RPL is good workforce development practice based on authentic and transparent assessment and documentation of skills and knowledge learned in the workplace.

RPL can help:

• Capture and recognize verified skills and knowledge, regardless of where they were acquired.
• Document skills and competencies required in the workplace.
• Provide practical assessments - through demonstrations, interviews, work samples, portfolios and formal testing.
• Document evidence of skills and learning to assist workers in finding and keeping employment, and transitioning through their workplaces and to other jobs.

RPL is good workforce development that promotes strategies and tools which recognize formal and informal learning.

Over the past decade, RPL has evolved into an effective practice to assist employers, labour and other labour market partners in meeting diverse workforce development challenges.