Blake Florimo
Chief Executive Officer, Prepare Training
Blake Florimo is CEO of Prepare Training, RTO 45384. He writes about building and construction qualifications, RPL pathways, licensing context, and career progression for Australian tradies and construction professionals.
About Blake
Blake Florimo is Chief Executive Officer of Prepare Training, a Registered Training Organisation (RTO 45384) that delivers nationally recognised building and construction qualifications online across Australia. He leads the organisation's qualification pathways for tradies, site supervisors and construction managers, covering the Certificate IV in Building and Construction (CPC40120), the Diploma of Building and Construction (Building) (CPC50220) and the Advanced Diploma of Building and Construction (Management) (CPC60220), along with estimating, contract administration and work health and safety programs. A large share of that work is Recognition of Prior Learning, where experienced builders have on-site experience assessed against national competency units rather than sitting through classroom study. Blake writes about the decisions students actually face: which qualification unlocks which builder licence in each state, how regulators such as the QBCC, NSW Fair Trading and the Victorian Building and Plumbing Commission assess experience, how to prepare RPL evidence, and what the construction job market pays at each qualification level. Every guide under his byline is checked against the current training package on training.gov.au and the relevant state regulator before publication, and each carries a visible last-reviewed date. Where a guide covers hands-on site practice, Prepare Training's trainers and assessors review the content before it goes live.
Role and Credentials
- Chief Executive Officer, Prepare Training (RTO 45384)
- Oversees delivery of CPC40120, CPC50220 and CPC60220 building and construction qualifications
- Leads Recognition of Prior Learning assessment pathways for experienced construction workers
- Guides checked against training.gov.au and state licensing regulators before publication
Flagship Guides
- How to Become a Builder in Australia
- Building Qualifications by State
- RPL for Building and Construction
- Construction Salaries Australia 2026
- NSW Builder's Licence: Cost and Steps
- QBCC Builder Licence Guide 2026
Topics Blake Covers
- building and construction training
- Recognition of Prior Learning
- Australian vocational education and training
- builder licence pathways
- construction career progression
- online construction qualifications