Objectives of RPL mechanism:
- Recognize practitioners’ experience, knowledge and skills acquired at the workplace.
- Facilitate individuals to set clear directions for further training without starting from scratch.
- Encourage industry practitioners to pursue continuing education and lifelong learning.
The clusters of Unit of Competency of Recognition of Prior Learning for Printing and Publishing industry will be updated on 1 July 2026. Applications for certain clusters (listed in table below) must be submitted on or before 31 March 2026, to allow sufficient time for processing by the assessment agency (Vocational Training Council). Late applications will not be accepted.
| Name of RPL qualifications and level | |
| 1 | Printing Industry – Desktop Publishing (Level 2) |
| 2 | Printing Industry – Desktop Publishing (Level 3) |
| 3 | Printing Industry - Lithography Printing (Level 2) |
| 4 | Printing Industry - Special Printing (Gravure) (Level 4) |
| 5 | Printing Industry - Screen Printing (Level 2) |
| 6 | Printing Industry - Flexography Printing (Level 2) |
| 7 | Printing Industry - Managing Network and Digital Telecommunication (Level 4) |
| 8 | Printing Industry - Digital Media Publishing of World Wide Web (Level 4) |
| 9 | Printing Industry - Managing Information Technology (Level 4) |
| 10 | Printing Industry - Color Management (Level 3) |
| 11 | Publishing Industry - Editing (Chinese Books) (Level 3) |
| 12 | Publishing Industry - Multimedia Design (Level 3) |
Application Procedures
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QF Level |
Years of working experience |
|
Level 1 |
1 year of relevant working experience in the P&P industry |
|
Level 2 |
3 years of service in the P&P industry (Include 2 years of relevant experience) |
|
Level 3 |
5 years of service in the P&P industry (Include 3 years of relevant experience) |
|
Level 4 |
6 years of service in the P&P industry (Include 4 years of relevant experience) |
Documents for applications:
- application form
- proof of working experience
- assessment fees
AA verify the documents and arrange assessment test
＊Transitional period for the P&P industry ended on 31 May 2015. Applicatant has to go through assessment test for all levels of RPL applications.
Statement of Attainment (SoA) will be awarded to applicant who has successfully passed the assessment test. Applicant could apply for reimbursement of assessment fees to Qualifications Framework Secretariat.
- details for reimbursement of RPL assessment fees
RPL Qualifications
There are altogether 50 QF level 1 to level 4 RPL qualifications covering the following 34 areas for the application of practitioners:
Printing Sector
- Operational management
- Production management
- Art design
- Desk-top publishing, print production
- Digital output, digital printing
- Lithographic (offset) printing, rotary offset printing
- Special printing
- Lithographic (offset) printing management, rotary offset printing management
- Screen printing
- Flexographic printing
- Postpress
- Postpress and management
- Estimation and costing
- Marketing, market development, customer service
- Managing sales, marketing and customer service
- Computer network management
- Computer World Wide Web digital AV processing
- Information and technology management
- Quality check, production planning and control
- Quality management, production planning and control
- Printing equipment/machinery maintenance
- 3D Lenticular Printing
- Green Printing
- E-commerce
Publishing Sector
- Editing and management of publications
- Logistics, warehousing and transportation
- Editing Chinese and English publications
- Editing Chinese publications
- Multi-media design
- Art design
- Production planning, quality control and cost control
- Distribution and sales, marketing and customer service
- Electronic Publishing
Please visit Printing and Publishing Industry RPL Assessment Agency website for details.
