What’s in the Candidate Guide and Workplace Guideof the RPL Assessment Toolkit for CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care?
ThisdocumentsummarisesthecontentsoftheCandidateGuideandWorkplaceGuideintheRPLAssessment Toolkit for Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care.
TheCandidateGuideisaresourcetohelpRecognitionofPriorLearning(RPL)candidatestoprepareforandparticipateineachstepoftheRPLprocessespromotedintheRPLToolkit. It summarises roles and responsibilities, and explains RPL from the candidate’s perspective. It should provide candidates with a valuable resource to refer to during their RPL processes.
TheCandidateGuideprovidesinformationinthefollowingfoursections.
1.Introduction
ThisintroducesthereadertotheGuideandtheRPLprogramsupportedbytheRPLToolkit.ItexplainshowtousetheGuide,definesRPL,summarisesrolesandresponsibilities,andgivestermsthatcandidatesshouldknow.
2.Qualificationandunitrequirements
Thissection givesthe requirements forthequalification,liststheunitswithasummary of their content, and givesinformationonelectives and unit clusters.
3.SummaryofRPL-relatedprocesses
Thissection of the Guide summarisesthesteps in the RPLprocessesinatable,outliningrolesandresponsibilitiesoftrainingorganisations,candidatesandworkplaces.
TherearefiveseparatestepsintheRPLprocess—aswellas‘pre-RPL’preparationrequiredbeforeassessmentbegins.The summary in thissectionshouldprovidecandidateswithausefuloverview.
4.StepsintheRPLprocess
Thissection of the Guide providesmoredetails on the RPL-related processes.
Itshouldhelpcandidatestoprepareforandparticipateineachstep—RPLisaninteractiveassessmentprocess,anyactionscandidatescantaketoprepareforthatparticipationshouldimprovetheirRPLoutcomes.
Thissectioninformscandidatesaboutwhatmayhappenineachstep,andwhatcouldbeexpectedofthem.Someofthetextusesdotpointsina‘checkbox’style—candidatescouldtickoffpointsastheyprepareforeachstep.
ItisimportantthatcandidatesreviewtherelevanttextinthissectionoftheGuidebeforetheyparticipateineachstepoftheirRPLprocess.
As well as the Candidate Guide, theRPLToolkitalsoincudesadocumentdesigned forworkplacerepresentatives—theWorkplaceGuide.That guideshouldbeusefultopeoplesupportingtheRPLcandidateintheirworkplace,perhapstheworkplacesupervisorormanager. It should assist them to understand the RPL process.
TheWorkplaceGuideadvisesworkplacerepresentativeson theirlikelyrolesand responsibilities inRPL—forexample,inverifyingskillsandknowledgethey’veseenthecandidateapplyinworkplacetasks,andinallowingRPLassessment-relatedactivitiesintheworkplace.
TheWorkplaceGuidecontainssimilarcontenttotheCandidateGuide,butitsinformationistargetedfortheworkplace.
The Workplace Guidehasthreesections.
1.Introduction
ThisintroducestheGuideandtheRPLprocessessupportedbytheRPLToolkit.
- QualificationandunitrequirementsThissection givesinformationaboutunit and qualification requirements.
3.SummaryofRPL-relatedprocesses
Thissection summarisestheRPLprocessesoutliningthe rolesoftrainingorganisations,candidatesandworkplaces.Ifworkplacesneedmoredetailtheycouldreadthe‘StepsintheRPLProcess’sectionoftheCandidateGuide,orasktheassessor.