Free NAATI CCL Punjabi Mock Test 4: Partner Visa Advice and a Care Work Job Interview
We built this paper around the two things that sink otherwise fluent candidates: a professional who lists four items in one breath, and an interviewer who mixes times, rates and percentages into the same sentence. Sit it once and you will know whether you are carrying whole lists or quietly dropping the third item.
What this paper is built to expose
Intermediate — institutional language and multi-part answers. Every mock test in this library is written around specific, nameable failure points rather than being a random conversation — so the score you get tells you what to fix, not just whether you passed.
- 1Holding a four-item list of evidence categories without collapsing it into a summary
- 2Rendering visa subclass numbers (820, 801) and form numbers digit by digit, not approximately
- 3Keeping the modal force of "you must" separate from "you may" in immigration conditions
- 4Carrying an hourly rate and a percentage loading through the same segment as two figures
- 5Reproducing shift times (six thirty to two thirty) as spans, not as single clock times
Sit the test
Model answers stay hidden until each dialogue is finished. Afterwards you mark yourself against 90 individual information units and the same 36-plus-9 split NAATI uses. The full transcript is further down the page whenever you want it — but read it before you sit, and the number stops meaning anything.
16 segments. Two dialogues. One take.
This runner keeps every model answer hidden until you finish a dialogue — the full transcript is further down the page, and reading it first is the one thing that makes your score meaningless. Interpret every segment out loud, as if someone is waiting for the meaning. Then mark yourself against the real criteria: 36 marks for accuracy, 9 for language quality, per dialogue.
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Before you start
- Speak, do not think itInterpreting silently is a different skill from producing sound under pressure.
- Do not pause the segmentThe real test does not wait. Pausing turns a measurement into a rehearsal.
- Record yourself if you canYour phone's voice memo app is enough. It is the only way to hear your own hesitations.
- Mark harshlyAn assessor who has never met you certainly will.
How this mock test is scored
NAATI marks each CCL dialogue out of 45, split into two things that are assessed separately. The self-marking above mirrors that split exactly, which is what makes the number comparable to a real result rather than a guess.
Every fact, number, name, qualifier and instruction that has to cross into the other language. Omit one and it is gone; change one and it costs you again, because a distorted fact is worse than a missing one for the person relying on you.
Fluency, grammar and vocabulary, and register. This is where two candidates who conveyed identical content end up several marks apart — one sounded like an interpreter, the other sounded like they were guessing.
The rule that catches people: you need 63 out of 90 overall and at least 29 out of 45 on each dialogue. A brilliant immigration & settlement dialogue cannot rescue a weak business & employment one. How CCL scoring really works.
Full transcript with model answers
Both dialogues in full: the source speech, the model interpretation in Gurmukhi with transliteration, the information units an assessor is counting, and the specific error each segment tends to produce.
Partner Visa: Two Stages, Evidence and a Bridging Visa
Your brief. A registered migration agent in Melbourne meets a Punjabi-speaking woman whose husband, an Australian citizen, will sponsor her partner visa. She is in Australia on a visitor visa that expires soon. The agent explains the two-stage structure, the four categories of relationship evidence, the health and character requirements, current processing times, and what her bridging visa will and will not allow. She needs to travel to India for her father's surgery.
Speakers: Registered migration agent (MARA registered) (English) and Punjabi-speaking partner visa applicant on a visitor visa (Punjabi). You interpret for both.
- 1. Ms DelaneyEnglish Punjabi39 words
A partner visa is really two visas in one application. You lodge the temporary subclass eight twenty and the permanent subclass eight zero one together, pay one fee, and the department assesses the permanent stage about two years later.
