It depends on you. Where you are paying for the RPL you can elect to enrol to do the RPL step by step (contact session by contact session) or you can enrol for the full qualification in one go. Where you are paying for yourself you can ask for extensions and delay your submissions. However, if you are awarded a bursary you will need to meet set deadlines and submission dates. Some people can complete the full qualification in a few months (the record so far is 6 weeks) while others may take 2 years! It really is up to you.