Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) programs are designed to award people nationally recognised qualifications for knowledge and skills that they have gained outside of the classroom. Employers have long known that candidate employees may have far more to offer than a fancy degree as people gain highly valuable skill and experience in the workplace.
So that RPL is of any value to either employer or skilled employee a strict set of legal criteria is used to govern the methods used to evaluate potential recipients. In addition, these methods evaluate the organisations offering the programs and the assessment process used to establish qualifications to ensure the RPL process is fair.