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Gap training without the lecture
Updated 8 November 2026 · Australia
Gap training is the work still required for a unit, not a second apprenticeship. In this portfolio an employer assigns the sentence the gap already wrote: photograph the inspection opening before backfill, test the tempering valve at the outlet, bring a current heights ticket.
Assign the hole, not the unit title
A unit title is too big to do on Thursday. The element gap is a job. Assign that. When the evidence comes back, it maps to the same element, and the roster moves.
Do not assign gap training for a unit an assessor has already marked competent unless the evidence has gone stale. Currency is a reason to reopen a conversation. It is not a reason to invent busywork.
Invite each person onto their own login. Assign the gap. Don’t mark them competent.
Set up my crew