QUESTION
What civil service positions do not require English fluency, and are exams and educational materials translated into other languages?
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Deputy Commissioner Katrina Porter states that all civil service exam documentation is disseminated only in English.
- Most civil service titles require understanding and fluency in English.
- Some titles like interpreters may require fluency in languages other than English.
- No details are provided about translation of educational or outreach materials into languages besides English.
Carmen N. De La Rosa
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We're going to change up our agenda for for right now because we know that MORJ is has to step away is our understanding.
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So we're going to skip over to the questions.
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And then for m o e r j and then go back to some charts that have been put forth for our chairs to ask questions on those.
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So the first question for m o e r j alphabet soup today is improved language access language accessibility for current and prospective civil service employees Are you aware of any civil service positions that would not require fluency in English and are exams and written This is both for decast and OMRG.
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And our exams and written educational outreach materials translated.
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If so, what are the most common languages in your experience?
Sideya Sherman
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So I actually will defer to to decast on that, and they can speak to the covered languages.
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Yeah.
Katrina Porter
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Thanks, Stella Rosa Dela Rosa.
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So most of our all of our documentation is is disseminated in English.
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Our you you asked about civil service exams, and it So that those documentation, they're they're only disseminated in English.
Carmen N. De La Rosa
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Positions that require fluency in English?
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Are you aware of any civil services civil service positions that do not require fluency in English?
Katrina Porter
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So what I will say is that there are some civil service titles that require you to be fluent in in certain languages.
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So, for example, there may be like a interpreter bilingual or an interpreter that may need to have proficiency in in a certain language.
Carmen N. De La Rosa
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Do you know, like, percentage wise, how many titles or the percentage of titles that require fluency in English?
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Is it like a majority of
Katrina Porter
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the titles?
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The majority of our titles required that you understand and be under in English.
Carmen N. De La Rosa
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Okay.
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And do you know the opposite how many don't require that?
Katrina Porter
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I don't, but I can I can look into it?
Carmen N. De La Rosa
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Okay.
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And then, obviously, the the occasional materials, are they translated in 2 other languages?
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They are not.
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They're not.
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And is there a reason for that?
Katrina Porter
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I will I don't have an answer for that, but I can definitely circle back on.
