diff --git a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/load.go b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/load.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37fa92a79f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/load.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package resource
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/convert"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/loader"
+	yamlutils "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/utils/yaml"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+)
+
+func Load[T any](l loader.Loader, content []byte) (*T, error) {
+	untyped, err := l.Load(content)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	result, err := convert.To[T](untyped)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+func LoadResources(l loader.Loader, content []byte) ([]unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
+	documents, err := yamlutils.SplitDocuments(content)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var resources []unstructured.Unstructured
+	for _, document := range documents {
+		untyped, err := l.Load(document)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		resources = append(resources, untyped)
+	}
+	return resources, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/load_test.go b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/load_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2182373944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/load_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package resource
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource/loader"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kubectl-validate/pkg/openapiclient"
+)
+
+const (
+	singleResource string = `apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: prod-bus-app1
+  labels:
+    purpose: production`
+
+	multipleResources string = `
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    run: nginx
+  name: nginx
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - image: nginx
+      name: nginx
+      resources: {}
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    run: redis
+  name: redis
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - image: redis
+      name: redis
+      resources: {}`
+
+	resourceWithComment string = `
+### POD ###
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    run: nginx
+  name: nginx
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - image: nginx
+      name: nginx
+      resources: {}`
+)
+
+func Test_LoadResources(t *testing.T) {
+	l, err := loader.New(openapiclient.NewHardcodedBuiltins("1.27"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		resources  string
+		wantLoaded int
+		wantErr    bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "load no resource with empy string",
+			resources:  "",
+			wantLoaded: 0,
+			wantErr:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "load single resource",
+			resources:  singleResource,
+			wantLoaded: 1,
+			wantErr:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "load multiple resources",
+			resources:  multipleResources,
+			wantLoaded: 2,
+			wantErr:    false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "load resource with comment",
+			resources:  resourceWithComment,
+			wantLoaded: 1,
+			wantErr:    false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if res, err := LoadResources(l, []byte(tt.resources)); (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("loader.Resources() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+			} else if len(res) != tt.wantLoaded {
+				t.Errorf("loader.Resources() loaded amount = %v, wantLoaded %v", len(res), tt.wantLoaded)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}