Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5427 Diploma of Interpreting (Spoken Language)

Course Title: Apply codes and standards to ethical practice

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 40

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

LANG5881C

City Campus

TAFE

535T Social Care and Health

Face-to-Face or Internet

 Term1 2024,
Term1 2025

Course Contact: Ya-Ping Kuo

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99253771

Course Contact Email: ya-ping.kuo@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to apply current and relevant standards of professional and ethical behaviour when interpreting or translating in general settings and contexts. It includes knowledge of the industry's professional codes of ethics and their application to practice. It includes the ability to consider a range of ethical issues and to reflect on and continuously develop professional practice.

This unit applies to those working as translators or interpreters in a range of general settings and contexts.

This unit will be delivered in a cluster as follows:

Ethics and Proficiency Cluster:

  • LANG5881C Apply codes and standards to ethical practice    
  • LANG5885C Demonstrate routine language proficiency in different subjects and cultural contexts

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

PSPTIS102 Apply codes and standards to ethical practice

Elements:

1. Develop knowledge of ethical and professional issues.

2. Apply ethical standards to professional practices.

3. Evaluate professional practices and knowledge related to ethical practice.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment will be ongoing during the semester, and you will receive feedback on your progress. You will undertake a variety of assessment tasks and activities to assess your level of competence against key elements and performance criteria.

Assessment tasks may include, but not limited to, the following:

-evidence demonstrating application of codes and standards
-demonstration of understanding and application of codes and standards in selected scenarios and simulated activities