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RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING (RPL)

GUIDELINES FOR COMPLETION OF PHASE 1 – THE ONLINE SELF-ASSESSMENT

STEP 1: REGISTER

Go to the web browser and type in

RPL.sacapsa.com

Fill in your

e-MAIL ADDRESS and a

PASSWORD

And click on REGISTER HERE

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Fill in the RELEVANT INFORMATION

Once done, click on REGISTER MEMBER

You will be presented with a MEMBER REGISTER SUCCESSFUL SCREEN

The applicant will receive an e-mail, confirming his/her APPROVAL

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STEP 2: UPDATING YOUR PROFILE

Once the CONFIRMATION E-MAIL is received, you will need to confirm your account, by

copying and pasting the link provided into your browser, or by clicking the address link

provided in the e-mail.

Welcome

Your SACAPSA membership account has been created.

Please confirm your account by copying and pasting the link below into

your browsers address bar.

To complete the confirmation process please complete the membership form.

Please confirm your account by clicking the link below

12sdieisid23402,iel8

If the above link is not working, please copy and paste the addr

into your browser address bar.

Best regards

The next step is to complete the NEW USER CONFIRM FORM by UPDATING YOUR

PROFILE DETAILS

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Once completed, click on COMPLETE REGISTRATION

You will now see a screen that states NEW USER CONFIRMS SUCCESS

NEW USER CONFIRM SUCCESS

Thank you for completing the confirmation form.

Your profile has been created.

You are welcome to view your profile and complete SACAPSA assessments.

COMPLETE REGISTRATION

Login here

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STEP 3: LOGGING IN AND ADDING PROJECTS

Click LOGIN HERE on the welcome screen to login to your dashboard

Fill in your E-MAIL ADDRESS and PASSWORD and then click SUBMIT to login

You will now be directed to MY PROJECTS. Your PROJECTS tab will be empty at this stage.

Add your first project by clicking on NEW PROJECT

Login here

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To add a project, you will need the PROJECT NAME and the PROJECT DATE.

Only projects completed within the last 5 years can be included for

assessment.

Remember that, in order to complete this assessment you will be required to provide the

information for 5 different projects, one at a time, going through all the steps for each

project.

Details regarding the project assessment SCORE RANGE, as well as the

KNOWLEDGE CRITERIA that the assessment is based on, appear on this screen as well.

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Once all the project details have been added, you will have access to the RPL ASSESSMENT

GUIDELINE. You can download this guideline, or read it online, depending on your web

browser.

You will need to CONFIRM that you have read the assessment guideline to proceed.

You will be required to complete 10 STEPS by filling in the HOURS SPENT in the respective

fields.

At the end of STEP 10

you will be required to CONFIRM that all the information provided is true, should be subjected

to verification and can be disqualified if found to be untrue.

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The system will generate a SUMMARY of the HOURS SUBMITTED

OR

The PROJECT MODULE ASSESSMENTS will be displayed in graph format on the next

screen.

You will have the option to SAVE TO DRAFT - if you have not finalised the submission

SAVE TO ASSESSMENT – if you

have finalised the capturing for the

particular project

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As well as in TABLE FORMAT.

You now have the option click on SUBMITTED or DELETE the project if you no longer want

this particular project included in the assessment.

If the project is SUBMITTED, you will receive the

ASSESSMENT GRADING, as well as the ASSESSMENT CATEGORY

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The screen will also contain the

ASSESSMENT GUIDELINE

displaying the GRADING,

your TOTAL

and your SCORE RANGE

The next screen will display the STEP-BY-STEP SCORES

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Based on these outcomes, an applicant will be able to perform the process for each of the 5

projects.

The assessment will indicate areas that needs development and a re-assessment can be

done after this development.

PHASE 2: AUTHENTICATION

An applicant can only proceed to PHASE 2, once the following minimum standard are met:

The applicant will receive an invoice for payment for the AUTHENTICATION PHASE.

The actual AUTHENTICATION consists of a panel interview and assessment during which

Applicants may be required to undertake a design test/mini dissertation.

Successful applicants will be able to articulate to the next professional registration category.

Unsuccessful applicants will receive further recommendations from the panel.

A SCORE RANGE of

27 – 30 indicating a

COMMENDABLE

A SCORE RANGE 24 -25 indicating that the

score MEETS MINIMUM

STANDARDS