Our company
About RPL it Australia
We help skilled people turn real work experience into nationally recognised Australian qualifications.
Our mission
Recognition for what you already do
Plenty of people across Australia have years of real work behind them and no formal qualification to show for it. That gap can stand in the way of a promotion, a new role or further study.
RPL it Australia exists to close it. We review your experience, match it to a nationally recognised qualification and guide you through building the evidence a partner RTO needs to assess you.
The RTO makes the assessment decision and issues the qualification. Our job is to make the path to that point clear, honest and as simple as possible.
“People should not have to wait for permission to be recognised for the skills they already have.”
Our People
Meet the team
Experience across education, operations, enrolments and marketing, and plenty of careers that didn’t follow a straight line.
Nigel Mcbride
International Partnership Manager
Nigel brings more than 30 years of leadership experience across sales, operations and business development, spanning recruitment, media advertising, automotive and asset finance. A former Australian Army officer trained at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, he served for a decade before founding and scaling businesses in the automotive and marine sectors.
Scott Roy
Head of Marketing & Development
Scott Roy leads digital marketing and development at RPL it Australia. He has more than a decade of experience in performance marketing, including leading marketing for an Australian education start-up in Sydney, where he scaled monthly advertising from $10,000 to $1.5 million across digital, television, radio and print.
Gale Garcia
Head of Enrolments
Gale Garcia brings more than 15 years of experience in sales leadership, business development, strategic partnerships and operations. Her career has spanned multiple industries and international markets, taking her from Worcestershire to Las Vegas and Manila, where she has built and scaled teams, opened new markets and developed lasting partnerships.
Kathryn Omagbon
Operations Manager
Kathryn Omagbon is an experienced operations leader with more than 10 years of experience managing high-performing, remote and cross-functional teams across vocational education, healthcare, financial services and international workforce solutions.
Jay Karanouh
Business Support Manager
Jay Karanouh is an experienced business professional, trainer and assessor with a background spanning vocational education, business management, operations and emerging technology.
Eidyne Menez
Partnerships & HR Coordinator
As Partnerships & HR Coordinator, Eidyne Menez supports RPL it Australia’s mission to empower professionals through streamlined Recognition of Prior Learning pathways. Working alongside the executive and management teams, she connects operational strategy with organisational growth by building foundational HR processes, strengthening brand credibility and managing relationships with industry partners.
What we stand for
How we work with every candidate.
- Recognition, not repetitionIf you can already do the work, you shouldn’t have to sit through training to prove it.
- Honest about who decidesWe guide. The RTO assesses and issues. We never promise an outcome that isn’t ours to give.
- Clear costs up frontA free skills review first, and a written quote before you pay anything.
- Support the whole wayOne team with you from your first conversation to your qualification, with regular progress updates.
How we work with RTOs
We guide the process. A partner RTO assesses your evidence and issues the qualification.
We guide
RPL it Australia
- Free skills review
- Matching your experience to a qualification
- Evidence portfolio guidance
- A written quote before you pay
- Progress updates and coordination
They assess and issue
Partner RTO
- Formal assessment by qualified assessors
- Assessment judgement (competency determination)
- Gap training, if required
- Qualification issuance
For university credit pathways, the university decides admission and any credit.