When must new enrolments into RII20609 stop?

New enrolments are not permitted from 14 November 2014 — 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.

Is there a deadline for learners already enrolled in RII20609?

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).

RII20609 Certificate II in Mining Field/Exploration Operations

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.

RII20609Superseded — not equivalentCertificate II in Mining Field/Exploration Operations
not equivalent
RII20613Superseded — equivalentCertificate II in Mining / Field Exploration
equivalent
RII20615Superseded — equivalentCertificate II in Mining / Field Exploration
equivalent
RII20620CurrentCertificate II in Mining/Field Exploration

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.

RII20609RII20613not equivalent13 November 2013
The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

Is RII20609 on your scope?

This page is the register's record of one product. What it cannot tell you is whether RII20609 sits on your own scope today, or what else on that scope has moved without anyone noticing. Enter your RTO number and we read every product on your live scope against training.gov.au and tell you which ones are superseded and which replacements the register flags not equivalent.

Whether a supersession requires anything of you, and what, sits with you and your regulator. This page maps what the register records; it does not make that judgement. If the difference between an equivalent and a non-equivalent replacement is the question, we wrote it up in equivalent vs not equivalent.

What RII20609 is made of

training.gov.au lists 21 units for RII20609. It does not mark them core or elective: the unit grid records N/A for every one of them. The register does not publish a completion rule in units for this product, so we do not state one. What it takes to complete the product is in the packaging rules on training.gov.au.

Units listed 21 listed

Code	Unit	Core or elective	In this product
AHCNAR201A	Carry out natural area restoration works	`N/A`	not current
AHCNAR303A	Implement revegetation works	`N/A`	not current
AHCSAW201A	Conduct erosion and sediment control activities	`N/A`	not current
AHCSAW301A	Construct conservation earthworks	`N/A`	not current
BSBITU101A	Operate a personal computer	`N/A`	not current
BSBSUS201A	Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices	`N/A`	not current
CPPSIS3006A	Provide field support services	`N/A`	not current
HLTFA301B	Apply first aid	`N/A`	not current
HLTFA402B	Apply advanced first aid	`N/A`	not current
RIICOM201A	Communicate in the workplace	`N/A`	not current
RIIEGS201A	Operate in isolated and remote situations	`N/A`	not current
RIIEGS202B	Conduct field work	`N/A`	not current
RIIEGS301A	Operate and maintain instruments and field equipment	`N/A`	not current
RIIEGS304A	Mobilise equipment and materials	`N/A`	not current
RIIEGS305B	Navigate in remote or trackless areas	`N/A`	not current
RIIENV201A	Identify and assess environmental and heritage concerns	`N/A`	not current
RIIOHS201A	Work safely and follow OHS policies and procedures	`N/A`	not current
RIIQUA201A	Maintain and monitor site quality standards	`N/A`	not current
RIIRIS201B	Conduct local risk control	`N/A`	not current
RIISTD202A	Collect routine site samples	`N/A`	not current
RIIVEH305A	Operate and maintain a four wheel drive vehicle	`N/A`	not current

The register publishes this unit grid without a core or elective flag, so this page does not split it into core and elective. "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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