18.1. The trainee accountant may seek RPL based on:
18.1.1. previous relevant experience gained under a SAICA training contract; and/or
18.1.2. previous relevant experience not gained under a SAICA training contract.
18.2. The trainee accountant must apply for RPL, and the training officer must approve or decline the RPL
application, via TCMS, within 14 (fourteen) months of the effective start date of the training contract.
18.3. Where RPL is sought in terms of Regulation 18.1.1, the training officer may, based on his assessment
of the trainee accountant against the prescribed competencies, reduce the term of the contract by a
period not exceeding the time served by the trainee accountant under the previous SAICA training
contract.
18.4. Where RPL is sought in terms Regulation 18.1.2, the training officer may, based on his assessment of
the trainee accountant against the prescribed competencies, reduce the term of the contract by a
period not exceeding 12 (twelve) months.
18.5. Temporary periods of employment, including vacation work, are not automatically recognised towards
the fulfilment of the term of a training contract, and may be considered by the training officer in terms
of Regulation 18.1.2.
18.6. RPL is granted at the discretion of the training officer.
18.7. Where the training officer declines the trainee accountant’s application for RPL, or where the trainee
accountant disputes the number of months of RPL granted by the training officer, the trainee
accountant may appeal to SAICA within 30 days of being notified of final outcome if, in their view, the
training officer has unreasonably withheld his approval or has been unreasonable in the number of
months of RPL awarded.