Writing an RPL report for ACS skill assessment haunts even those with excellent competency report writing skills. It is because there are so many things or aspects you need to pay attention to.
In addition, ACS receives more and more applications these days, leading to a competitive atmosphere. Therefore, only writing an exceptional and convincing RPL report can help you attain a positive ACS skill assessment.
So, the only way to cope with this situation is to know clearly the best way to write this report. Having taken this fact into account along with a sincere desire to help you, we have prepared this blog. Here, we will tell you four steps that you need to take to write a flawless RPL report.
Step 1:
Ensure you are eligible and prepare the required documents:
Remember that you must fall in any of the two categories below to choose the RPL pathway:
If you are without ICT qualifications but with 6 years of work experience as an ICT professional, you are eligible.
Besides that, if you don’t have tertiary-level qualifications, you need 8 years of relevant work experience.
The job roles and responsibilities you fulfilled must harmonize with the job you chose from the ANZSCO code. You can’t attain a positive assessment if your work experience is not in harmony with the chosen occupation.
Select a job:
Considering your work experience, you need to choose a job from the list of ANZSCO occupations. Choose a job whose roles and responsibilities are relevant to your work experience.
Ensure that you have the required documents:
You need to have the below-listed documents:
- Passport or birth certificate
- Evidence of name change
- Most updated resume
- Education degree title/award
Besides these documents, you need work experience proofs. They must be with employment details like start date and finish date. However, if you are still working, you can write ‘To date’. Don’t forget to mention roles and responsibilities, work hour details (part-time or full-time) and the country name where you worked. If having worked in different locations of a country, write about all locations. The authority must your letter with their name, designation and contact details. Another thing to remember is to meet third-party statutory declaration requirements.
Step 2:
Become familiar with the ACS guidelines:
The following are the ACS guidelines you must know:
- Mention the work experience that you gained by working in real work situations. You must not show your theoretical knowledge, as the authority doesn’t ask for it. Remember that your report must be free from false information.
- Give credit to those ones whose methods, diagrams, examples and ideas you used to write your report. Not doing so goes against the ACS guidelines.
- Keep your report free from any traces of plagiarism. The Australian Computer Society uses advanced tools like Turnitin to detect plagiarism. So, you can take reference from online sources, but don’t copy from them. In fact, ACS can report you to the IBP department, which will ban you, if your report is plagiarized. Despite writing your report on your own, ensure that it is not plagiarism, as you may have unintentional plagiarism.
- ACS pays heed to the relevancy of the work experience to the chosen profession. So, ensure that nothing is irrelevant.
Project report writing tips from experts:
You need to write two project reports for submission. One of the projects needs to be from your last three-year experience period. The other one must be from the last five years.
Keep the following things in mind when you write your project reports:
- Be careful when you choose your project. In fact, choose the one allowing you to show your knowledge and skills as per the ANZSCO code you chose.
- Write your report mentioning the project details: project name, the affiliated company and your role in the projects.
- You must clearly describe the assigned responsibilities and roles you fulfilled. In addition, describe your ideas in design and development and how well they performed in leading to the desired result. You are required to show your plus points here.
- Provide ACS with a clear explanation of the methods you used in each project’s system analysis and design phase.
- Demonstrate your programming skills convincingly for an ACS skill assessment. To do that, mention the names of the programming languages you used in the project.
- Show your database management skills by mentioning all of the database management techniques you used in the project.
- Describe your project management and quality assurance techniques to show your managerial skills. You need to describe the project security mechanisms properly.
- Simply describe the nature and scope of your responsibilities related to ICT management.
Step 3:
When you have written your whole report following the tips and guidelines, check for the following items:
Plagiarism:
Remember that men are prone to commit mistakes when writing such a demanding and challenging report. Therefore, you should check your report for everything necessary.
So, check your report as many times as you find necessary to ensure that it is plagiarism-free. It’s wise to use some paid tools to check for plagiarism.
Mistakes:
No matter how excellently you write in English, you must ensure that your report is free from grammatical mistakes. If you are unable to do so, take help from those with a better command of English than you. In fact, take advice from those who have excellent written English.
It doesn’t matter how well you write your report, grammatical mistakes can spoil its quality.
Relevancy:
We mention it again that your report must show the relevancy of your work experience with your chosen occupation. By means of your report, the authority must have a clear idea of your competency in a particular occupation.
Adherence to the given guidelines:
A report that deviates from the given guidelines will definitely face rejection. It’s futile to excellently describe your professional journey and skills without following the guidelines. So, it doesn’t matter how well you prepare your report, deviating from the guidelines will lead to rejection.
Therefore, you must proofread your report to ensure that you have properly followed the given guidelines.
Word limit:
It’s a must for you to write your RPL report concisely, clearly and vividly for an ACS skill evaluation. Remember that the authority has fixed some word limits for each project description.
The authority doesn’t have enough time to read an unnecessary story, so don’t cross your word limit. Crossing the given word limits can also show that you are not disciplined, so don’t commit this mistake.
Step 4:
Even after doing many checks, edits and corrections, it’s wise to take RPL ACS review or writing services. It is because there are many things a professional has but a non-professional doesn’t. So, you will get the following benefits by hiring a professional:
- Their expertise, experience and being updated with the latest guidelines can help you prepare the best report.
- Their grammar expertise and excellent writing skills will help them make your report flawless. Thus, the quality of your report will improve for an ACS skill assessment.
- The professional will complete your report on time, which, in turn, helps them deliver the report on time. As a result, you can submit the report on time.
- Due to being used to such intimidating pressure, they can prepare your report without any mistakes. However, a non-professional writer will definitely become nervous.
- Professionals are much better more familiar with the guidelines than a non-professional. Thus, they will definitely fulfill the guidelines.
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