All Industry Curriculum Framework courses include a mandatory work placement, giving students the opportunity to use their learning in a real workplace, and assess their own interest in and suitability to a career in their chosen industry. Students may have the opportunity to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for knowledge and skills developed through part-time work or other aspects of their daily life. In some industry areas, a simulated work environment may provide students with their first experience of a ‘work placement’.