Do I need to offer Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in one unit of competency that is clustered with other units?

Under the Standards for Registered Training Organisations, your RTO must offer recognition of prior learning (RPL) to individual students—unless the requirements of the training package or licensing requirements prevent this.

Offering RPL ensures the student has the opportunity to participate in assessment that is flexible and fair. Where units, and assessments, have been clustered:

In developing the assessment tools, your RTO should have a mechanism for ensuring all requirements of each unit of competency are addressed—for example, a mapping process. An RTO could use this mechanism to identify which components of an assessment have been addressed by awarding RPL for a unit, and which tasks are still required to be completed. It is possible the units have been clustered because of their similarities. A student may be able to demonstrate competency by RPL for all units in the cluster.