RPL Assessment Plan and Instrument Design: TAEASS401 & PUAOHS002B

This document outlines a Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) assessment plan designed for the TAEASS401 (Plan assessment activities and processes) and PUAOHS002B (Maintain safety at an incident scene) units of competency. The plan details the assessment context, target group, and specific needs of the individual. It provides instructions for the candidate and assessor, including the evidence collection tools, verbal interview questions, and an evidence collation tool. The assessment covers elements such as determining the approach of the assignment, preparation of the assessment plan, and development of assessment instruments. The document also includes a candidate statement, assessor report, and a review checklist for assessment quality. The assessment tasks involve a range of methods, including written tasks, practical tasks, and verbal interviews to assess the candidate's knowledge and skills. The document also includes a second RPL assessment plan for HLTWHS001 Participate in workplace health and safety, demonstrating the ability to plan and organize RPL assessment processes for two candidates.

Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

RPL ASSESSMENT PLAN
Unit name and code
PUAOHS002B Maintain safety at an incident scene
Purpose of the assessment This unit covers the competency to recognize potential health
and safety risks and take action to eliminate or control those risks
at incident scenes, to prevent injury to self, other personnel or
members of the public. This unit applies to all public safety
workers attending an incident scene, and links to the individual’s
responsibility to maintain personal safety and to be aware of how
actions affect the safety of others, including team members, other
agency workers, and general public.
Target group Teachers who possess prior skills in assessing in VET
Context of assessment RPL
Specific needs of the individual
being assessed
Nil requirements
Personnel involved in the
assessment process
Rachel Fox
RPL assessment information and evidence requirements
Suggested RPL evidence to be
supplied How it will be used
Element this may
addresses
i.e. Third-party report
i.e. student will provide a third-party
report that supports their claim that they
have used a computer to develop a
Element 1

spreadsheet
Reference from the employer All the students are entitled to provide
references which support their claim
that they have developed assessment
instruments as well as tools for units of
competency in a wide range of context.
1,2 and 4
5x complete assessment tools Assessment tools will be considered in
case they are of superior quality and
covers 5 different units
All Criteria
Verbal questions at RPL interview Questions will be asked verbally for
gaining underpinning knowledge in
some areas of assessment tool
development.
Knowledge and 1,3
Assessment arrangements
Timeline for assessment – when
will each item be assessed?
Evidence needs to be supplied within 2 weeks from the interview
Privacy/confidentiality issues that
may impact on evidence portfolio
submitted?
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to
this unit at the time of publication.
No issues associated with the confidentiality of the student have
been noted.
Where will assessment outcomes be
recorded?
In the record system of the school

I have been fully briefed in this assessment plan and agree on the details of the planned assessment
RPL Candidate Name: Date:
Signature of RPL’s Candidate: Date:
Step 2 - Assessment Instructions and Instruments
RPL Assessment Task Instructions Template
RPL ASSESSMENT TASK INSTRUCTIONS
Candidate name Student’s Name
Unit code and title PUAEQU001B Prepare, maintain and test response equipment
Purpose of assessment This unit covers the competency to inspect, maintain and test a range of
equipment according to organization’s procedures. It applies to
individuals who perform a range of mainly routine tasks and generally
work under direct supervision using limited practical skills and
fundamental knowledge.
Context of assessment RPL

Advice and instructions to students as to how to use this RPL tool kit
For this unit, students are required to submit documentation as well as evidence which possess the
potential to meet the requirements of each element in the unit along with satisfying the specific
performance evidence needs. Students are requested to provide us with as much evidence possible in order
to support your claim for the RPL.
 Safety considerations
All the students will be assessed during the time of the assessment by the assessor.
All the students will be warned about any kinds of hazards present in the room during the time of
interview or assessment.
 Resources required for assessment
Personal computer
Word Document
 What needs to be submitted?
An word document
Verbal interviews
 Resubmission
In case any student is able to gain satisfactory marks after his or her 1st completed submission, he/she will
be provided with a second chance of resubmission. However, this time they have to work only on the
questions they have not gained satisfactory marks.

Reasonable adjustments (assessor to indicate):
Students are encouraged to contact their trainer prior to attempting this task in case they do not understand
any part of this task or in case they have any learning issues/ requirement that may prevent them when
attempting any part of the assessment.
Also consider:
Clear instructions so that candidate is well aware of the exact evidence they should be supplying.
You may need to discuss things such as how current the evidence needs to be
Specify the format the evidence is provided in (think video submissions. pdf’s, jpg etc.)

