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In November 1998, Charles Sturt University, through the Group for Research in Employment and Training (GREAT) together with local industry representatives, formed a working party to investigate the current use and status of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in the workplace. This group worked on the principle that the growth of the competence movement in education and training should also have seen a similar growth in RPL. The motive behind the work was that a locally established assessment centre could facilitate RPL processes, thereby helping to build a more highly qualified and trained work force, therein improving the economic well-being of the individual, the organisation and the state. A total of 208 businesses were targeted with a survey questionnaire. The organisations included small, medium and large operations across a variety of industry sectors throughout the Riverina district of New South Wales. Their opinions on RPL in general, current and future utilisation of RPL, and interest in a local assessment centre were sought. This paper provides an outline of the findings generated through the [survey?].