RPL Practitioner
UNIT STANDARD
SAQA ID 116587
Develop, support and
promote RPL practices
NQF LEVEL 7
10 CREDITS
Accredited by
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ABOUT THE SKILLS PROGRAMME LECTURERS
DURATION Dr Karen Deller
8 weeks Karen’s doctoral
Each week is made up of between thesis was on RPL
4-7 short, bite sized lectures for implementation in
easy viewing the vocational sub
framework.
AVERAGE TIME COMMITMENT
She developed an
4-5 hours a week (including time RPL implementation
to work on your portfolio) model that is still
widely used today.
ASSESSMENT
Submission of a Portfolio of Evidence John Arneson
John’s career spans
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS over 40 years with
The credit value is based on the assumption experience at major
that people learning towards this unit institutions such as
standard already understand and can IMM, FPI and SAQA.
practice the key principles if an outcomes-
based system in general, and standards- He has a BCom
based assessment in particular. Ideally (Honours) and is
students should be SETA registered grinding through
assessors (but this is not essential if the his Masters degree.
student comes from higher education or the
schooling sector).
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RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
Recognition of Prior Dr Karen Deller is one Other projects that In addition to the practical
Learning (RPL) is not a of the South African RPL Dr Deller has worked application and experience
uniquely South African champions. She has been on include those in that Dr Deller brings to
concept. RPL is practiced instrumental in the design agriculture, banking, this skills programme, the
in most countries in the and implementation of insurance, real estate and advocacy section (week
world, where it is used many large scale RPL management, as well as a 7) has been curated and
to help minority groups projects in southern four-year longitudinal RPL delivered by John Arneson
access the workplace Africa. She was also the research project funded who was the SAQA
and further educational designer of the world-first by SAQA which resulted Director of the Advocacy,
opportunities. But in South online RPL portal that in a book published by Communication and
Africa and many other Chartall Business College the HSRC. As Dr Deller Support for five years. It
African countries, RPL is developed in conjunction teaches you about RPL was under John’s skilful
about transformation and with BANKSETA to practices in accordance watch that SAQA developed
redress. In South Africa, massify RPL in SA. This with the SAQA registered the initial national RPL
the promise of RPL is that RPL portal was recognised unit standard 116587 advocacy campaign, so you
it will open up access to for its innovation at the [Develop, support and are learning first hand from
further education and third international VPL promote RPL practices], the person who sketched
workplaces that were Biennale conference held she also brings the the blueprint for RPL
previously denied to in Berlin, Germany in material to life by advocacy in South Africa as
the majority of citizens. May 2019. International relating the theory back way back as 2004 and then
But this promise of RPL recognition for pioneering to her own research and again from 2009 when he
remains largely unfulfilled. RPL work in South Africa. experiences. returned to SAQA after a
RPL has not been taken to time back in the corporate
scale in most sectors and world.
there remains what SAQA
refers to as “islands of RPL
excellence” driven by RPL
champions who will not
give up.
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DELIVERY METHODOLOGY
THE PURPOSE OF
This skills programme can be completed
THIS UNIT STANDARD fully online, fully face-to-face or through
blended learning. Online programmes
is to enable students to are completed at your own pace and in
your own space with the added benefit of
receiving personalised support.
demonstrate an
understanding of develop RPL
the conceptual policies, provide RPL Alternatively, the skills programme can be
underpinnings procedures advice and acquired by experienced candidates through
investigate and plans support, and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
and purposes of
current RPL for an promote RPL
the recognition
practice and organisation,
of prior learning, practices. RPL is an assessment process that
opportunities
captures a candidate’s existing knowledge
in an
and skill and matches it to the skills
organisation
programme requirements. With RPL there
or sector,
is no formal training but the RPL adviser
will spend time with the students to assist
them to match their workplace learning to
the requirements of the qualification.
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Flexibility Support
Chartall Business College Although the
believes in flexibility. We
have an in-house team
programme is offered Other requirements
online, it does not
of professionals who mean that the students
are able to customise will not have access to
the training curriculum additional support.
to the needs of your A computer Reliable internet access
organisation. Each student will have or tablet (minimum 2 Mbps)
access to assistance via
When offering full email, as well as access
qualifications, this may to a lecturer who is
include the addition able to provide extra
of job-specific unit assistance should the Own email Video Sound
standards, the selection need arise. address capability capability
of particular elective
unit standards or even This support can be
the inclusion of non-unit used to assist students
standard based content. who are not progressing
at the same pace as the
In addition, we ensure rest of the class.
that the content of the
skills programme does We also have
not conflict with the experienced lecturers
values and standard who can manage
operating procedures projects involving
prescribed by your students with
company. disabilities.
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PROGRAMME CURRICULUM
THE CONTENT IS CURATED INTO EIGHT WEEKS AS FOLLOWS:
Week 1 Introduction to RPL and the online course
Week 2 Relevant legislation & the concept of RPL
Week 3 RPL purpose & RPL models
Week 4 Drafting RPL policies, procedures & plans
Week 5 The RPL process & role players
RPL assessment in the three sub-frameworks
Week 6 of the South African NQF as well as professional
bodies
Week 7 RPL advocacy with John Arneson
Practical examples and lessons learnt from
Week 8
Karen’s RPL experience spanning 15 years
Chartall Business College (Pty) Ltd
is registered with the Department of
Higher Education and Training until 31
December 2024 as a private college
under the Continuing Education
and Training Act, 2006 (registration
number 2012/FE07/044) and is
provisionally registered with the
Department of Higher Education and
Training until 31 December 2020 as
a private higher education institution
under the Higher Education Act, 1997
(registration certificate number
2016/HE07/002)
Chartall Business College (Pty) Ltd
Chartall Campus
Corner Cedar Road and Cedar Boulevard
Broadacres, Johannesburg, 2191
Tel: 011 467 3215
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