Skilling Solutions Queensland is the Queensland Government’s free training and career information service which provides a one-stop-shop, face to face service for:

- formal recognition of prior learning (RPL),
- career pathways,
- training options,
- apprenticeships and traineeships.

To support this service and life long learning, Skilling Solutions Queensland offers all of its customers access to an e-portfolio.  The e-portfolio helps their customers compile their application for RPL (recognition of prior learning), by capturing information about their work experience and on the job development.   It will also assist customers with job applications using the e-resume functionality.

The e-portfolio system being used is called ‘Vumi‘ and was developed by the Queensland Creative Industry Skills Council to allow users to create multimedia rich e-portfolios.

Skilling Solutions Queensland also recognises that this e-portfolio will assist their customers in the on-going management of their life long learning.

After first discovering the ‘vumi’ e-portfolio system in June 2008, Linda Bradley, Director of Skilling Solutions Queensland, expressed Skilling Solutions Queensland’s interest in using the tool with their customers.

After completing staff training in early 2010, Skilling Solutions Queensland customer service centres have been providing their customers with a demonstration of the e-portfolio system since May 2010. Confidential reports from the e-portfolio system are being used to measure the uptake of the program.

Training is being provided to RPL assessors at the registered training organisations (RTOs) contracted with Skilling Solutions Queensland to provide the smooth transition of RPL candidates from Skilling Solutions Queensland to the training organisation.

This information was kindly shared by Jenny Ryan, Vumi Business Development Manager and Linda Bradley, Director, Skilling Solutions Queensland.

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