Assessor Resource
PSPTIS082
Interpret through communication media
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: March 2024
This unit describes the skills required to use technology to support interpreting in visual or physical isolation. The unit requires familiarity with the technology available for interpreting situations and the potential impact of the technology on the interpreting assignment and its outcomes. It outlines the management skills required to adjust delivery to take account of the constraints and advantages of the technology.
This unit applies to those working as interpreters in all consecutive and simultaneous modes in dialogue settings conducted through communication media and may have applications for interpreting for people in remote, interstate and international locations via telephone, video conferencing, call centres or conference calls, internet modes of delivery and TTY. The physical barrier of technology confirms this as a complex setting.
The skills and knowledge described in this unit must be applied within the legislative, regulatory and policy environment in which they are carried out. Organisational policies and procedures must be consulted and industry codes and standards for ethical translating and interpreting adhered to.
Those undertaking this unit would work independently using a broad range of support resources as required, while performing sophisticated tasks in a range of specialised contexts.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to unit at the time of publication.
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