INFORMATION SERVICES

2529-13 Interpreter

Verbally renders spoken statements from one language into another.

Skill Level:

The entry requirement for this occupation is a bachelor degree or higher qualification.

Tasks Include:

• provides simultaneous or consecutive verbal renditions of speeches into another language
• renders the meaning and feeling of what is said in courts, hospitals and schools into another language
• may provide verbal renditions of written texts
• may specialise in one or more languages and subject areas or higher qualification.

Occupations in this group include: Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Criminologist
Linguist
Political Scientist
Prehistorian
Sociologist