No, it is possible that a candidate may be able to meet the minimum number of Experience Credits in only one category. For example, a candidate who has over 120 hours of college credits, but has not received a formal degree, would be deemed to have the equivalent experience of a bachelor’s degree based on their college experience alone. Additionally, someone who has interpreted on a full-time basis for 4 years meets the educational equivalency of an associate’s degree for the purposes of RID’s educational requirement.
RID’s purpose is to serve equally our members, profession, and the public by promoting and advocating for qualified and effective interpreters in all spaces where intersectional diverse Deaf lives are impacted.