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.