Using AI to personalise candidate support

How AI can be used to support RPL candidates without replacing assessment judgment or compromising integrity. It highlights that AI should not be used to assess competence, but can be used to help candidates organise, clarify, and present evidence they already have.

For example, AI can help candidates better structure their portfolio, clarify reflections, or summarise documents. This is particularly valuable for neurodiverse candidates, non-native English speakers, and time-poor leaders.

The key guardrails are:

• Candidates must disclose when AI has been used

• Assessors verify authenticity through conversations and evidence checks

• Assessment decisions remain strictly human.

Using AI to personalise candidate support

The message is that when used thoughtfully, AI strengthens the assessment process by improving clarity, confidence, and portfolio quality—while keeping competency judgment firmly in the hands of trained assessors.