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RMIT University

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Interpreting Skills for NAATI Certification

  • Non-Award

The Interpreting Skills for NAATI Certification creates a range of opportunities for you to apply your knowledge and skills.

Key details

Degree Type
Non-Award
Study Mode
Online

About this course

This course is designed for people who already have work experience as an interpreter and wish to meet the eligibility requirements to sit the NAATI Certified Provisional Interpreter test or apply for the NAATI Recognised Practising Interpreter credential.

You will complete four subjects, which will cover:

  • ethics in interpreting and translating
  • preparation for an interpreting or translating assignment
  • communication and discourse management techniques
  • building glossaries

Throughout this course, you will learn and apply the professional codes of ethics as a translator and interpreter, prepare work plans, manage discourse and prepare glossaries for translating and interpreting assignments. The course will expand on the ethical implications and practical skills required for interpreting or language-related roles within a workplace or community, when candidates wish to practice as professionals.

Entry requirements

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  • Academic requirements
  • Prerequisites
  • Selection tasks
Academic requirements

To be eligible for this program you must have:

Successfully completed an approved English proficiency test undertaken no more than two years prior to the commencement date of the program, achieving:

  • Versant English Placement Test: minimum score of 51 in speaking and listening. If you do not have any of the test results below, RMIT can arrange for you to complete the Versant English Placement Test at no cost (maximum one test sitting per applicant per intake). To access this online test, please submit your application and RMIT will contact you to arrange the test.
  • IELTS (General or Academic): minimum score of 6.0 in speaking and listening
  • TOEFL (Internet Based Test - IBT): minimum score of 18 in speaking and listening
  • Pearson Test of English (Academic) (PTE (A)): minimum of 50 in speaking and listening
  • Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): minimum of 169 in speaking and listening
  • Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE): minimum of 169 in speaking and listening
  • Or results in another English proficiency test deemed to be equivalent

OR

Successfully completed a tertiary qualification (degree level or higher) where the language of instruction was English

OR

If you are a native English-speaker, you will need to provide evidence of either:

  • Completing your primary and secondary education (equivalent to Australian secondary education year 12) at an institution/s where English was the primary language of instruction; or
  • Completing your secondary (equivalent to Australian secondary education year 12) and tertiary education at an institution/s where English was the primary language of instruction.
Prerequisites

There are no prerequisite subjects required for entry into this qualification.

Selection tasks

A selection task is not required for entry into this qualification.

Study locations

Online

Career pathways

This course will help you develop knowledge and practical skills required to work as a translator or interpreter.

Once you have passed the NAATI Certification test, you will be qualified to seek work as a translator or interpreter.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Humanities, Culture & Social Sciences courses at RMIT University.
88.1%
Overall satisfaction
87.3%
Skill scale
74.6%
Teaching scale
62.2%
Employed full-time
$58.2k
Average salary