Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6183 Advanced Diploma of Interpreting (Spoken Language)

Course Title: Apply codes and standards to professional judgement

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 20

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)
LANG5891C	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) 9925 3771

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

Course Description

This unit provides the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to apply current and relevant standards of professional and ethical behaviour by translators or interpreters in complex settings and interactions. The unit provides knowledge of professional codes of ethics and the development and maintenance of professional judgement. It provides the ability to consider a wide range of professional issues and to reflect on and continuously develop a highly informed approach to practice.

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

Complex settings may require a high level of subject knowledge, or intense assignment specific preparation. The translation or interpretation may be completed onsite or remotely. Translating or interpreting in this setting typically requires high levels of accuracy and accountability and assignments involving formality, or participants with high status and accountability. In interpreting, the content of the communication may not easily be predicted or planned for, and there are limited opportunities for error correction. The elements of the setting, or the number of parties involved, may limit the interpreter from managing the interaction. The consequences of errors in communicative intent can have significant implications.

This unit is delivered in a cluster as follows:

Ethics and Proficiency Cluster (Spoken language)

PSPTIS145	Apply codes and standards to professional judgement
PSPTIS139	Demonstrate complex LOTE proficiency in different subjects and cultural contexts
PSPTIS140	Demonstrate complex English 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:	PSPTIS145 Apply codes and standards to professional judgement
Elements:	1. Research ethical and professional issues. 2. Develop professional practices and knowledge. 3. Apply professional standards, knowledge and judgment to practice.

Learning Outcomes

Overview of Assessment

Assessment will be ongoing during the semester and you will be asked a variety of assessment tasks and activities to assess your level of competence against key performance criteria.

These assessment tasks/activities may include, but are not limited to:

- Practical demonstrations

- Observation checklists

- Written assessments