We have conducted a full review of the catalogue and found that 2/3 of the activities in the current catalogue were claimed by less than 20% of practitioners. We have reviewed each activity for relevance, simplified the catalogue down from 45 activities to 40 (noting some of these now reflect work practice), and placed ethics into a standalone category due to its importance.

We have reviewed the points allocated to activities and found many weren’t applied consistently. We have, where possible, simplified this to a points-per-hour system. For example, if a course that was one to four hours long was previously worth 20 points, it will now be worth 5 points per hour.

In addition to simplifying how points are calculated, we’ve also rebalanced them. If you ever looked at the current catalogue and thought that teaching an entire semester of translating and interpreting at a university should be worth more than completing 2 surveys, you were right. We’ve fixed this wherever we can.

To ensure the catalogue reflects modern practice, we’ve added the new sub-categories of Australian & New Zealand society, Industry Leadership, and Technology.

Recognising the importance of professional associations, including AUSIT, ASLITA and NZSTI, for their role in the industry and the support and professional development they provide, we are doubling the points available for membership. In addition, there will be additional points for practitioners who take up committee roles in these organisations (president, secretary, PD coordinator, etc.).

To differentiate the new catalogue from the old, we are changing the descriptors to start with a letter (e.g., A.1, B.3,…).