Model interpretationਪਾਰਟਨਰ ਵੀਜ਼ਾ ਅਸਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕੋ ਅਰਜ਼ੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੋ ਵੀਜ਼ੇ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਤੁਸੀਂ ਆਰਜ਼ੀ ਸਬਕਲਾਸ ਅੱਠ ਸੌ ਵੀਹ ਅਤੇ ਪੱਕਾ ਸਬਕਲਾਸ ਅੱਠ ਸੌ ਇੱਕ ਇਕੱਠੇ ਲਗਾਉਂਦੇ ਹੋ, ਇੱਕੋ ਫ਼ੀਸ ਦਿੰਦੇ ਹੋ, ਅਤੇ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਪੱਕੇ ਪੜਾਅ ਦਾ ਫ਼ੈਸਲਾ ਤਕਰੀਬਨ ਦੋ ਸਾਲ ਬਾਅਦ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।
partner visa asal vich ikko arzi vich do veeze hunde han. tusin aarzi subclass atth sau veeh ate pakka subclass atth sau ikk ikatthe lagaunde ho, ikko fees dinde ho, ate vibhag pakke padaa da faisla takreeban do saal baad karda hai.
What must survive (6 marks of information)- one application covers two visas
- temporary stage is subclass 820
- permanent stage is subclass 801
- both are lodged together
- one fee, not a fee for each
- permanent stage assessed about two years later
Terms in this segment- partner visa — ਪਾਰਟਨਰ ਵੀਜ਼ਾ partner visa
- temporary — ਆਰਜ਼ੀ aarzi
- to lodge an application — ਅਰਜ਼ੀ ਲਗਾਉਣਾ arzi lagauna
- the department — ਵਿਭਾਗ vibhag
Where marks go here: Candidates who cannot hold four-digit subclass numbers render this as "a temporary visa and then a permanent visa" and lose both numbers. Saying the two stages are two separate applications also contradicts the single fee stated in the same breath.
- 2. Mrs BrarPunjabi English33 words
ਸਾਡਾ ਵਿਆਹ ਜਲੰਧਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਾਰਚ ਦੋ ਹਜ਼ਾਰ ਪੱਚੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੋਇਆ ਸੀ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਡੇ ਕੋਲ ਰਜਿਸਟਰਡ ਵਿਆਹ ਸਰਟੀਫਿਕੇਟ ਹੈ। ਮੇਰੇ ਪਤੀ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਅਨ ਸਿਟੀਜ਼ਨ ਹਨ। ਕੀ ਦੋ ਸਾਲ ਬਾਅਦ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਫਿਰ ਤੋਂ ਫ਼ੀਸ ਦੇਣੀ ਪਵੇਗੀ?
sada viah Jalandhar vich March do hazaar pachchi vich hoia si ate sade kol registered viah certificate hai. mere pati Australian citizen han. ki do saal baad sanu phir ton fees deni pavegi?
Model interpretationWe were married in Jalandhar in March 2025 and we have a registered marriage certificate. My husband is an Australian citizen. Will we have to pay the fee again after two years?
What must survive (5 marks of information)- married in Jalandhar
- married in March 2025
- they hold a registered marriage certificate
- husband is an Australian citizen, not a permanent resident
- asks whether the fee is payable again after two years
Terms in this segment- marriage certificate — ਵਿਆਹ ਸਰਟੀਫਿਕੇਟ viah certificate
- citizen — ਸਿਟੀਜ਼ਨ / ਨਾਗਰਿਕ citizen / naagrik
- fee — ਫ਼ੀਸ fees
Where marks go here: "ਸਿਟੀਜ਼ਨ" is a scoreable status. Rendering it as "permanent resident" or the vague "he is settled here" changes the sponsor's eligibility and costs a mark. The question at the end must stay a question, not become a statement about fees.
- 3. Ms DelaneyEnglish Punjabi36 words
The department weighs four things: your financial arrangements, the nature of your household, the social side of your relationship, and your commitment to each other. You must give evidence under every one of those four headings.
Model interpretationਵਿਭਾਗ ਚਾਰ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਵੇਖਦਾ ਹੈ: ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਪੈਸੇ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧ, ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਘਰ ਦਾ ਸਾਂਝਾ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧ, ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਰਿਸ਼ਤੇ ਦਾ ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਪੱਖ, ਅਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਦੂਜੇ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਵਚਨਬੱਧਤਾ। ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਇਹਨਾਂ ਚਾਰੇ ਸਿਰਲੇਖਾਂ ਹੇਠ ਸਬੂਤ ਦੇਣੇ ਪੈਣਗੇ।
vibhag chaar gallan vekhda hai: tuhade paise de prabandh, tuhade ghar da saanjha prabandh, tuhade rishte da samajik pakkh, ate ikk dooje prati tuhadi vachanbadhta. tuhanu ihnaan chaare sirlekhaan heth saboot dene painge.
