Occupation

411531 Interpreter

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Consultation draft: Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO)
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July 2024
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25/07/2024
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411531 Interpreter

Transfers a spoken or signed language into another spoken or signed language, usually within a limited time frame, in the physical, visual, or aural presence of the participants requiring the transfer.

Registration or licensing may be required.

Translators are excluded from this occupation. Translators are included in Occupation 411532 Translator.

Specialisation

  • AUSLAN Interpreter

ANZSCO skill level

This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

Australia

  • Skill Level 2: AQF Associate Degree, Advanced Diploma, Diploma, or at least three years of relevant experience

New Zealand

  • Skill Level 2: NZQF Diploma, or at least three years of relevant experience

Main tasks

  • Prepares for assignments by confirming terminology and undertaking domain specific research to comprehend the subject matter
  • Provides simultaneous and consecutive verbal or signed renditions of speeches into another language
  • Renders the meaning and feeling of what is said and signed into another language in the appropriate register and style
  • Transfers a written message and its intent from one language into a spoken message in another language