RII32018 Certificate III in Drilling Oil/Gas (Onshore)

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for RII32018 ended on 21 September 2020 — 6 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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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).

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Product type
Qualification
Training package
RII — Resources and Infrastructure Industry Training Package
Currency period ends
21 September 2020
Latest release
Release 1 · 11 December 2018
Supersedes
RII32015
Superseded by
RII32020 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. RII32018Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Drilling Oil/Gas (Onshore)
  2. equivalent
  3. RII32020Superseded — equivalentCertificate III in Drilling Oil & Gas (Onshore)
  4. equivalent
  5. RII32026CurrentCertificate III in Drilling Oil and Gas (Onshore)

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.

  • RII32015RII32018equivalent10 December 2018

    Native and imported core and elective units updated to current equivalent versions.

  • RII32018RII32020equivalent22 September 2020

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

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for RII32018 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 RII32018 is made of

training.gov.au lists 24 units for RII32018: 9 core and 15 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 9 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBFLM303Contribute to effective workplace relationshipsnot current
BSBWHS301Maintain workplace safetynot current
MSMENV172Identify and minimise environmental hazardscurrent
RIIERR302ERespond to local emergencies and incidentscurrent
RIIOGD209EOperate and maintain ancillary equipmentnot current
RIIOGD302ETrip casingnot current
RIIOGD303ETrip pipenot current
RIIOGN302EOperate mud pumpsnot current
RIIOGN303DOperate mud systemsnot current

Elective units 15 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBDIV301Work effectively with diversitynot current
MSMPER200Work in accordance with an issued permitcurrent
PMASUP236Operate vehicles in the fieldcurrent
RIIHAN309FConduct telescopic materials handler operationscurrent
RIIMPO304EConduct wheel loader operationscurrent
RIIOGD203EPrepare and operate drilling fluid systemsnot current
RIIOGD205DSupport blow out prevention operationsnot current
RIIOGD206DAssist with coal seam gas controlnot current
RIIOGD301EConduct and maintain derrick operationscurrent
RIIOGD304DApply effective coal seam gas control practicescurrent
RIIOGD305DApply blow out prevention operational proceduresnot current
RIISAM204DOperate small plant and equipmentnot current
RIIWHS202DEnter and work in confined spacesnot current
RIIWHS204DWork safely at heightsnot current
TAEDEL301Provide work skill instructionnot 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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