What must survive (6 marks of information)- four headings, not three or several
- financial arrangements
- the nature of the household
- the social side of the relationship
- commitment to each other
- evidence required under every heading (must, not may)
Terms in this segment- financial arrangements — ਪੈਸੇ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧ paise de prabandh
- household — ਘਰ ਦਾ ਸਾਂਝਾ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧ ghar da saanjha prabandh
- commitment — ਵਚਨਬੱਧਤਾ vachanbadhta
- evidence — ਸਬੂਤ saboot
Where marks go here: This is the segment candidates summarise. "They look at your finances and your life together" collapses four separately marked categories into one and loses three of them. Name all four in the order given, then keep the obligation "you must" attached to every heading.
- 4. Mrs BrarPunjabi English36 words
ਸਾਡਾ ਸਾਂਝਾ ਬੈਂਕ ਖਾਤਾ ਜੂਨ ਦੋ ਹਜ਼ਾਰ ਪੱਚੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹਿਆ ਸੀ, ਅਤੇ ਕਿਰਾਏ ਦਾ ਲੀਜ਼ ਸਾਡੇ ਦੋਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਹੈ। ਵਿਆਹ ਦੀਆਂ ਫੋਟੋਆਂ ਵੀ ਹਨ। ਕੀ ਸਾਡੇ ਦੋਸਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਫਾਰਮ ਅੱਠ ਅੱਠ ਅੱਠ ਭਰਨਾ ਪਵੇਗਾ?
sada saanjha bank khaata June do hazaar pachchi vich khullhia si, ate kiraaye da lease sade dohaan de naan utte hai. viah dian photoan vi han. ki sade dostaan nu form atth atth atth bharna pavega?
Model interpretationOur joint bank account was opened in June 2025, and the rental lease is in both our names. We also have wedding photographs. Will our friends have to complete Form 888?
What must survive (5 marks of information)- joint bank account opened in June 2025
- rental lease is in both names
- wedding photographs are available
- asks about Form 888
- asks specifically whether the friends must complete it
Terms in this segment- joint bank account — ਸਾਂਝਾ ਬੈਂਕ ਖਾਤਾ saanjha bank khaata
- lease — ਕਿਰਾਏ ਦਾ ਲੀਜ਼ kiraaye da lease
- Form 888 — ਫਾਰਮ ਅੱਠ ਅੱਠ ਅੱਠ form atth atth atth
Where marks go here: Form 888 must come out as "eight eight eight", not "eighty-eight" or "Form 8". Candidates also merge the account and the lease into "we have joint documents", losing two of the four evidence items she is volunteering.
- 5. Ms DelaneyEnglish Punjabi39 words
You must meet health and character requirements. There is a medical and a chest x-ray with a panel doctor, and police certificates from every country you have lived in for twelve months or more in the last ten years.
Model interpretationਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਸਿਹਤ ਅਤੇ ਚਰਿੱਤਰ ਦੀਆਂ ਸ਼ਰਤਾਂ ਪੂਰੀਆਂ ਕਰਨੀਆਂ ਪੈਣਗੀਆਂ। ਪੈਨਲ ਡਾਕਟਰ ਕੋਲੋਂ ਮੈਡੀਕਲ ਅਤੇ ਛਾਤੀ ਦਾ ਐਕਸਰੇ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ, ਅਤੇ ਹਰ ਉਸ ਦੇਸ਼ ਤੋਂ ਪੁਲਿਸ ਸਰਟੀਫਿਕੇਟ ਦੇਣਾ ਪਵੇਗਾ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਪਿਛਲੇ ਦਸ ਸਾਲਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਾਰਾਂ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਜਾਂ ਵੱਧ ਰਹੇ ਹੋ।
tuhanu sehat ate charittar dian sharatan pooriaan karnian paingiaan. panel doctor kolon medical ate chhaati da x-ray hovega, ate har us desh ton police certificate dena pavega jitthe tusin pichhle das saalaan vich baaran maheene jaan vadh rahe ho.
