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Australian Computer Society
The ACS (www.acs.org.au)
is the professional organisation providing advice on skills recognition for
prospective migrants to Australia. In order for a person seeking to
migrate to Australia as an IT Professional to meet the requirements of the
Australian Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
(DIMIA), they must complete an assessment through the ACS prior to lodging an
application to DIMIA.
The ACS provides two assessments; Skills
Assessment or Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). For a full
definition of the two types of assessment, see the
ACS Guidelines.
RPL enables an applicant who does not hold a
recognised academic tertiary qualification to use a period of
their commercial experience as deemed necessary to have reached the level
of qualification allocated instead of a recognised qualification.
RPLHelp only provides assistance with the
RPL application and cannot provide any pre-assessment on the potential
suitability of an applicant.
Recognition of Prior Learning (taken from ACS Website & Guidelines - Feb
'06)
An applicant who does not have sufficient knowledge to meet
the education criteria under our guidelines should apply for a Recognition of
Prior Learning application. The RPL allows applicants to demonstrate their
knowledge so the assessor can assess the applicants to an appropriate standard
under the guidelines.
We require all RPL Applicants to still provide any relevant education they hold.
Applicants who apply for RPL and do not hold a recognised academic tertiary
qualification will have deducted from their total work experience a period of
relevant IT professional experience deemed necessary to have reached the level
of qualification allocated. For example, if an applicant is allocated a
qualification level equivalent to a 2-year diploma, they will have two years
deducted from the total of their recognized work experience, and therefore
eight years in total will be needed. RPL Applicants are expected be able to
provide detailed work references.
ACS will decide which level of qualification is appropriate and based on this,
will assess the applicant’s skills as suitable or unsuitable for the nominated
skilled occupation applied for.
The RPL consists of two major
constituents, the first, details of the Areas of
Knowledge for which recognition is being sought (refer
to the Core Body of Knowledge Guidelines (CBOK)), this
includes the relationship between the Areas of
Knowledge and your experiences including work,
community, education, training and professional
development, presentation and publication of papers
etc. See the CBOK section for
samples. The second constituent is
two Project Reports, each of approximately 1000
words (two A4 pages). Each report is to relate to
a significant project or work episode undertaken by the
applicant during his or her professional career. The
purpose of these reports is to enable applicants to
demonstrate their command and implementation of the
areas of knowledge claimed in Section 3 of the RPL
application. See Project Reports for samples.
For further information, including
ACS Guidelines, CBOK Guidelines and application forms,
please refer to the ACS website.
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