Questions people ask

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.