[AusNOG] Jobs - degree vs experience?

[Greg]

My recent experience(last week) for RPL was at Deakin University was for 
2 subjects being (Enterprise Network Construction & Enterprise Network 
Management ) for a degree in Bachelor of Information Technology 'cloud 
computing' in off-campus mode.(So close to finishing now I can taste it!)..

I was able to obtain a RPL those two subjects by using a CCENT & CCNA 
cisco cert's, a cisco network academy program I did at a local TAFE back 
in 2001( I thought 10 years was the general limit on previous studies?) 
and threw in my ACMA cablers license(phone/fiber/structured/coax) into 
the submission.
That said the unit chair who I had been messaging said I could have also 
used a letter from my employer as I work in the networking satellite 
field to assist in with the RPL application .
Peter L, sorry to hear about that unfortunate event. Sounded like the 
lecturer wasn't prepared to help you 'the student' to even try for the 
RPL process...

Just info for anyone in Australia who is trying for a RPL, the official 
process can be found at the 'Australian Qualifications Framework' web site:
http://www.aqf.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/RPL-Explanation.pdf

Greg Mc.


On 9/03/2015 8:50 AM, Peter Lawler wrote:
> On 09/03/15 08:08, Jason But wrote:
>
>> I doubt any University will offer RPL on an entire degree program. The
>> policy at Swinburne (probably the same at all Unis) will be that no more
>> than half a degree can be credited with RPL
> It may have changed... but here's a tale...
>
> A few years ago after deciding to try and get a degree @ UTas as a
> mature student, after sitting through a lecture on MySQL as a front end
> to Excel* I made the move to ask for RPL. Was basically told my 25+
> years of industry experience didn't mean anything and I'd still have to
> sit exams asking me what a variable was.
>
> I ran.
>
> P.
>
> *That's no typo.
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