Certification and Licensure

QAST:  Quality Assurance Screening Test – a state screening mechanism conducted to evaluate the skill level of interpreters.

The following list of settings for qualifications is not all-inclusive.
Levels:

1. QAST I; BEI I
   Registration, Classroom Extracurricular Activities
   Social Services – Independent Living, Basic Living Skills, Bus Card
   Civic Club Meetings, Recreation, Socialization
2. QAST II; BEI II; BEI Basic
   Driver’s License Testing
   Eligibility for services – Follow-up Interview
   Support Services – Non-Academic Advisors
   Support Services – Orientation, Life/Job Skills
   Basic Job Readiness Training (semi-skilled technical or unskilled labor)
   Interview Application for Services
   On-the-job Training
   Sheltered Workshop
   All settings listed in Subsection XI(A) 12
3. QAST III; BEI III; BEI Advanced
   Social Services –Food Stamps, Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, TEA/SNAP benefits
   Continuing Education Workshops
   Job Related: staff meetings, employee/employer meetings, safety workshops, job training,
   vocational counseling, vocational assessment
   Tax preparation, credit counseling, mortgage/loan counseling
   Diagnostics and Evaluations
   Routine Physical Exams, in Patient/Out-Patient Hospital Care
   Hospital Admissions
   Nursing homes, home health services, community health education, self-help programs, 12 Step programs
   Basic tutoring (out of school)
   Postsecondary Education-Academic Courses, Academic Advisors
   Vocational-Technology Trainings
   Employment Related/Union Meetings
   Childbirth Classes-Planned Parenthood
   All settings listed in Subsections XI(A) & XI(B)
4. QAST IV-V; BEI IV-V; BEI Master
   Social Services Disputes
   Polygraph Testing
   Post Bond
   Discrimination Proceedings – Prior to court
   Mental Health
   Meetings with Parole/Probation Officers
   Medical – Emergency Room, General Rounds and Surgery, Health Care Providers and
   Hospice, Medical Documents
   Graduate and Post-Graduate Education
   Restraining Order Application
   Speaker or Lectures
   Civil Weddings Performed in or out of a Courtroom
   Employment Related – Job Interview/Application, Firing, Disciplining, Performance
   Appraisals
   Tax Assessment/Appeal Proceedings
   All settings listed in Subsections XI(A), XI(B), & XI(C)
5. RID Credentials

   Legal Proceedings in/out of the courts
   Domestic/Family Violence Calls and Investigations 13
   Abuse Calls and Investigations
   Legislation
   Governmental Proceedings
   Pre-Trial Release
   Peace Bonds/Restraining Orders, Copyrights/Patents
   Campus Police or other law enforcement investigations
   Civil Investigations
   Child Custody or Child Welfare
   Jury Duty
   All settings listed in Subsections XI(A), XI(B), XI(C), XI(D), & XI(E).
   **All in-court cases must adhere to Act 237: An Act to Amend the Process for Appointment, Certification, and Regulation of Court Interpreters; and for other purposes.

Arkansas Rehabilitation Services/QAST
900 W.7^th Street
Little Rock, AR 72201
Front Desk Phone: 501-686-2800
Cheryl Sugg, Interpreter Coordinator/ SSP Services Phone: 501-686-9683

Page includes:

• QAST Screening Application
• Contracting Invoice Narrative Report
• QAST CEU Approval Form

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