Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) helps you get certified in Australia. RPL is a process of formalising your existing industry skills, experience and previous study into a nationally recognised Australian qualification.
RPL reduces your study time and cost. Successfully demonstrate your abilities and competency on specific units and its requirements and you have the potential to achieve your qualification without any repeated learning through the RPL skills assessment process.
RPL your qualification in Australia or overseas. InTech will guide you throughout the RPL process to determine your eligibility and success rate in achieving the qualification through RPL skills recognition.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) can seem like quite an overwhelming and complicated process.
However, InTech is committed to helping you succeed to ensure you achieve your nationally recognised qualification.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is a process that involves the assessment of an individual’s existing skills and knowledge, life experience, work history, and formal and informal study against units of competencies of a particular qualification. If you have extensive industry experience, undertaking an RPL in Australia is highly valuable as you will achieve a nationally recognised qualification.
Getting your skills and experience recognised through RPL has enormous benefits to your personal and professional development.
RPL skills assessment is available for automotive engineering courses, engineering courses, information technology courses and business courses.
To be eligible to RPL to a course in Australia, InTech expects candidates to be currently working in the industry. You should have a minimum of 3 years of full-time relevant work experience. Your evidence portfolio must be from the last five years. You must be able to demonstrate work currency in your skills.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is perfect for:
A credit transfer recognises your current and previous studies that you have done at school, college or university. You may be able to have credit from a relevant earlier course transferred to your current studies.
Contact us prior to enrolment to determine if credit transfer is an option for you. You cannot get credit transfer for the whole qualification. You must have certified copies of your certificates, awards or qualifications.
There is a cost for RPL skills assessment. The cost varies depending on which qualification you are obtaining.
Please contact us to discuss the process and fees.
In the RPL skills assessment, the assessor may find that you have insufficient documentary evidence or identify certain gaps in your skills or knowledge. In this instance, you may by required to complete additional gap training to successfully complete the RPL skills recognition process.
Intech may be able to assist you with training through the following learning modes:
The timeframe for gap training differs on a case-to-case basis.
Please note that if gap training is required and provided by InTech Institute of Technology, additional fees and charges will apply in addition to the amount charged for the RPL skills assessment.
For more information about gap training, please contact hello@intech.edu.au at the time of enquiry and enrolment.
To support your RPL skills assessment application, you will need to demonstrate your skills and experience by providing the following documentation and evidence (where applicable):
The evidence you provide will be used to map your skills to the units of competency in the qualification you are pursuing.
Begin your RPL skills assessment process, by following the steps below:
