Unit of competency Outline

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Provide interpreting and translating services

Provide interpreting and translating services

Unit of competency
National Code
PUALIO004A
State Code
C3879
TGA Status
Replaced
DTWD Status
Replaced
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
09/02/2011
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
25/09/2007
Field of Education
091519 - Translating And Interpreting
Original Release Date
25/09/2007
Nominal Hours
20
Description
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
No information
Appropriate Language
Any Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander language including Torres Strait Creole (broken) and Kriol and any language other than English
Critical aspects of evidence
It is essential for this unit that competence be demonstrated in each party to the communication receiving a clear and accurate understanding of the positions, claims or views of the other.

Interdependent assessment of units
Pre-requisite Units: Nil
Co-requisite Units: Nil

Can be assessed with:
PUAPL001A Assist police with members of a culturally specific community
PUAPL003A Promote public safety objectives by liaison with a culturally specific community

Underpinning knowledge
Departmental interview policy and procedure
Differences between European and Indigenous question and answer styles
Legal and policing terminology

Underpinning skills
Ability to achieve rapport
Fluency in English and Aboriginal English or a community language

Resource implications
Either an assessor fluent in the language in question must be available or elaborate structured assessments must be devised to compare known behaviour with the descriptions of behaviour provided independently by the interpreter

Consistency in performance
Evidence should be gathered over a period of time in a range of actual or simulated workplace environments

Context of assessment
Evidence should be gathered over a period of time in a range of actual or simulated workplace environments
Replaced By
State Code National Code Title Type
D3777 PUALIO004B Provide interpreting and translating services Unit of competency