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A photo is not a unit
Updated 8 November 2026 · Australia
A photo can be evidence. It is not a unit of competency, and a folder of photos is not a qualification. The National Training Register describes the unit. An RTO assesses it. A state regulator licenses the person, separately, if a licence exists for that trade.
Three different doors
Training package: national, on training.gov.au. This portfolio maps a slice of the units we have written evidence prompts for, and a shorter pathway brief for the rest.
Assessment: an RTO, under the Standards, with an assessor. ASQA’s practice guide is the public note on how RPL should be offered.
Licence: QBCC, Fair Trading, VBA, and the other state bodies linked from the portfolio. Do not hand a printed pack to a client and call it a licence.
What this product is for
Getting the job you already did into a shape an assessor can search, and showing the candidate the hole before they book the assessment. That is useful. Issuing the parchment from a website is not, and this one will not.
Add one job you already did as evidence. We’ll name what is still missing. That’s how your portfolio starts.
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