Gas Operative Standard RPL

We are having the same issue. We need to ensure we deliver all training as it's regulated but this contradicts RPL. I have been advised by our ESFA SEO: If there are regulatory requirements that specifically say all content must be delivered that’s fine – but this must be evidenced. As a result of this we went to BPEC to ask them to confirm this, as they have always told us we cannot RPL anything into the DGE-001 qualification which is designed to meet this standard. They have just come back to me today to say that some training might be accepted as RPL but we have to submit it on an individual basis for them to consider. The most common reason we have is that an apprentice may already have a plumbing qualification and so they have some experience of soldering and working on site. But the gas units of the qualfication MUST be delivered in full to meet legal requirements. There really aren't any overlapping skills other than a bit of pipe bending and soldering, as I'm sure you know gas is very different to plumbing, and the training we do even on the pipework is much more advanced than the L2 NVQ in plumbing; different types of pipe are used in gas etc. We use the OneFile RPL skill scan and then discuss the outcome of that with the learner. Often the skills they are referring to are really their plumbing skills, not the gas KSB's they will be aquiring on the apprenticeship. That being said, we use the skill scan % to reduce funding and duration. Often this is no more than around 3 weeks (18 hours of training). I have noticed that the fuding rules have now changed and 50% of the % reduction should be applied so I'm about to raise a question on here to confirm that is the case. This would mean the 18 hours reduction would actually only be 9 hours.