| | | | | Oversees skills recognition and RPL |
| So many people have not had the opportunity to study | | | | Skills recognition and RPL is a great way to obtain an |
| fulltime due to a broad variety of reasons. | | | | Australian nationally recognised qualification if you are |
| Having not had the opportunity to study should not | | | | were living oversees for most of your life. It is |
| keep an individual from obtaining an accredited, | | | | irrelevant how or where you acquired your skills and |
| nationally recognized qualification, which can stimulate | | | | experience as long as you can demonstrate that you |
| future employment opportunities, open global | | | | have them, and that they apply to the subjects in the |
| recognition or give the individual credits towards further | | | | qualification you want. |
| study opportunities. | | | | |
| The Australian government has acknowledged the | | | | What are the benefits of formal recognition? |
| need for Skills Recognition for people actively involved | | | | If skills recognition and/or RPL is done before you enroll |
| in their industries. | | | | for a qualification it makes obtaining your qualification |
| | | | | more time and cost efficient, and a lot more rewarding. |
| But what exactly is Skills Recognition? | | | | Getting a qualification by skills recognition and RPL cost |
| Skills recognition refers to skills and knowledge you | | | | less because you're not paying to learn things you are |
| have already gained through on-the-job experience | | | | already competent in. |
| (a.k.a. informal learning). Skills recognition may count | | | | Furthermore (according to the South Australian |
| towards an Australian nationally recognized | | | | Government publication ‘Skilled? Need the Paper |
| qualification. | | | | to prove it?") formal recognition of your skills could help |
| | | | | you with: |
| What is RPL? | | | | • improved job security |
| RPL stands for ‘recognition of prior learning'. | | | | • re-entry to the workplace |
| Some international educational institutions refer to RPL | | | | • job promotion |
| as ‘credit transfer'. If you have previously done | | | | • career change |
| some formal studies you may get credit (RPL) for it in | | | | • moving from volunteer work to paid employment |
| your new qualification. In other words: RPL means | | | | • moving on from redundancy or unemployment |
| if you have already completed a subject then you | | | | • reduced study load |
| don't have to do that subject again. | | | | • improved career development |
| Both Skills Recognition as well as RPL is endorsed by | | | | • better planning of future training |
| the Australian Government. | | | | • entry into a training course. |
| There are organizations like the Continental Education | | | | |
| Consultancy Group that provide a user-friendly Skills | | | | It is good to know that there are alternative, |
| Recognition processes to enable individuals to | | | | government endorsed methods to obtain formal |
| maximize their qualification outcomes. | | | | recognition for work experience by way of nationally |
| | | | | recognized qualifications. |