What this occupation involves
Transfers a spoken or signed language into another spoken or signed language, usually within a limited time frame in the presence of the participants requiring the translation.
- assembling historical data by consulting sources of information such as historical indexes and catalogues, archives, court records, diaries, newspaper files and other materials
- organising, authenticating, evaluating and interpreting historical, political, sociological,
- archaeological
- , anthropological and linguistic data
- undertaking historical and cultural research into human activity, and preparing and presenting research findings
- providing simultaneous and consecutive verbal or signed renditions of speeches into another language
- rendering the meaning and feeling of what is said and signed into another language in the appropriate register and style in a range of settings such as courts, hospitals, schools, workplaces and conferences
- studying original texts and transcripts of recorded spoken material to comprehend subject matter and translating them into another language
- rendering the meaning and feeling of written material, such as literary, legal, technical and scientific texts, into another language in the appropriate register and style, so that it will read as an original piece rather than as a translation
Visa lists & eligible subclasses
Where this code appears on official skilled-migration lists, and the visa subclasses it currently unlocks. Each subclass code links to its Department of Home Affairs page.
Talk to a registered migration agent
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Department of Home Affairs
immi.homeaffairs.gov.au
Visa applications, occupation lists, processing times.
Immigration New Zealand
immigration.govt.nz
Visa applications, Green List, AEWV, residence pathways.
MARA
mara.gov.au
Migration Agents Registration Authority, verify any AU agent.
IAA
iaa.govt.nz
Immigration Advisers Authority, verify any NZ adviser.
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Labour market — Australia
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia. New Zealand does not publish per-occupation shortage ratings or projections.
Where this page's data comes from
- ABS: ANZSCO 2013 unit group · abs.gov.au as of
- AU: STSOL list · immi.homeaffairs.gov.au as of
- Jobs and Skills Australia: Occupation Shortage List · jobsandskills.gov.au as of
- Jobs and Skills Australia: employment projections · jobsandskills.gov.au as of
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