How to Enroll - Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

The RPL process assesses your relevant experience, training, skills and knowledge against the requirements of the subjects that make up this course. You will need approximately two years experience in the industry to be able to provide enough evidence for full RPL.

Once you enrol in the course, NSPI sends you a Trainee Checklist, which you fill out and send back with supporting evidence of your experience in the subjects listed in it. Your evidence may include photographs of you carrying out pool industry processes, industry memberships, references, working documents, industry achievements and records of previous studies.

The evidence you provide must be:

• Authentic (your own work)
• Valid (covers the elements to be assessed)
• Reliable (legally and ethically gathered)
• Current (gathered recently or in the recent past) and
• Sufficient (of appropriate quality and quantity).

When NSPI receives your completed Checklist, your assessor matches your evidence to the subjects for the course. At this point your assessor may contact you to request an interview or further documentation.

Gap Training

NSPI will recommend gap training in any subject you cannot provide appropriate evidence for. If you decide to do the gap training, the trainee guide and written assessment will be mailed out for you to complete. Once you have read the trainee guide and feel that you have an understanding of the information, do the written assessment and send it back to NSPI for review.

Onsite Assessment

For Certificate IV and III courses an onsite assessment is then arranged between yourself and the assessor. The onsite assessment validates the evidence that you provided in RPL by you demonstrating the skills and knowledge shown in your checklist and evidence.