RII20913 Certificate II in Drilling Operations

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for RII20913 ended on 12 December 2015 — 10 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 14 December 2016 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
RII — Resources and Infrastructure Industry Training Package
Currency period ends
12 December 2015
Latest release
Release 4 · 7 December 2014 · 4 releases in all
Supersedes
RII20909
Superseded by
RII20915 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. RII20913Superseded — equivalentCertificate II in Drilling Operations
  2. equivalent
  3. RII20915Superseded — equivalentCertificate II in Drilling Operations
  4. equivalent
  5. RII20920CurrentCertificate II in Drilling 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.

  • RII20909RII20913not equivalent13 November 2013

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

  • RII20913RII20915equivalent13 December 2015

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

Is RII20913 on your scope?

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What RII20913 is made of

training.gov.au lists 40 units for RII20913: 8 core and 32 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 8 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBWOR203BWork effectively with othersnot current
RIICOM201DCommunicate in the workplacenot current
RIIENV201DIdentify and assess environmental and heritage concernsnot current
RIINHB201DLoad, secure and unload drilling equipment and materialsnot current
RIINHB202DSet up/pack up drill sitenot current
RIINHB203DSupport drilling processnot current
RIIRIS201DConduct local risk controlnot current
RIIWHS201DWork safely and follow WHS policies and proceduresnot current

Elective units 32 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
CPCCLDG3001ALicence to perform doggingnot current
HLTAID003Provide first aidnot current
RIIERR202DContribute to the control of emergencies and critical situationsnot current
RIIHAN201DOperate a forkliftnot current
RIIHAN206DTransport plant, equipment and personnelnot current
RIIHAN208DPerform doggingnot current
RIIHAN213DWork effectively in the drilling Industrynot current
RIIHAN307DOperate a vehicle loading cranenot current
RIINHB205DAssist continuous flight auger drillingnot current
RIINHB206DAssist large diameter auger drillingnot current
RIINHB208DAssist diamond core drillingnot current
RIINHB209DAssist guided boringnot current
RIINHB210DAssist surface directional drillingnot current
RIINHB211DAssist mud rotary drillingnot current
RIINHB213DAssist cable tool drillingnot current
RIINHB216DAssist underground in-seam directional drillingnot current
RIINHB217DAssist horizontal direction drillingnot current
RIINHB218DAssist grouting or cementing operationsnot current
RIINHB219DAssist with air drillingnot current
RIIOGD205DSupport blow out prevention operationsnot current
RIIOGD206DAssist with coal seam gas controlnot current
RIIQUA201DMaintain and monitor site quality standardsnot current
RIIRIS202DRespond to site based spillsnot current
RIISAM202DIsolate and access plantnot current
RIISAM205DCut, weld and bend materialsnot current
RIISTD202DCollect routine site samplesnot current
RIIUND206DInstall hand held underground ground supportcurrent
RIIVEH201DOperate light vehiclenot current
RIIVEH203DOperate light vehicle undergroundnot current
RIIVEH305DOperate and maintain a four wheel drive vehiclenot current
Show the remaining 2 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
RIIWHS204DWork safely at heightsnot current
TLILIC2001ALicence to operate a forklift trucknot 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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