Scenario $1($SO $1,$ AC $2)-$ GROUP WORK

As the assessor, carefully look at the following scenario and answer the question that follows.

Scenario

Refilwe is $29$ years old and has been working in her father's carpentry shop since leaving school. She has never had any formal training in carpentry, but she practically run her father's carpentry shop during recent years. She learned everything about carpentry from her father and from on$-$the$-$job experience.

The carpentry shop is very popular with locals and appears in a number of good furniture guides. Unfortunately, Refilwe's father is getting old and is no longer interested in running the shop.

Refilwe herself has enjoyed working in the shop but soon will be getting married and leaving her family home. Recently she has been applying for jobs in carpentry closer to where she intends to live.

However, Refilwe has found that despite her experience, most modern carpentry shops require a carpentry qualification before hiring anyone. Obviously. Refilwe does not want, nor does she have the time, to go to college to relearn what she already knows. She has heard about assessments and the national qualifications framework and thinks that this may be what she needs. The assessment process would enable Refilwe to acquire a carpentry qualification and therefore allow her career to progress much more quickly.

Considering recognition of prior learning,

$1.$ Determine what evidence Refilwe needs to have inorder to gain recognition for what she already knows.

$(10)$

$(2)$

$(5)$

II$.$ What can she do to shorten the time required for her to gain recognition$/$qualification$?$

III. Explain the RPL process to Refilwe.