Assessor name Date
Assessor signature

RPL Evidence Collection Tool Template
EVIDENCE COLLATION TOOL
Candidate Name: Centre/Workplace:
Assessor Name:
Qualification TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
Type of evidence:
The evidence shows that for this unit I…
Other examples of evidence you could
request include:

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PUAOHS002B Maintain safety at an incident scene
Elements
 Determination of the approach of the
assignment
 Preparation of the assessment plan
 Identification of the modification as well as
contextualization requirements
 Development of the assessment instruments
Specific Performance Evidence Requirements
 a documented plan of the assessment for 5 units
of competency
 two of the above are for a recognition of
prior learning (RPL) assessments
 a different endorsed or accredited unit of
competency (or clusters of units of competency)
for each of the five occasions
 contextualisation of the unit(s) of competency
and the selected assessment tools, where
required

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 incorporation of reasonable adjustment
strategies
 development of suitable assessment instruments
for each of the five occasions
Specific Knowledge Evidence Requirements
 obligations of an assessor
 principles of assessment
 rules of evidence
 others as per unit of competency if not
already demonstrated in the above evidence
AND/OR
Other evidence demonstrating the above
requirements.

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TICK PARTICIPANT STATEMENT
 I declare that the evidence submitted in my RPL application is my own work evidence.
 None of this work has been completed by any other person
 I have not cheated or plagiarised the work or colluded with others to prepare my
submission
 The evidence supplied is a true representation of my previous work tasks/history
 I have correctly referenced all resources and reference texts (where required or
applicable)
Participant name: Student’s Name
Participant Signature: Date:
Assessor Report:

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Assessor Recommendation
Unit ID Unit Name Grade
(C / NYC)
Assessor Name:
Assessor Signature: Date:
Participant name:
Participant Signature: Date:

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RPL Instruments created to support plan:
Interview Questions
TASK SUMMARY:
The following questions are to be asked by the assessor to the candidate for clarifying the
underpinning knowledge towards the unit of competency.
WHAT NEEDS TO BE KEPT FOR EVIDENCE?
The assessor needs to record the responses the candidate along with any extra questions asked for
filling in the gaps in evidence supplied for knowledge criteria of the unit.
SUPPORT
The assessor can guide the candidate as required for ensuring a fair opportunity has been given to
demonstrate competency.
Question 1
Why is it crucial to determine hazards to determine hazards at incident site?
SAMPLE ANSWER
Identification of hazards is highly crucial in order to prevent major accidents in the workplace.
Frequent occurring of Hazard in an workplace possess the potential to adversely affect the reputation
of the organization. Along with this, hazards also possess the potential to decrease the efficiently of

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the employees and thus the revenue of the organization.
Satisfactory  Not Satisfactory 
Question 2
Why do you think employees should abide by OHS policy and procedure of an organization?
SAMPLE ANSWER
Employees should adhere to the OHS policies and procedures in the workplace since it will help
them to prevent any potential hazard in the workplace. Along with this, OHS also help in diminishing
the illness, accidents as well as other situations and make sure that employees are healthy as well as
safe to work five days per week.
Satisfactory  Not Satisfactory 
Question 3
List down some of the Hazards that takes place in the tourism and hospitality industry?
SAMPLE ANSWER
1. Lifting or pushing; handling heavy or awkwardly shaped objects
2. Hot surfaces or substances
3. Slips, trips or fall: slipping on wet floor as well as tripping on rough and uneven surfaces.
4. Cutting equipments like Knifes: getting injured during cooking
5. Occupational violence: that is injuries due to conflict within the employees or with the clients
Satisfactory  Not Satisfactory 

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Question 4
List down some of the hazards that takes place in the manufacturing industry?
SAMPLE ANSWER
1. Falls: Since employees in the manufacturing industry bears high risk of falling from a height.
2. Machine Guarding: Employees working in the manufacturing industry often gets exposed to
inappropriately installed guards and hazards. According to researchers, in Australian container
manufacturing industry, it is seen that every third worker suffers from amputation due to
inappropriately installed machine safety guards.
3. Powered Industrial Trucks
4. Electrical hazards
5. Lock out
Satisfactory  Not Satisfactory 
Question 5
State the process of hazard identification
SAMPLE ANSWER
The term hazard identification can be defined s the process of examining each of the work areas as
well as the work practice for the purpose of identifying all the hazards. The hazard identification
process is chiefly comprised of 4 steps as been described as follows:

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Step 1: Identification of the Hazard
Step 2: Assessing the risks
Step 3: Implementation of the risk control
Step 4: Regular monitoring and review
Satisfactory  Not Satisfactory 
Question 6
Name the tools that are frequently used by the management for identification of hazards?
SAMPLE ANSWER
Some of the major hazard identification tools that are used for identification of hazards includes:
1. Tool for collection of information
2. Inspection and observation tools
3. Tools for enhancement of involvement of workers
4. Tools to investigate the incident
Satisfactory  Not Satisfactory 
Question 7
Name some of the steps that are needed to maintain personal safety?
SAMPLE ANSWER

