Looking to Start Sign Career
Saturday July 15, 2006
Wolfnic asks on the forum:
I am a level two qualified signer, looking to start a career that will involved my sign language skills can anyone give me some websites or address that will help me locate a position within this field of work?
I am a level two qualified signer, looking to start a career that will involved my sign language skills can anyone give me some websites or address that will help me locate a position within this field of work?
Comments
Go to the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), www.rid.org/start.html
This website explains the profession of sign language interpreter. There is a trend in the U.S. to invoke standards or credentials for persons calling themselves interpreters. You will have to check with your state chapter of RID to see what requirements pertain in your area. You can go to the Affiliate Chapter page at RID.org and find a link to YOUR state chapter.
Good Luck!
Find out who the state agency is in your area. They’ll have a variety of work for you to do.
Also, find out who’s deaf around where you live. They’ll tell you where they wish somone like you could be found!
Deaf ppl, always a valuable resource when it comes to their language.