When must new enrolments into RII31809 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 RII31809?

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).

RII31809 Certificate III in Drilling 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.

RII31809Superseded — not equivalentCertificate III in Drilling Operations
not equivalent
RII31813Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Drilling Operations
equivalent
RII31815Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Drilling Operations
equivalent
RII31820CurrentCertificate III 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.

RII31809RII31813not equivalent13 November 2013
The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

Is RII31809 on your scope?

This page is the register's record of one product. What it cannot tell you is whether RII31809 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Enter your RTO number and we read every product on your live scope against training.gov.au and tell you which ones are superseded and which replacements the register flags not equivalent.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 RII31809 is made of

training.gov.au lists 55 units for RII31809. 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 55 listed

Code	Unit	Core or elective	In this product
BSBCMN311B	Maintain workplace safety	`N/A`	not current
HLTFA301B	Apply first aid	`N/A`	not current
HLTFA402B	Apply advanced first aid	`N/A`	not current
MSAPMSUP172A	Identify and minimise environmental hazards	`N/A`	not current
PMASUP236B	Operate vehicles in the field	`N/A`	not current
RIIBEF301A	Run on-site operations	`N/A`	not current
RIIBHD305	Conduct down-hole hammer drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIIBLA201A	Support shotfiring operations	`N/A`	not current
RIIBLA202B	Support underground shotfiring operations	`N/A`	not current
RIIBLA205A	Store, handle and transport explosives	`N/A`	not current
RIIBLA301A	Conduct surface shotfiring operations	`N/A`	not current
RIIBLA303A	Conduct underground development shotfiring	`N/A`	not current
RIIBLA304A	Conduct underground production shotfiring	`N/A`	not current
RIICOM201A	Communicate in the workplace	`N/A`	not current
RIIERR301A	Respond to mine incident	`N/A`	not current
RIIERR302A	Respond to local emergencies and incidents	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB205A	Assist continuous flight auger drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB206A	Assist large diameter auger drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB208B	Assist diamond core drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB209A	Assist guided boring	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB210B	Assist surface directional drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB211A	Assist mud rotary drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB213A	Assist cable tool drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB219A	Assist with air drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB301A	Set up and prepare for drilling operations	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB302A	Conduct reaming	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB303A	Install product pipe	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB304B	Conduct air drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB305A	Conduct continuous flight auger drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB306A	Conduct large diameter auger drilling	`N/A`	not current

Show the remaining 25 units

Code	Unit	Core or elective	In this product
RIINHB307B	Conduct conventional core drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB308A	Conduct wireline core drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB309A	Conduct guided boring	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB310A	Conduct surface directional drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB311A	Conduct mud rotary drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB312A	Conduct raise boring	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB313A	Conduct cable tool drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB315A	Conduct top-hole hammer drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB316A	Conduct underground in-seam directional drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB317A	Install underground in-seam directional drilling standpipes	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB318A	Install and operate water and gas control equipment	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB319A	Install de-watering conduit and gas drainage equipment	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB320A	Construct monitoring bores	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB322A	Construct multiple aquifer production bores	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB323A	Conduct horizontal directional drilling	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB324B	Carry out grouting or cementing operations	`N/A`	not current
RIINHB325A	Construct and complete single aquifer production bores	`N/A`	not current
RIIOGD304A	Apply effective coal seam gas control practices	`N/A`	not current
RIIOGD305A	Apply blow out prevention operational procedures	`N/A`	not current
RIIOGD405A	Carry out well control and blow out prevention	`N/A`	not current
RIIQUA201A	Maintain and monitor site quality standards	`N/A`	not current
RIIRIS301B	Apply risk management processes	`N/A`	not current
RIISAM209A	Carry out operational maintenance	`N/A`	not current
RIIVEH305A	Operate and maintain a four wheel drive vehicle	`N/A`	not current
TAEDEL301A	Provide work skill instruction	`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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