Further evidence may include:
• Evidence of workplace practice, confirmed by workplace managers. • Past portfolios of evidence created by the learner which remains current. • Reports created by the learner and confirmed as authentic. • Expert witness testimonies (i.e., workplace managers, specialists, lecturers/teachers) • Professional discussions conducted with the learner to confirm their knowledge/skills. • New assignment briefs or tasks that have been created to fill any gaps in the evidence presented. Whatever evidence is used it must be confirmed as valid, current, sufficient, and authentic and subjected to the same rigour as any other type of evidence prior to acceptance. Cross Referencing All RPL will be mapped to individual assessment criteria to the appropriate/ corresponding assessment criteria of the current qualification (where the AO allows). This means that some assessment criteria will be met, others only partially met, and some may not meet the requirements at all. In most cases, it is unlikely that learners will have all the evidence they need to achieve a full unit unless they have previously achieved the unit itself. A full record of the mapping must be kept on record for quality assurance purposes. RPL can only be used for those assessment criteria that are fully met. With this type of mapping, the assessment criteria must match, or sufficient evidence must be present to show that the learner has achieved the criteria with the work that they have already completed, and access to the work that has been submitted for the original qualification, if available, may be requested. When mapping, grading criteria cannot be used unless the learner has met all assessment criteria. Evidence for how and why an individual learner has achieved through RPL needs to have a substantial audit trail and is not a shortcut to achieving all or part of the current qualification.
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