Interpreting Skills for NAATI Certification

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

Please note that this Certification is not available for international students intending to study on a student visa. If you are holding a temporary visa (other than a student visa) and your visa has a full study entitlement, you may be eligible to apply. For more information, see the international students with other temporary (non-student) visas.

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.

Language selection

You must indicate your choice of language in a word document and upload it within your RMIT application. The document should be in the format: Your Name_Language Selection (e.g John Smith_Language selection.docx).

Study dates

2022 intakes

• May 2022
• September 2022

Please refer to the Apply page for dates

 Graduates of this course may be eligible for credit towards:

• Diploma of Interpreting

If you already have experience as a certified translator and/or interpreter you may be eligible for Recognition of Prior Learning.