Webinar Recording: Recognition-Based Assessment

Please note that the revised Standards for Registered Training Organisations were publicly released on 1 October 2024 and will come into full regulatory effect from 1 July 2025.

The Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015 will continue to apply until then.

This webinar recording refers to, and is based on, the requirements for the current regulatory environment.

Topic overview:

Recognition of current competence is the formal acknowledgment of a person's current skills and knowledge, no matter how, when or where these were achieved. Recognition can occur in two ways – through recognition of prior learning (RPL) and through the granting of credit transfer (CT). The challenge for many RTOs is how to create a robust recognition-based assessment package that is both candidate and audit friendly.

This webinar focused mainly on RPL. It explored linking workplace activity and the evidence it generates to the requirements of a unit of competency.

It considered a number of common RPL challenges.

It also provided ideas for monitoring and evaluating the developed recognition package so that it remains relevant and meaningful to candidate needs and intuitive to navigate.

What was covered in the session:

• Identifying the work done by the candidate and aligning it with the purpose, focus and key requirements of the unit of competency for which recognition is sought
• Using this analysis to “discover” evidence requirements
• Responding to common challenges when developing recognition-based assessment:
  • dealing with an “already competent” candidate (currency and frequency of performance)
  • dealing with “wild” evidence (rules of evidence)
  • “generating” rather than “gathering” evidence (competency conversation)
  • dealing with evidence that is specific to the candidate’s context
  • satisfying “other players” about the rigour of the RPL process and the validity of its outcomes
• Developing and documenting a robust recognition package
• Monitoring and evaluating the recognition package and its outcomes

Webinar content targeted towards:

• CEOs 
• RTO Managers 
• Compliance Managers 
• Trainers/Assessors 
• Training Managers 
• Anyone who plays a role in the RPL Process

Webinar duration: 60 minutes

Bio of presenter:

John Dwyer is a national VQF/AQTF trainer/assessor and consultant with experience in education and training spanning more than 60 years. He brings extensive Registered Training Organisation (RTO) experience and has a comprehensive history in developing and delivering a range of workshops and webinars on assessment, compliance, Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), moderation and validation processes relating to VQF/AQTF compliance.

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