Course Duration:

Course Outline:

The following process will be undertaken to measure if the student meets the specific learning outcomes required for the specific qualification they are wanting RPL or Credit for. The process is as follows:

• Identify what the candidate knows and can do
• Match the candidates skills, knowledge and experience to specific standards and the associated criteria of a qualification
• Assess the candidate against the standards
• Credit the candidates for skills, knowledge and experience built up through formal, informal and non-formal learning that occurred in the past

There are a number of sources of evidence for assessing competence, which include:

• On-job experience
• Questioning the learner about the task
• Written evidence that the learner is able to undertake the task in terms of previous work experience
• Practical Tasks
• Case studies
• Preparation of written reports
• Evidence from workplace appraisal
• Interpretation of the required information
• Evidence of minutes, notes and working papers relating to meetings
• Verification of completed work
• Training records
• Expert Witness Testimonials
• In-company short courses assessed according to registered standards
• Certificates and Qualifications

Regardless of the source of evidence, the assessment should be to the same rigorous quality as evidence obtained through any other process. Learning outcomes will be deemed to have been met when evidence is:

• Valid; does the evidence relate to the specific outcomes to be assessed
• Authentic; can the evidence be attributed to the candidate
• Sufficient; is there enough evidence to meet all the criteria needed to certify the candidate as competent
• Current is the evidence related to current competence
• Reliable; should the assessment be repeated, would the assessor arrive at the same assessment decision

Each candidate will be required to prepare a portfolio of evidence that will comprise the collection of evidence for each unit of competence. If however, evidence from the RPL is only sufficient to cover one or more learning outcomes, or to partly meet the need of a learning outcome, then additional assessment methods should be employed to generate sufficient evidence on which to base a safe assessment decision. In no circumstance does the RPL or Cross Credit Process mean that any required qualification summative assessments can be avoided, e.g. mandatory exams, practical / theory test or assignments.

Outcome Options:

In the event that the student is successful with the RPL assessment, they may be able to enrol in the follow up or corresponding programme as an RPL student. At a cost of $2500 for City and Guilds Culinary Qualifications.