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1. It is highly crucial to develop knowledge abut the health ab safety regulation that applies to the
state as well as workplace
2. It is highly crucial to organize the regulations that pertains to the workplace
3. Individuals should create an easy to read pages for each of the items that need to be reviewed. This
may include creating a checklist for making it clear thafpr the individual doing the checks to date as
well as sign
Satisfactory  Not Satisfactory 
Question 8
What do you think should be the contribution of the employees when it comes to maintain safety
within the organization?
SAMPLE ANSWER
Some of the major contributions of the employees when it comes to maintaining health and safety
within the organization are as follow:
1. Taking responsible care of the health and safety o f themselves as ell as other employees who
possess the risk of getting affected by the hazards in the workplace.
2. Cooperate with the otheron the health and safety matters
3. Employees should not misuse any equipment that are provided for the purpose of safety
4. Employees should follow instruction from the employers on the matter of health and safety along
with attending relevant health as well as safety training
5. Reporting the hazards as well as defects that are being observe in the workplace

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Satisfactory  Not Satisfactory 

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RPL Instruments
Any instruments you have created to support this plan must be included here.
This may include:
 A third-party report
 5x complete assessment tools
 Verbal questions at RPL interview
 Reference from the employer

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Step 3 – Review your assessment tool
You are required to complete a review of your completed assessment tool for the unit of
competency indicated in the assessment plan you have developed in the previous step.
A template ‘assessment quality review checklist’ follows to guide you through the review.
If when reviewing you respond with a no (N) when it should be a yes (Y), make the necessary
changes on your assessment tool and add a brief comment of the review tool
(comments/suggestions) of what you altered to rectify the situation.

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RPL Quality Checklist
The following document is to be used by yourself to review the RPL assessment tool you have
created. You are to check your complete assessment tool against the criteria and amend as
required.
Please complete all areas.
RPL ASSESSMENT QUALITY REVIEW CHECKLIST
Unit code and
name:
PUAEQU001B Prepare, maintain and test response equipment
List all RPL documents that are to be reviewed as part of this process.
1. Assessment Plan
2. Assessment Instructions
3. Evidence Checklist
Review Question Y/N/
NA
Comments and suggestions
a) The unit of competency is sufficiently addressed
including:
Y Actual evidence will require to
be verified for ensuring that it

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RPL ASSESSMENT QUALITY REVIEW CHECKLIST
 Performance criteria
 Required skills/performance evidence
 Required knowledge/knowledge
evidence
 Foundation skills
 Critical aspects of evidence/
Assessment requirements
Y includes everything as expected
by the plan
Assessment Plan shows criteria against which students
will be assessed
Y
The assessment instructions for the student are:
 written in plain English and are clear
and easy to follow
Y
Guidance to assessors is clear and easy to follow. Y
The evidence types and RPL arrangements used match
all details provided in the RPL Assessment Plan.
Y
A range of evidence types are suggested and they are
suitable to the intended outcomes of the unit.
Y

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RPL ASSESSMENT QUALITY REVIEW CHECKLIST
The evidence types ensure appropriate assessment of
practical skills.
Y
RPL third party reports, where provided, are:
 written in plain English so that the
third party can clearly understand what
they are being asked
 only relied upon as supplementary
evidence and not primary evidence.
Y
Principles of assessment and rules of evidence have been
considered.
Y
Evidence types appropriately reflect industry
expectations and current workplace practices
Y
The evidence types suggested allow for collection of
sufficient quality and quantity of evidence.
Y
RPL Assessment recording tools:
 are easy to use
 allow the recording of an overall
outcome for the whole unit (C/NYC).
Y

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RPL ASSESSMENT QUALITY REVIEW CHECKLIST
The RPL submission and evidence types ensure the
dimensions of competency are addressed:
 Task skills
 Task management skills
 Contingency skills
 Job role/environment skills
 Transfer skills.
Y
The RPL submission tool ensures that the assessor will
know that the assessment is based on the student’s own
submissions.
Y
Reviewer
signature:
Reviewer name: Date:
Improvements/Actions to be taken
Management to complete this section
Action Due
date
Responsibility Completed (Date)

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Step 4 – Trialling assessment tools
You are required to engage relevant personnel to trail your assessment tool. This should be your
supervising TAE qualified staff member or at least another colleague who has knowledge in the
vocational area of the unit chosen.
Have them trial the tool to validate the content and applicability (you could ask them to complete
the review checklist from above or to complete the tool as a student would to test useability).
Document the feedback you have received relating to the trail conducted. You can either
summarise the feedback in the box below or screenshot evidence of feedback received (i.e.)
email response.
Comments:
Rachel Fox who is my TAE qualified educator has trailed the mentioned assessment tool. He had
taken the test in order to understand the experience that will be gained by the student while
providing the student.
Rachel, after giving the test felt that the collection instrument was set out well and has assisted
the RPL student in an effective manner.
However according to her, it would have been more beneficial if the roles and responsibilities of
the employees in order to ensure health and safety in the workplace is included in the

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questionnaire.
Amended assessment plans
If the assessment plan was amended based on feedback received, please specify into the
following space the specific changes that were made.
If no changes were required based on feedback from the candidate, please state “no changes were
required.”.
A question on the responsibilities of the employees when it comes to health and safety of the
workplace has been included.

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