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On the 13th July, ACBC hosted the 2017 ACBC Education Forum jointly with GBCA and Westpac, which provided a great opportunity for both the Australian and Chinese education sector to interact and exchange ideas. Distinguished speakers included Mr. Robert Doyle Melbourne Lord Mayor from City of Melbourne. Ms Amanda Pickrell, Director, International Education, DEDJTR, State Government of Victoria. The panel discussion was chaired by Professor On Kit Tam, Professor of Finance, RMIT and Vice President, Australia China Business Council-Victoria, and consisted of Dr Jane Orton, Honorary Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Mr Derek Scott, CEO and Principal, Haileybury, Mr Edward Smith, Founder of Australia China Alumni Association (ACAA), Dr Susan Su, Business Development Manager, North Asia, Melbourne Airport and Dr Celina Yu, Managing Director, GBCA. More than 130 participants from the education sector and government shared their insights and experience on the topic of “Strengthening Links to Future Prosperity through Education.

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On the 5th of July, Global Business College of Australia (GBCA) successfully held a seminar on the topic of “Interpreting Skills learning and Community Interpretation Practice”. Professor Charles Qin, GBCA industry advisor of Diploma of Interpreting course, was invited as the guest speaker, and over 30 participants attended the seminar. Charles brought students a fantastic speech by talking about interpreting skills, code of ethics, and interpretation practice.

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NAATI 5: Commence 27 Mar 2017: Wed, Thur and Friday

NAATI 6: Commence 22 Apr 2017: three evenings (Mon, Tue, Wed 17.30-21.30) and Saturday (9am-5pm)

• Study to become a qualified interpreter today: Enrol in PSP50916 Diploma of Interpreting LOTE-English (CRICOS 091761E)
• 20 training weeks + 3 weeks for reassessment, catch up class and holidays
• Schedule: 20 contact hours per week
• Delivery mode: Face to face training
• Campus location and delivery site: Level 1&2, 337-339 La Trobe Street, Melbourne 3000 VIC

During the program, our experienced and NAATI qualified trainers will step by step guide you through various interpreting exercises and help you to develop:

• Notes taking skills for interpreting purposes
• Short term memory retention skills
• Make sense of the briefing and quickly set up your mindset in the dialogue context
• Pick up idioms/collocations and relay in the other language correctly in a blink of eye.
• Build a comprehensive knowledge of Australian community services, and collocations/glossary in both English and Mandarin. 
• And many more skills… 

Industry accreditation

• Students who successfully complete the PSP50916 – Diploma of Interpreting (LOTE-English) and pass the assessment upon which recommendations to the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Ltd (NAATI) for accreditation are based, will be eligible to gain Paraprofessional Interpreter accreditation.

NAATI accreditation can be used to claim Credentialled Community Language (CCL)  points for migration proposes.