What must survive (7 marks of information)- health and character are both requirements
- a medical examination is required
- a chest x-ray is required
- both are done with a panel doctor
- police certificates from every country she has lived in
- the threshold is twelve months or more
- only countries lived in during the last ten years
Terms in this segment- character requirement — ਚਰਿੱਤਰ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਰਤ charittar di sharat
- panel doctor — ਪੈਨਲ ਡਾਕਟਰ panel doctor
- chest x-ray — ਛਾਤੀ ਦਾ ਐਕਸਰੇ chhaati da x-ray
- police certificate — ਪੁਲਿਸ ਸਰਟੀਫਿਕੇਟ police certificate
Where marks go here: "Every country you have lived in" is the whole point of the sentence and is often reduced to "your country". The two conditions attached to it, twelve months or more and within the last ten years, are separate marks and neither survives a paraphrase like "from wherever you stayed a long time".
- 6. Mrs BrarPunjabi English37 words
ਮੈਂ ਦੋ ਹਜ਼ਾਰ ਉੱਨੀ ਤੋਂ ਦੋ ਹਜ਼ਾਰ ਬਾਈ ਤੱਕ ਤਿੰਨ ਸਾਲ ਦੁਬਈ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਸਕੂਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੜ੍ਹਾਇਆ ਸੀ। ਤਾਂ ਕੀ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਭਾਰਤ ਅਤੇ ਯੂਏਈ, ਦੋਵਾਂ ਦਾ ਪੁਲਿਸ ਕਲੀਅਰੈਂਸ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ? ਦੁਬਈ ਵਾਲਾ ਲੈਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿੰਨਾ ਸਮਾਂ ਲੱਗੇਗਾ?
main do hazaar unni ton do hazaar baai takk tinn saal Dubai vich ikk school vich parhaaia si. taan ki mainu Bharat ate UAE, dohaan da police clearance chaahida hai? Dubai vaala lain vich kinna samaan laggega?
Model interpretationI taught at a school in Dubai for three years, from 2019 to 2022. So do I need police clearances from both India and the UAE? How long does the Dubai one take to obtain?
What must survive (6 marks of information)- she taught at a school in Dubai
- three years there
- the period was 2019 to 2022
- asks whether clearances are needed from both countries
- names India and the UAE
- asks how long the Dubai certificate takes
Terms in this segment- police clearance — ਪੁਲਿਸ ਕਲੀਅਰੈਂਸ police clearance
- the UAE — ਯੂਏਈ UAE
- to teach — ਪੜ੍ਹਾਉਣਾ parhauna
Where marks go here: There are three numbers in one clause: three years, 2019 and 2022. Candidates keep the span and drop "three years", or keep "three years" and lose the years. Both the duration and the dates are scored, and "ਦੋਵਾਂ" (both countries) is a separate point again.
- 7. Ms DelaneyEnglish Punjabi38 words
Processing for the temporary stage is running at about fourteen to eighteen months. Your bridging visa A starts the day your visitor visa expires. It lets you stay and work, but you cannot leave and return on it.
Model interpretationਆਰਜ਼ੀ ਪੜਾਅ ਦੀ ਕਾਰਵਾਈ ਇਸ ਵੇਲੇ ਤਕਰੀਬਨ ਚੌਦਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਅਠਾਰਾਂ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਲੈ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ। ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਬ੍ਰਿਜਿੰਗ ਵੀਜ਼ਾ ਏ ਉਸ ਦਿਨ ਤੋਂ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਦਿਨ ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਵਿਜ਼ਿਟਰ ਵੀਜ਼ਾ ਖ਼ਤਮ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਉੱਤੇ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਇੱਥੇ ਰਹਿ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋ ਅਤੇ ਕੰਮ ਵੀ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋ, ਪਰ ਬਾਹਰ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਵਾਪਸ ਨਹੀਂ ਆ ਸਕਦੇ।
aarzi padaa di karvaai is vele takreeban chaudaan ton athaaraan maheene lai rahi hai. tuhada bridging visa A us din ton shuru hunda hai jis din tuhada visitor visa khatam hunda hai. is utte tusin itthe reh sakde ho ate kamm vi kar sakde ho, par baahar ja ke vaapas nahin aa sakde.
