IIA’s training includes courses and workshops covering a range of topics. There is no minimum or limit on how many or the sequence of courses anyone can do. We do, however, offer advice on request regarding appropriate selection to best meet an individual’s requirements.

• Introduction to Translation /Interpreting in Australia
  includes an historical overview of the profession and an introduction to contextual studies
  
  
• Insight into Interpreting in Australia
  where interpreters work and who they work with
  
  
• Insight into Translation in Australia
  where translators work and how
  
  
• Listening and comprehension skills for interpreters
  among the most critical skills an interpreter cannot live without
  
  
• Memory retention and Note-taking
  what you need when you have learnt how to listen and comprehend.
  Notes, can't live with them, can't live without them
  
  
• Contextual studies
  a detailed look at the local and overseas contexts within which
  T/I operate and what they need to know to perform effectively within them
  
  
• Ethics and Professional Aspects of Interpreting/Translation
  Professional conduct and how to deal with difficult situations
  
  
• Dialogue interpreting and Consecutive interpreting
  Practical training involving role play for simulated “real life” practice
  
  
• Sight Translation
  skills required to convert written information in an oral manner
  
  
• Telephone interpreting techniques
  
  
  
• Use of communications technology in business practice
  
  
  
• Linguistics for Interpreters and Translators
  
  
  
• Theory, Practice & Techniques of Translation