Membership Categories and Benefits.

WAITI members are placed into one of the following membership categories: Member, Associate Member, Country Member, Student Member, Life Member, Honorary Member, Social Member. A full description of each category is written below.

Members

Description	Benefits
For persons who are actively engaged in interpreting and/or translating and have accreditation at least at NAATI Professional level, or possess tertiary qualifications at Advanced Diploma or higher in interpreting and/or translating.	Full voting rights; listing in website directory; access to WAITI e–bulletin; CD-ROM Member’s Kit; member discounts; invitations to events; quarterly printed newsletter; access to Member’s only section of WAITI website.

Associate Members

Description	Benefits
For persons who are actively engaged in interpreting and/or translating and have accreditation at least at NAATI Paraprofessional level, or possess tertiary qualifications at Diploma level in interpreting and/or translating. Other persons qualified in the field of linguistics or languages, with academic standing and demonstrated interest in the field of interpreting and/or translating may also be admitted under this category.	As for Members, except listing in the website directory is only available to Associates with accreditation or qualifications in interpreting and/or translating.

Description

Benefits

For persons who are actively engaged in interpreting and/or translating and have accreditation at least at NAATI Paraprofessional level, or possess tertiary qualifications at Diploma level in interpreting and/or translating. Other persons qualified in the field of linguistics or languages, with academic standing and demonstrated interest in the field of interpreting and/or translating may also be admitted under this category.

As for Members, except listing in the website directory is only available to Associates with accreditation or qualifications in interpreting and/or translating.

Country Members

Description	Benefits
For persons who are actively engaged in interpreting and/or translating and have accreditation at least at NAATI Paraprofessional level, or possess tertiary qualifications from an Award Course in interpreting and/or translating, living more than 100 km outside the Perth greater metropolitan area.	As for Members.

Student Members

Description	Benefits
For students of translating and/or interpreting. (Only available to unaccredited persons enrolled in an award course.)	Right to vote for a student representative on the committee; student discounts; invitations to events; quarterly newsletter.

Social Members

Description	Benefits
For persons with an interest in the aims of the Institute.	Invitations to events; quarterly newsletter; WAITI e–news.

Life Members

Description	Benefits
Awarded to long–standing members who have given outstanding service to the profession and the Institute.	Trained or NAATI accredited: as per Members, in line with training or accreditation. If not trained or accredited: acknowledgement on website; access to WAITI e–bulletin; member discounts; invitations to events; quarterly newsletter.

Honorary Members

Description	Benefits
For persons of distinction who contribute to and support the profession of interpreting and translating, who are otherwise not eligible for membership in any other category.	Acknowledgement on website; invitations to events; quarterly newsletter; WAITI e–news.