Sign Language Interpreter's Scale
(Effective January 1, 2013)
Interpreter I |
| JOB CODE/JOB TITLE |
HOURLY RATE |
| 8119-PT Language Interpreter with QA1/Non-Certified |
Min: $14.74-Mid: $20.16-Max: $25.55 |
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Halfway between Mid and Max is $22.86 |
3% hourly increase for every year of experience and MDC's policy for recognizing academic degrees with increase should be followed.
QA1 – start half way between midpoint and maximum.
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| REQUIREMENT – Non-Certified with related years of experience in field OR QA1 certification with related years of experience in field. |
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| Interpreter II |
| JOB CODE/JOB TITLE |
HOURLY RATE |
| 8120-PT Language Interpreter with QA2 |
Min: $18.58-Mid: $25.41-Max: $32.21 |
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Halfway between Mid and Max is $28.81 |
3% hourly increase for every year of experience and MDC's policy for recognizing academic degrees with increase should be followed. EIE I should be equivalent to QA2 and EIE II should be equivalent to QA3. QA3 will start halfway between midpoint and maximum.
QA1 – start half way between midpoint and maximum. |
| REQUIREMENT – QA 2 OR EIE I OR QA3 or EIE II Certification |
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| Interpreter III |
| JOB CODE/JOB TITLE |
HOURLY RATE |
| 8121-PT Language Interpreter with QA3 |
Min: $20.96-Mid: $28.64-Max: $36.32 |
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Halfway between Mid and Max is $32.48 |
| 3% hourly increase for every year of experience and MDC's policy for recognizing academic degrees with increase should be followed. Any certification that is national but incomplete, e.g. IC and no TC, will begin at the minimum. If complete, start at midpoint. |
| REQUIREMENT – IC/TC, RID, RSC, CSC or NAD Certifications with years of experience in the field. |
C-Print Interpreters will receive an additional $3.00 per hour, not to exceed the maximum of the range.
Employees are eligible for additional incentive as follows: An Associate's degree an additional .25 cents per hour, a Bachelor's an additional .50 cents per hour; a Master's an additional $1.00 per hour; and a Doctorate's an additional $1.50 per hour. An original official transcript is required to receive this adjustment. The effective date of the adjustment will be the following pay period after receipt of the transcript in Human Resources. These rate increases for educational degrees are a one-time adjustment only. A transcript must accompany all Request for Personnel Action packages for part-time applicants being employed in this category who are attending college.
RID Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
NAD National Association of the Deaf
The NAD and RID administer a National testing system that certifies interpreters, level 1-5. Currently, the NAD and RID have merged and are working together to develop new testing resources and material.
CI Certificate of Interpretation
CT Certificate of Transliteration
IC Interpretation Certificate
TC Transliteration Certificate
Today, the IC and TC have been replaced with CI and CT
RSC Reverse Skills Certificate
This certificate is awarded to interpreters/tranliterators who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
CSC Comprehensive Skills Certificate
EIE Educational Interpreter Evaluation
This is a local screening provided by the Florida Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
Together, the local school districts and the Florida Department of Education developed a code of ethics for Interpreters specifically working the field of education. There are three levels: 1, 2, 3.
QA Quality Assurance
This is the state of Florida Quality Assurance screening. It is also distributed by the Florida Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
At the College, EIE has long been recognized as the more valuable screening because it prepares interpreters specifically for educational rather than general public interpreting. Additionally, the EIE Code of Ethics recognizes the role of the interpreter as a member of an educational institution while the QA Code emphasizes the client-interpreter relationship.
C-Print is a computer-aided speech-to-print transcription system developed at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) as a support service option for some students who are deaf and hard of hearing in mainstream educational environments. A C-Print- trained captionist, using a laptop computer, inputs essential elements of the lecture or discussion occurring in a classroom setting or meeting. That input is viewed simultaneously on a laptop held by one student or a VGA (computer) monitor by more than one student who is deaf or hearing -impaired, providing an interactive environment for the learners/participants.
03/04/2013 |
