Recognizing Prior Learning

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Three elements needed for Work-based Learning

It’s important to analyze your company’s skills and knowledge needs prior to beginning a work-based learning initiative. A detailed analysis of how your employees actually deliver value and what they need to do so will drive solutions that provide the greatest impact for the fewest dollars

Derrin Kent has been training staff, at all levels from Director to groundsman, in the corporate sector since 1992. His company, The Development Manager, specializes in building work-based learning systems and corporate communities of practice using open-source technologies.

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Benefits of RPL

Recognizing Prior Learning can be applied to:

  • Hiring and Recruitment   By identifying and documenting required skills and learning; supporting flexible assessment of skills and assisting in job design and orientation.
  • Training    By assisting in assessment, developing gap training and reducing duplication in training
  • Competency Development    By identifying required skills and levels of performance and transparent, reliable assessment processes
  • Performance management    By linking goals and measurement to clear job requirements and expectations based on transparent assessment
  • Succession and Career Planning    Through fair and accurate assessment of skill progression; individuals can document and demonstrate required skills for employment and advancement
  • Employee/Labour Relations    By supporting a joint understanding among employees, labour and management of skills and performance.
  • Credential Recognition    By providing strategies to clearly identify required competencies and develop credible processes for assessing and documenting the achievement of skills and performance levels.

About Workplace Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition: WPLAR

WPLAR is business, labour and government partnering to oversee workplace PLAR activities in Manitoba. The WPLAR Committee was established by Manitoba Education, Training & Youth and its Industry Training Partnerships Branch in 2001.WPLAR is responsible for implementing and marketing Manitoba's approach to industry-based PLAR.Industry-based PLAR, post-secondary PLAR and community-based PLAR advisory services are the three cornerstones of the Manitoba government's commitment to PLAR.

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