What is Recognition of Prior Learning?
If you’ve done a lot of learning in your life that overlaps with the content of your course, you can get this recognised and reduce the amount of study you have to do here. This is called recognition of prior learning (RPL). Carpenter RPL allows you to transfer the knowledge, skills and experience that you have gained in your previous studies, work and/or life experiences into credits that you can apply towards a qualification.
Whether you’re a returning student or an international student, you can apply to have your qualifications recognised through our RPL process. You can do this during the usual application process for your postgraduate course, so make sure you have all your information together beforehand.
The RPL process involves assessing your existing skill, knowledge and experience to determine how they align with those required by a particular unit of competency or the full qualification. The assessment can be based on formal training or non-formal or informal sources of learning such as provider programmes, workshops, seminars, on-the-job training and life experience.
RPL can result in admission to a programme or course of study, the award of credit for specific units of study or exemptions from parts of a course. In addition, it can provide opportunities to enhance your employability, mobility and lifelong learning, and contribute to social inclusion.
To gain credit for your existing learning, you’ll need to compile a portfolio of evidence that clearly demonstrates how your existing learning meets the assessment requirements for your course. This will be assessed by an appointed assessor. The assessment will be based on a holistic approach and may include an interview.
APTC’s RPL policy is designed to ensure that the maximum number of credits you can earn through your prior learning is matched up with the modules you need to complete here in order to achieve a qualification. If you’re planning to apply for RPL, it is recommended that you do so at the start of your study or apprenticeship/traineeship and bring this with you to your Orientation Session together with any relevant evidence, e.g. your CV, copies of certificates and transcripts of past studies and qualifications and work experience.
Generally, you’ll need to meet the minimum requirement of 75% equivalency for your existing learning to be considered as meeting RPL criteria. This is a broad and flexible benchmark. Faculty may also assess your portfolio against a range of other criteria including pedagogical, academic, practical and professional considerations. In some instances, an evaluator may decide that the minimum 75% threshold is not appropriate for assessment of your prior learning and will require you to submit additional documentation. The details of these additional assessments will be agreed between you and the evaluator. The process will be explained in your PLAR assessment plan.
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