Turn the work you have already done into a qualification
You have done the work for years. Recognition of Prior Learning is how that becomes a nationally recognised qualification — assessed on the evidence of what you have already built, not on sitting through a course that teaches you your own job.
How RPL works, step by step
Tell the guide what you have done
Answer questions about the work you already do, in your own words, out loud if you prefer. No forms, no jargon, and you can stop and come back.
Watch it add up on your dashboard
Beside the conversation, a live dashboard shows what has actually been recorded: your percentage complete, each unit and the criteria under it, every piece of evidence accepted, and exactly what is still needed. You never have to ask the guide how you are going — you can see it.
Add photos and paperwork as you find them
Photos of jobs, tickets, dockets, payslips. Each one is read for what it shows, and you confirm it is yours and say what you did before it counts.
Name who can vouch for you
Record the supervisors and clients who saw the work, and which units each of them can speak to. Your assessor gets that list with the portfolio, so they know exactly who to ask about what.
Send a finished portfolio to an RTO
You get an evidence matrix mapping every performance criterion to what covers it, which is what a Registered Training Organisation needs to assess you.
Two sides of the same problem
For tradespeople
Get recognised for work you have already done
You talk about jobs you have done. The guide turns that into an evidence portfolio mapped to the units of a real qualification, and shows you what is still missing.
- One question at a time, in your own words. No forms and no essays.
- A dashboard that counts only evidence you have confirmed, so the number is not a guess.
- Every unit and every criterion listed, with what is outstanding against each.
For RTOs and assessors
Candidates who arrive assessable
What reaches your assessor is a structured submission rather than a folder of photos: mapped, dated, and in the candidate's own words.
- An evidence matrix tying each item to specific performance criteria, unit by unit.
- The candidate's own account of each job, with its date and an authenticity note.
- Evidence is analysed, then confirmed by the candidate. Nothing is mapped until they say it is their work.
Also here: people who trained overseas, where the work is the same and the paperwork does not transfer; and employers and group training organisations getting a crew qualified without taking them off site. A worker can give an employer sight of their portfolio, and take it away again, and only they can do either.
Trades we can guide right now
Every qualification here has a guide built from the current national register — 166 available today, and the list grows as packs are built. A sample below; the full list has every one, plus the qualifications we have not built yet.
What actually counts as evidence
Assessors apply four tests, and nearly every rejected portfolio fails one of them: evidence must be valid (about the unit being claimed), sufficient (covering every performance criterion), authentic (demonstrably your work) and current (recent, or shown to still be how you work). What counts as evidence goes through each one with examples.
Read this before you decide
Every guideMost of what people get wrong about RPL is decided before they start. These three answer the questions that actually change the outcome.
The basicsWhat is RPL?What Recognition of Prior Learning actually is, the four tests your evidence has to pass, and when RPL is the wrong route.
EvidenceWhat counts as evidenceThe evidence assessors accept for Recognition of Prior Learning, what disappoints, and why authenticity sinks more portfolios than skill.
DecidingRPL or do the course?An honest comparison of Recognition of Prior Learning against enrolling in the course, including when RPL is the wrong choice.
Common questions
What is RPL, actually?
Recognition of Prior Learning is a formal assessment pathway. If you can show you already do what a qualification describes, an assessor can recognise that instead of making you train in skills you already have. It is a normal part of the national training system, not a loophole.
Do I have to go back to school?
Not for the parts you can already evidence. You work through the units at your own pace and add evidence as you find it. If there are genuine gaps, the assessor may still require training — that is their call, not ours.
What counts as evidence?
Evidence of your own work: photos of jobs you finished, job sheets, dockets or payslips, licences and tickets, and supervisors or clients who will confirm what you did. Recent work carries more weight than old work.
How long does it take?
As long as you need. Most people spread it over several sessions while they track down old records. Nothing expires and your progress saves as you go.
Who decides whether I get the qualification?
An assessor at a Registered Training Organisation. We are not an RTO and we do not assess. We help you build a complete, well-organised portfolio; they make the decision, and they may ask for more.
What does it cost?
Building your portfolio is free. Paying is what releases it: from $349 for six months' access to one qualification, with three-month, twelve-month and monthly terms also offered at checkout — the monthly one renews until you cancel it. Bigger qualifications have more units to work through and cost more, and the exact price is on each trade's page. If a term runs out you keep everything you have built; what you lose is the ability to export it until you renew. Your RTO charges its own assessment fee separately, and that is not paid to us.
What if my trade isn't listed?
Then we cannot help yet, and we will tell you so rather than sell you the nearest thing. We only list qualifications we can guide you through end to end.
Is this legitimate?
RPL itself is a standard, regulated pathway — you can read about it on the national training register, and any RTO can explain their own RPL process. What we sell is help assembling the evidence. Be wary of anyone, including us, who promises you a guaranteed qualification.
Ready to find out where you stand?
from $349 for six months' access, priced by the size of the qualification. Your RTO's own assessment fee is separate.
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