off-the-road tyresnot current
AURKTJ012Remove, inspect and fit earthmoving and off-the-road wheel and rim assembliesnot current
BSBDIV301Work effectively with diversitynot current
BSBITU111Operate a personal digital devicenot current
CPCCLDG3001ALicence to perform doggingnot current
CPCCLRG3001ALicence to perform rigging basic levelnot current
CPCCLRG3002ALicence to perform rigging intermediate levelnot current
CPCCLSF2001ALicence to erect, alter and dismantle scaffolding basic levelnot current
RIIBEF201DPlan and organise worknot current
RIIBEF202EIdentify and rectify site operating problemscurrent
RIIBLA203EConduct mobile mixing of explosivescurrent
RIIBLA205DStore, handle and transport explosivesnot current
RIICCM208DCarry out basic levellingnot current
RIIENV201DIdentify and assess environmental and heritage concernsnot current
RIIENV202ESuppress airborne contaminantsnot current
RIIERR201EConduct fire team operationsnot current
RIIERR205DApply initial response First Aidcurrent
RIIERR302ERespond to local emergencies and incidentscurrent
RIIGOV201DComply with site work processes/proceduresnot current
RIIHAN201EOperate a forkliftcurrent
RIIHAN203EConduct lifting operationscurrent
RIIHAN206ETransport plant, equipment and personnelcurrent
RIIHAN208DPerform doggingnot current
RIIHAN209EPerform basic riggingcurrent
RIIHAN210DPerform intermediate rigging operationscurrent
RIIHAN211DConduct basic scaffolding operationscurrent
Show the remaining 40 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
RIIHAN212EConduct non-slewing crane operationscurrent
RIIMCO202EConduct mobile conveyor operationsnot current
RIIMEX202DInstall open-cut mine ground supportnot current
RIIMEX203DBreak oversize rockcurrent
RIIMEX204DConduct workboat/barge operationscurrent
RIIMPO205EOperate roller/compactorcurrent
RIIMPO206DConduct bulk water truck operationscurrent
RIIMPO208FOperate support equipmentcurrent
RIIMPO336EConduct belly dump truck operationscurrent
RIIMPO337EConduct articulated haul truck operationsnot current
RIIMPO338EConduct rigid haul truck operationsnot current
RIIPEO201EConduct conveyor operationscurrent
RIIPEO202DProvide deck support for conveyor-car high wall mining operationsnot current
RIIPEO203DConduct stacker operationscurrent
RIIPEO206DLay and recover cables and hosescurrent
RIIPRO201DConduct crushing operationscurrent
RIIPRO202DConduct screening and conveying operationscurrent
RIIPRO203DOperate programmable logic control systemscurrent
RIIPRO205DConduct blending plant operationscurrent
RIIQUA201DMaintain and monitor site quality standardsnot current
RIIRIS202DRespond to site based spillsnot current
RIISAM202DIsolate and access plantnot current
RIISAM205DCut, weld and bend materialsnot current
RIISAM207DApply operational maintenance skillsnot current
RIISAM208EPerform plant operational maintenancecurrent
RIISAM212DService mine plant and equipmentnot current
RIISAM213EPosition and set up mobile lightingcurrent
RIISAM214DProvide support to electrical tradespersonnot current
RIISAM302DService and handover plant and machinesnot current
RIISRM302DConduct stockpile reclaiming operationsnot current
RIISTD202DCollect routine site samplesnot current
RIIVEH201DOperate light vehiclenot current
RIIVEH202EOperate a medium vehiclenot current
RIIVEH305EOperate and maintain a four wheel drive vehiclenot current
RIIWHS202DEnter and work in confined spacesnot current
RIIWHS204DWork safely at heightsnot current
RIIWMG201DConduct dewatering activities in surface operationscurrent
TLID2022Conduct weighbridge operationscurrent
TLILIC0003Licence to operate a forklift truckcurrent
TLILIC0008Licence to operate a non-slewing mobile crane (greater than 3 tonnes capacity)not 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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