Africa Skills Trade Test Center RPL Candidates

As an RPL candidate, you will not have a contract of apprenticeship, but will have to prove previous experience in your chosen trade through either logbooks, letters from the companies you worked for or similar proof that can be substantiated. . potential RPL candidates will be screened and pre-tested, and applicable and appropriate gap training will be implemented over a period of up to 6 months, depending on the gap and the ability of the candidate. A complete trade test will then be required as a final evaluation

In summary a RPL candidate:

Has no contract of apprenticeship;
Attends formalised institutionalised training where applicable
Must have at least five year’s proven workplace experience relevant to the training schedule of the trade for which the candidate is applying;
Will do a trade test as an evaluation.