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Diploma of Auslan

  • Diploma

Build on your Auslan skills to open up employment opportunities This diploma will provide you with the skills to use Auslan in a range of specialised, complex and technical workplace exchanges across personal, learning, employment, social and community contexts.

Key details

Degree Type
Diploma
Duration
4 semesters full-time
Course Code
PSP51018
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb

About this course

Build on your Auslan skills to open up employment opportunities

This diploma will provide you with the skills to use Auslan in a range of specialised, complex and technical workplace exchanges across personal, learning, employment, social and community contexts. You will be able to gain employment in a role requiring knowledge of Auslan and use your skills in a wide range of contexts.

The Diploma of Auslan builds on Certificate IV in Auslan and provides a greater opportunity for employment in a role requiring Auslan comprehension.

Study locations

Perth

What you will learn

  • Converse in Auslan at a proficient level
  • Communicate according to Deaf protocol
  • Analyse the semantics and sociolinguistics of Auslan
  • Apply Auslan in employment, learning, personal and social and community purposes
  • Communicate in Auslan with increasing independence
  • Develop fluent Auslan signing skills
  • Source and use information about deafblindness and communication methods

Career pathways

  • Social Professional | Interpreter

This course provides you with the knowledge and skills in Auslan that may lead to employment such as:

  • Auslan-English Interpreter
  • Freelance Practitioner (Interpreter)
  • Interpreting Service Provider (Agencies)
  • Paraprofessional Interpreter
  • Social and Community Work
  • Deaf Learning

Please note this list should be used as a guide only as job titles and qualification requirements may vary between organisations.

Visit one of our four Jobs and Skills Centres located at NMT's Balga, Joondalup, Midland and Perth campuses for free career planning advice and job search support.