Sign Language Interpreter Course
This course equips participants with essential skills for interpreting NZSL in health and education settings, focusing on ethical practices, child-centered communication, and professional development to support deaf children and their families.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Sign Language Interpreter Course provides hands-on training to work confidently with deaf tamariki and their whānau in health and education settings. Learn NZSL-based interpreting approaches, ethics, and local regulations, hone child-focused communication, handle sessions and terminology, partner with teams and caregivers, and create a targeted development plan to offer precise, inclusive, and family-oriented communication assistance.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Ethical NZSL interpreting: apply Kiwi laws, responsibilities, and behaviour in sessions.
- Child-centred signing: tailor NZSL, timing, and vocab to young deaf clients.
- Clinical interpreting methods: handle turn-taking, fixes, and positioning.
- Session planning expertise: organise terms, visual aids, and backup plans.
- Professional development: employ self-review, input, and wellbeing to sharpen abilities.
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