What must survive (6 marks of information)- temporary stage takes about fourteen to eighteen months
- the bridging visa is a bridging visa A
- it starts the day the visitor visa expires
- it permits staying in Australia
- it permits working
- it does not permit leaving and returning
Terms in this segment- bridging visa A — ਬ੍ਰਿਜਿੰਗ ਵੀਜ਼ਾ ਏ bridging visa A
- to expire — ਖ਼ਤਮ ਹੋਣਾ khatam hona
- processing — ਕਾਰਵਾਈ karvaai
Where marks go here: The permission and the prohibition sit in the same sentence, so candidates deliver one and forget the other, usually reporting that she can stay and work and stopping there. "Fourteen to eighteen" is a range: a single number such as "about a year and a half" is not the range that was said.
- 8. Mrs BrarPunjabi English38 words
ਮੇਰੇ ਪਿਤਾ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਦਿਲ ਦਾ ਅਪਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਦਸ ਅਕਤੂਬਰ ਨੂੰ ਹੈ, ਇਸ ਲਈ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਭਾਰਤ ਜਾਣਾ ਪੈ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ। ਕੀ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਸਫ਼ਰ ਵਾਲੇ ਬ੍ਰਿਜਿੰਗ ਵੀਜ਼ੇ ਦੀ ਅਰਜ਼ੀ ਤਿਆਰ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋ? ਮੈਂ ਮੰਗਲਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਸਾਰੇ ਕਾਗਜ਼ ਲੈ ਆਵਾਂਗੀ।
mere pita ji de dil da apreshan das October nu hai, is layi mainu Bharat jaana pai sakda hai. ki tusin safar vaale bridging veeze di arzi taiyaar kar sakde ho? main mangalvaar nu saare kaagaz lai aavangi.
Model interpretationMy father's heart operation is on the tenth of October, so I may need to travel to India. Could you prepare the application for the bridging visa that allows travel? I will bring all the documents on Tuesday.
What must survive (6 marks of information)- her father is having a heart operation
- the operation is on the tenth of October
- she may need to travel to India
- asks the agent to prepare the travel bridging visa application
- she will bring all the documents
- she will bring them on Tuesday
Terms in this segment- heart operation — ਦਿਲ ਦਾ ਅਪਰੇਸ਼ਨ dil da apreshan
- documents / papers — ਕਾਗਜ਼ kaagaz
- to prepare — ਤਿਆਰ ਕਰਨਾ taiyaar karna
Where marks go here: "ਪੈ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ" is may, not must. Rendering it as "I have to go to India" overstates a client instruction the agent will act on. The date and the weekday are two separate facts and both are marked.
Register and cultural mediation in this dialogue
- A migration agent speaks to a client with ਤੁਸੀਂ throughout, and the client uses ਤੁਸੀਂ back. Slipping into ਤੂੰ, even in the friendly closing lines, marks the agent as over-familiar and would be read by an assessor as a register error, not a stylistic choice.
- Punjabi families often describe a marriage by the ceremony (ਆਨੰਦ ਕਾਰਜ) while the department only recognises the registered marriage certificate. Interpreters should render exactly what the client says about registration and not helpfully assume the two happened on the same date.
- There is no everyday Punjabi word for a bridging visa. Speakers say ਬ੍ਰਿਜਿੰਗ ਵੀਜ਼ਾ, and the letter A or B carries all the meaning. Dropping the letter turns a precise legal condition into a vague reassurance that the client can stay.
