RTO Partnerships and Affiliations - Assessment Systems

Comprehensive Assessment Systems

Adam Wadi (GQ Managing Director) has been at the forefront of RPL assessment for over 5 years. He has worked closely with RTO's, Tertiary and Higher Education institutions, Industry Skills Councils and major industry stakeholders in Australian and internationally to gain a clear understanding of RPL requirements.

Lama al Natour and David Lang have worked closely with Adam to develop a comprehensive system for conducting RPL assessment that consists of an extensive range of policies, procedures, assessment documents and correspondence that conforms with National VET Guidelines.

GQ's RPL Assessment documentation can be customised for our RTO's partners as required .

RPL Documentation & Systems

The main documentation used by GQ includes:

• Enrolment Kit, consisting of GQ Declaration Forms and the RTO Enrolment Form
• General Information – key information on the RPL process for initial client enquiries
• RPL Information Kit – detailed self-help manual provided for clients completing the RPL process
• RPL Applicant Self-Assessment Kit – documentation that allows clients to conduct a full review of their career experience and skills, based on the Units of Competency for the Training Package of the Qualification
• RPL Assessor Kit – used to review the Applicant's career experience for determining competency
• GQ e-Learning Portal – extensive suite of online learning resources and assessment systems for completing gap training or full qualifications

GQ's Trainers and Assessors

Our highly skilled RPL Skills Recognition Assessors all hold TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training & Assessment as a minimum requirement, they have additional Qualifications in their industry fields of expertise and have extensive industry experience to understand the skills and knowledge required to achieve competency.

Our team of fulltime staff is backed up by contracted Trainers and Assessors that we have available to assist throughout Australia.

All our training and assessment staff have a fully detailed skills and experience matrix for each of the qualifications that they have been issued and are assessing. This is provided in a detailed information package for all our RTO partners to keep on record.

They also partake in professional development is conducted on a regular basis. This includes in-house and external training sessions, attend VET and industry conferences, workshops and seminars.

By doing this, GQ staff remain aware of industry trends, policy changes and other key issues and challenges that need to be addressed in Australian tertiary education.

Reporting and Compliance

Get Qualified Australia has developed operating systems that ensure compliance with ASQA guidelines in relation to the Standards for NVR Registered Training Organisations 2011.

In developing our RPL assessment resources, we have ensured that our systems comply with Rules of Assessment and offer a diverse range of methods for clients to submit evidence to support their RPL Applications.

GQ's Skills Assessors that evidence submitted by applicants is mapped against the Elements of the Units of Competency contained in the qualifications being sought. This ensures that applications for RPL are only submitted to the RTO if competency of the applicant has been verified. If there are any gaps in skills or experience, our Assessors will complete additional training and assessment with the applicant before sending to the RTO for final review.

GQ Skills Assessor strictly enforce requirements for RPL applicants to supply a full and comprehensive range of evidence in various forms to verify their competency. By doing this, the RTO can be assured that the RPL applicant has provided sufficient evidence to be issued with a qualification.