Competencies Foreign Broadcast Translator in the Laval Region

Find out what competencies you typically need to work as a foreign broadcast translator in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Translators, terminologists and interpreters (NOC 51114).

Skills Help - Skills

  • Translators and translator-revisers
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Writing 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 4 - High Level
    Instructing 3 - Moderate Level
    Monitoring 3 - Moderate Level
    Reading Comprehension 3 - Moderate Level
    Oral Communication: Active Listening 3 - Moderate Level
    Social Perceptiveness 3 - Moderate Level
    Problem Solving 3 - Moderate Level
    Critical Thinking 3 - Moderate Level
  • Sign language Interpreters
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Oral Communication: Active Listening 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 4 - High Level
    Social Perceptiveness 4 - High Level
    Instructing 3 - Moderate Level
    Monitoring 3 - Moderate Level
    Decision Making 3 - Moderate Level
    Writing 3 - Moderate Level
    Reading Comprehension 3 - Moderate Level
    Critical Thinking 3 - Moderate Level
  • Interpreters
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Oral Communication: Active Listening 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 4 - High Level
    Instructing 3 - Moderate Level
    Monitoring 3 - Moderate Level
    Decision Making 3 - Moderate Level
    Writing 3 - Moderate Level
    Reading Comprehension 3 - Moderate Level
    Social Perceptiveness 3 - Moderate Level
    Problem Solving 3 - Moderate Level
  • Terminologists
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Writing 4 - High Level
    Reading Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 4 - High Level
    Oral Communication: Oral Expression 4 - High Level
    Instructing 3 - Moderate Level
    Monitoring 3 - Moderate Level
    Oral Communication: Active Listening 3 - Moderate Level
    Social Perceptiveness 3 - Moderate Level
    Problem Solving 3 - Moderate Level
    Critical Thinking 3 - Moderate Level

Skills

Skills are capabilities that you develop over time. Different jobs require different skills. You will need them to do a good job in your roles, tasks, and duties.

Personal Attributes Help - Personal Attributes

  • Translators and translator-revisers
    Importance
    Independence 5 - Extremely important
    Adaptability 5 - Extremely important
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Analytical Thinking 4 - Highly important
    Active Learning 3 - Important
    Innovativeness 3 - Important
    Creativity 3 - Important
    Service Orientation 3 - Important
    Social Orientation 3 - Important
  • Sign language Interpreters
    Importance
    Adaptability 5 - Extremely important
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Service Orientation 4 - Highly important
    Social Orientation 4 - Highly important
    Stress Tolerance 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Concern for Others 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Analytical Thinking 4 - Highly important
    Active Learning 3 - Important
  • Interpreters
    Importance
    Independence 5 - Extremely important
    Adaptability 5 - Extremely important
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Social Orientation 4 - Highly important
    Stress Tolerance 4 - Highly important
    Concern for Others 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Analytical Thinking 4 - Highly important
    Active Learning 3 - Important
    Creativity 3 - Important
  • Terminologists
    Importance
    Independence 5 - Extremely important
    Adaptability 5 - Extremely important
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Active Learning 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Analytical Thinking 4 - Highly important
    Innovativeness 3 - Important
    Creativity 3 - Important
    Service Orientation 3 - Important
    Social Orientation 3 - Important

Personal Attributes

Personal attributes are the traits that you are born with. You can develop them through your social context and personal experiences. Different jobs require different personal attributes. Personal attributes are important at work because they influence how you are, and how you do things.

Interest Help - Interest

Realistic jobs

Realistic jobs are all about handling objects, tools, machines, or animals in a standard way. Many of these jobs don’t involve a lot of paperwork or teamwork.

Investigative jobs

Investigative jobs are all about studying things in an organized or creative way. These things can be physical, natural, or cultural. People in those jobs must think a lot, work with ideas, search for facts and solve problems.

Artistic jobs

Artistic jobs are all about expressing yourself in a creative way to make visual, performing, written, or applied art. They often involve working with forms, designs and patterns. Most of the time, people in those jobs don’t have to follow clear rules.

Social jobs

Social jobs are all about working with people. This often involves interacting with others to help, care, teach, or inform them.

Enterprising jobs

Enterprising jobs are all about taking action to achieve goals for a group or for yourself. This often involves starting and completing projects. People in those jobs often have to influence, lead and mobilize others. They sometimes also have to take risks and decisions or deal with business.

Conventional jobs

Conventional jobs are all about following procedures and routines. This may involve tasks like keeping records, filing paperwork and copying documents. It may also involve working with data to organize and process it in a planned way. People in those jobs often have to report to a clear chain of command. They tend to focus more on data and details than ideas.

Interest

Interests reflect your preferences for work environments and outcomes. Different jobs require different interests.

Knowledge Help - Knowledge

  • Translators and translator-revisers
    Knowledge level
    Clerical 3 - Advanced Level
    Communications and Media 3 - Advanced Level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Humanities 1 - Basic Level
    Arts 1 - Basic Level
    Human Resources and Labour relations 1 - Basic Level
    Client Service 1 - Basic Level
    Mathematics 1 - Basic Level
  • Sign language Interpreters
    Knowledge level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Mathematics 1 - Basic Level
    Humanities 1 - Basic Level
    Clerical 1 - Basic Level
    Human Resources and Labour relations 1 - Basic Level
    Client Service 1 - Basic Level
  • Interpreters
    Knowledge level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Clerical 2 - Intermediate Level
    Mathematics 1 - Basic Level
    Humanities 1 - Basic Level
    Human Resources and Labour relations 1 - Basic Level
    Client Service 1 - Basic Level
  • Terminologists
    Knowledge level
    Languages 3 - Advanced Level
    Clerical 2 - Intermediate Level
    Technical Design 1 - Basic Level
    Humanities 1 - Basic Level
    Human Resources and Labour relations 1 - Basic Level
    Client Service 1 - Basic Level
    Communications and Media 1 - Basic Level
    Mathematics 1 - Basic Level

Knowledge

Knowledge refers to the understanding of different theories and practices. Different jobs require different knowledge. You need specific knowledge to do tasks and activities in a specific field.

Source Occupational and Skills Information System

Labour Market Information Survey
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