RPL for Certificate III in Supply Chain Operations

Certificate III in Supply Chain Operations takes 14 units. Through Recognition of Prior Learning, each unit is assessed on evidence of work you have already done rather than on training you sit through.

What the assessment looks at

Every unit sets out what you must be able to do and what you must know. An assessor works through them one at a time, asking the same question each time: does this person's evidence show they can do this reliably, in a real workplace, recently enough to count?

You can read the full requirements for TLI30325 on the national training register. They are public, and worth a look before you spend anything — if the units describe work you have never done, RPL is not your route.

Evidence worth gathering before you start

• Photos of completed jobs, ideally showing a few stages of the same job, with their original dates intact.
• Job sheets, dockets, work orders or site diaries covering a spread of jobs.
• Supervisors, employers or clients who will confirm specifically what you did.
• Any licences or tickets you already hold.

How the guided process works

You work through the 14 units one at a time, talking about jobs you have actually done. You can speak rather than type. Add photos as you find them, and stop whenever you like — progress saves itself, and most people spread this over weeks while they dig out records. At the end you have an evidence portfolio your RTO's assessor can work through.

What this does not do

It does not assess you, and it cannot promise you TLI30325. An assessor at a registered training organisation makes that decision and may require further evidence or training. What a complete portfolio buys you is a fair assessment rather than a rejection over paperwork.

See what TLI30325 involves →

The 14 units you complete, chosen from these 84

You do not do all 84. Certificate III in Supply Chain Operations is 2 core units, which everyone does, plus 12 chosen from the 82 electives below. Read both lists before you spend anything — it is the fastest way to tell whether RPL is your route. If most of this describes work you have done, you have a case to make. If whole sections describe work you have never touched, an assessor will say so, and doing the course is the honest answer.

Core units — everyone does these

• TLID0020 — Shift materials safely using manual handling methods
• TLIF0009 — Ensure the safety of transport activities (Chain of Responsibility)

Electives — you choose from these

• BSBFIN302 — Maintain financial records
• BSBINS302 — Organise workplace information
• BSBINS308 — Control records
• BSBOPS304 — Deliver and monitor a service to customers
• BSBOPS305 — Process customer complaints
• BSBPEF301 — Organise personal work priorities
• BSBPUR301 — Purchase goods and services
• HLTAID011 — Provide First Aid
• RIIHAN301E — Operate elevating work platform
• TLIA0004 — Complete receival and despatch documentation
• TLIA0005 — Connect and disconnect reefer units
• TLIA0006 — Coordinate goods to bond premises
• TLIA0008 — Coordinate stocktakes
• TLIA0009 — Coordinate terminal/wharf equipment operations
• TLIA0010 — Identify goods and store to specifications
• TLIA0013 — Maintain container and freight records
• TLIA0015 — Organise receival and despatch operations
• TLIA0016 — Organise warehouse records operations
• TLIA0017 — Process receipt and delivery of containers and cargo
• TLIA1001 — Secure cargo
• TLIA3026 — Monitor storage facilities
• TLIB0005 — Operate pooled equipment
• TLIB2001 — Check and assess operational capabilities of equipment
• TLIB3002 — Test equipment and isolate faults
• TLID0001 — Load and unload vehicles carrying special loads
• TLID0003 — Control lift and movement of crane
• TLID0006 — Move materials mechanically using automated equipment
• TLID0008 — Shift loads using bridge or gantry crane
• TLID0009 — Shift loads using cranes
• TLID0012 — Operate a vehicle-mounted loading crane
• TLID0015 — Load and unload goods/cargo
• TLID0016 — Operate a forklift
• TLID0018 — Prepare for transport of dangerous goods
• TLID0042 — Handle furniture and effects
• TLID0044 — Pack and unpack furniture and effects
• TLID0045 — Coordinate furniture removal
• TLID3011 — Conduct specialised forklift operations
• TLID3015 — Identify and label explosives/dangerous goods
• TLID3023 — Use specialised liquid bulk gas transfer equipment
• TLID3024 — Use specialised liquid bulk transfer equipment (gravity/pressurised)
• TLID3031 — Rig load
• TLID3035 — Operate a boom type elevating work platform
• TLID3036 — Lift and move load using a mobile crane
• TLIE0003 — Consolidate manifest documentation
• TLIE0004 — Maintain freight records
• TLIE0005 — Undertake rigger/dogger and operators communications
• TLIE0008 — Calculate mass, area and quantify dimensions
• TLIE0009 — Carry out basic workplace calculations
• TLIE0011 — Assess removal load
• TLIE0012 — Estimate furniture removal jobs
• TLIE2007 — Use communications systems
• TLIE3016 — Estimate/calculate load shifting requirements for a mobile crane
• TLIF0006 — Administer a fatigue risk management system
• TLIF0020 — Safely access the rail corridor
• TLIF0080 — Implement and monitor the safety duties of transport activities (Chain of Responsibility)
• TLIF3003 — Implement and monitor work health and safety procedures
• TLIF3022 — Implement/monitor procedures when warehousing/storing dangerous goods/hazardous substances
• TLIF3091 — Apply awareness of dangerous goods and hazardous materials requirements
• TLIG0002 — Lead a work team
• TLIH0004 — Identify major roads, services and attractions
• TLIH0005 — Interpret road maps and navigate pre-determined routes
• TLIJ0003 — Apply quality systems
• TLIJ3005 — Sample, inspect and test products to specifications
• TLIJ3006 — Implement grain protection procedures
• TLIK2010 — Use infotechnology devices in the workplace
• TLIL0007 — Complete workplace induction procedures
• TLIL3002 — Undertake employee payroll activities
• TLIL3003 — Conduct induction process
• TLILIC0003 — Licence to operate a forklift truck
• TLILIC0004 — Licence to operate an order picking forklift truck
• TLILIC0011 — Licence to operate a reach stacker (greater than 3 tonnes capacity)
• TLIO0001 — Undertake emergency response action to a security threat
• TLIO0002 — Apply and monitor workplace security procedures
• TLIO0003 — Follow security procedures when working with goods and cargo
• TLIU2012 — Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
• TLIU3011 — Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
• TLIW3006 — Operate computerised mail and parcels sorting equipment
• TLIW3008 — Carry out culler facer canceller operations
• TLIX0004X — Administer inventory systems
• TLIX0005X — Administer market supply systems
• TLIX0013X — Maintain stock control and receivals
• TLIX0015X — Manage fundamental aspects of supply chains

Each unit breaks down further into elements and performance criteria — the specific things you have to be able to show. The guide works through them one unit at a time and asks about jobs you have actually done, rather than making you read the register yourself.

Related qualifications

Same training package, and a common second choice for people who find this one is not quite their trade:

• Certificate III in Driving Operations (TLI31222, 15 units)
• Certificate III in International Freight Forwarding (Operator) (TLI31321, 13 units)
• Certificate III in Light Rail Driving (TLI31421, 16 units)
• Certificate III in Mobile Crane Operations (TLI30122, 23 units)
• Certificate III in Passenger Train Guard (TLI30521, 20 units)
• Certificate III in Stevedoring (TLI30219, 13 units)

More RPL in transport and logistics

Every qualification in this industry, which of them have a guide ready, and what assessors here accept as evidence: RPL in transport and logistics.

When you are ready, see what TLI30325 costs and what the guide asks you for, or read what counts as evidence and how RPL compares with doing the course.