RII40915 Certificate IV in Drilling Operations

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededEquivalent

The currency period for RII40915 ended on 21 September 2020 — 5 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 23 September 2021 — 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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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
21 September 2020
Latest release
Release 2 · 11 December 2018 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
RII40913
Superseded by
RII40920 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. RII40915Superseded — equivalentCertificate IV in Drilling Operations
  2. equivalent
  3. RII40920CurrentCertificate IV 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.

  • RII40913RII40915not equivalent13 December 2015

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

  • RII40915RII40920equivalent22 September 2020

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

Is RII40915 on your scope?

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What RII40915 is made of

training.gov.au lists 42 units for RII40915: 6 core and 36 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 6 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBMGT401Show leadership in the workplacenot current
BSBWHS401Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirementsnot current
RIIBEF402DSupervise on-site operationscurrent
RIIENV402DImplement and monitor environmental policiesnot current
RIINHB401DPlan and supervise the mobilisation of equipment, crew and materialsnot current
RIIRIS401DApply site risk management systemnot current

Elective units 36 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
BSBCUS401Coordinate implementation of customer service strategiesnot current
BSBFIM501Manage budgets and financial plansnot current
BSBLED401Develop teams and individualsnot current
BSBMGT402Implement operational plannot current
BSBRKG403Set up a business or records system for a small businessnot current
BSBSMB402Plan small business financesnot current
BSBSMB403Market the small businessnot current
BSBSMB404Undertake small business planningnot current
BSBSMB420Evaluate and develop small business operationsnot current
HLTAID003Provide first aidnot current
HLTAID006Provide advanced first aidnot current
RIIBEF401DManage non-routine, complex technical situationsnot current
RIIBHD401DSupervise blast hole drilling operationscurrent
RIICOM301DCommunicate Informationnot current
RIIERR401DApply and monitor surface operations emergency preparedness and response systemsnot current
RIIFIA401DManage financial recordsnot current
RIILAT402DProvide leadership in the supervision of diverse work teamsnot current
RIINHB402DSupervise mineral exploration drilling operationsnot current
RIINHB403DSupervise geotechnical drilling operationscurrent
RIINHB404DSupervise seismic drilling operationsnot current
RIINHB405ESupervise water well drilling operationsnot current
RIINHB406DSupervise foundation drilling operationsnot current
RIINHB407DSupervise horizontal directional drilling operationsnot current
RIINHB408DSupervise environmental drilling operationsnot current
RIINHB409DSupervise mineral production and development drilling operationsnot current
RIINHB410DSupervise surface directional drilling operationsnot current
RIINHB411DConstruct artesian (flowing) aquifer production boresnot current
RIINHB412DConstruct geothermal wellscurrent
RIINHB413DSupervise underground in-seam directional drilling operationsnot current
RIIOGD405DCarry out well control and blow out preventionnot current
Show the remaining 6 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
RIIQUA401DApply a quality management system on sitenot current
RIIRIS402DCarry out the risk management processnot current
RIISAM401DApply site plant, equipment and infrastructure maintenance management plannot current
TAEASS401Plan assessment activities and processesnot current
TAEASS402Assess competencenot current
TAEASS403Participate in assessment validationnot 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.

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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