RII40420 Certificate IV in Underground Coal Operations

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for RII40420 ended on 15 March 2026 — 5 months ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 17 March 2027 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
15 March 2026
Latest release
Release 2 · 12 March 2021 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
RII40415
Superseded by
RII40426 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. RII40420Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Underground Coal Operations
  2. equivalent
  3. RII40426CurrentCertificate IV in Underground Coal 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.

  • RII40415RII40420equivalent22 September 2020

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

  • RII40420RII40426equivalent16 March 2026

    Superseded core and elective units updated

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What RII40420 is made of

training.gov.au lists 35 units for RII40420: 10 core and 25 elective. To complete it, the register publishes a rule of 10 core units plus 4 electives14 units in all.

Core units 10 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBMGT401Show leadership in the workplacenot current
RIIERR402EApply and monitor underground coal mine emergency preparedness and response systemscurrent
RIIMCU403EApply and monitor the gas management plancurrent
RIIMCU406EApply and monitor the inrush management plancurrent
RIIMCU407EApply and monitor the strata management plancurrent
RIIMCU408EApply the spontaneous combustion management plancurrent
RIIMEX406DApply and monitor mine transport systems and production equipmentcurrent
RIIRAI401DApply and monitor mine services and infrastructure systemscurrent
RIIRIS402ECarry out the risk management processcurrent
RIIUND401EApply and monitor the ventilation management plancurrent

Elective units 25 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCUS401Coordinate implementation of customer service strategiesnot current
BSBINN301Promote innovation in a team environmentnot current
BSBLED401Develop teams and individualsnot current
BSBMGT403Implement continuous improvementnot current
BSBWHS401Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirementsnot current
BSBWOR404Develop work prioritiesnot current
RIIBLA202FSupport underground shotfiring operationscurrent
RIIBLA302EConduct shotfiring operations in underground coal minescurrent
RIICOM301ECommunicate informationcurrent
RIIERR403ELead rescue teamscurrent
RIILAT402EProvide leadership in the supervision of diverse work teamscurrent
RIIMCU303EConduct continuous miner operationscurrent
RIIMCU304EConduct shuttle car operationscurrent
RIIMCU305EConduct outburst mining operationscurrent
RIIMCU306EConduct shearer operationscurrent
RIIMCU307EConduct longwall face equipment operationscurrent
RIIMCU401EConduct special roadway operationsnot current
RIIMCU404EApply and monitor the gas drainage management plancurrent
RIIMCU405DApply and monitor the outburst management plancurrent
RIIMCU409Apply and monitor polymeric chemical management planscurrent
RIIRAI507DImplement the underground coal mine mechanical plant management plancurrent
RIIRAI510DImplement, monitor, rectify and report on interfaces between electrical and mechanical componentrycurrent
RIIRIS301EApply risk management processescurrent
RIIRIS403EManage and coordinate spill responsecurrent
RIIWHS301EConduct safety and health investigationscurrent

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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