Partner Visa: Two Stages, Evidence and a Bridging Visa — glossary (14 terms)
Learn these before you sit the paper a second time. More immigration & settlement vocabulary.
| English | Punjabi | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| registered migration agentRegistered with the regulator and legally allowed to give immigration advice. Not the same as a travel agent or a visa consultant back home. | ਰਜਿਸਟਰਡ ਮਾਈਗ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਏਜੰਟ | registered migration agent |
| sponsor | ਸਪਾਂਸਰ | sponsor |
| applicant | ਅਰਜ਼ੀਕਰਤਾ | arzikarta |
| subclassLeft as the English term in Punjabi speech. Translating it as a description loses the number that follows it. | ਸਬਕਲਾਸ | subclass |
| temporary visa | ਆਰਜ਼ੀ ਵੀਜ਼ਾ | aarzi visa |
| permanent residence | ਪੱਕੀ ਰਿਹਾਇਸ਼ | pakki rihaaish |
| relationship evidence | ਰਿਸ਼ਤੇ ਦਾ ਸਬੂਤ | rishte da saboot |
| statutory declarationA signed statement that carries legal penalties if false. Stronger than an ordinary letter of support, which is why Form 888 exists. | ਕਾਨੂੰਨੀ ਬਿਆਨ | kanooni bayaan |
| health requirement | ਸਿਹਤ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਰਤ | sehat di sharat |
| character requirement | ਚਰਿੱਤਰ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਰਤ | charittar di sharat |
| bridging visa BThe bridging visa that permits travel out of and back into Australia while an application is still being decided. | ਬ੍ਰਿਜਿੰਗ ਵੀਜ਼ਾ ਬੀ | bridging visa B |
| processing time | ਕਾਰਵਾਈ ਦਾ ਸਮਾਂ | karvaai da samaan |
| visitor visa | ਵਿਜ਼ਿਟਰ ਵੀਜ਼ਾ | visitor visa |
| to grant a visaPunjabi speakers usually say the visa "came" (ਵੀਜ਼ਾ ਆ ਗਿਆ). In English, render it as granted or approved, not arrived. | ਵੀਜ਼ਾ ਮਿਲਣਾ / ਦੇਣਾ | visa milna / dena |
Job Interview: Casual Personal Care Worker
Your brief. A care services manager at a residential aged care home in Craigieburn interviews a Punjabi-speaking applicant for a casual personal care worker position. They work through availability and shift patterns, her Certificate III and her nursing experience in India, the police check and NDIS worker screening she must clear before starting, the award rate with casual loading, and the two-week paid induction.
Speakers: Care services manager at a residential aged care home (English) and Punjabi-speaking applicant for a personal care worker role (Punjabi). You interpret for both.
- 1. Ms HarringtonEnglish Punjabi37 words
Thanks for coming in, Mrs Sidhu. The role is casual personal care worker at our residential aged care home in Craigieburn. Morning shifts run six thirty to two thirty, afternoons two to ten. What is your availability?
Model interpretationਆਉਣ ਲਈ ਧੰਨਵਾਦ, ਸ੍ਰੀਮਤੀ ਸਿੱਧੂ। ਇਹ ਨੌਕਰੀ ਕ੍ਰੇਗੀਬਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਡੇ ਬਜ਼ੁਰਗਾਂ ਦੇ ਕੇਅਰ ਹੋਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੈਜ਼ੂਅਲ ਪਰਸਨਲ ਕੇਅਰ ਵਰਕਰ ਦੀ ਹੈ। ਸਵੇਰ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਿਫ਼ਟ ਸਾਢੇ ਛੇ ਤੋਂ ਢਾਈ ਵਜੇ ਤੱਕ, ਅਤੇ ਦੁਪਹਿਰ ਦੀ ਦੋ ਤੋਂ ਦਸ ਵਜੇ ਤੱਕ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ। ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕਦੋਂ ਕੰਮ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋ?
aaun layi dhanvaad, Srimati Sidhu. ih naukri Craigieburn vich sade bazurgaan de care home vich casual personal care worker di hai. saver di shift saadhe chhe ton dhaai vaje takk, ate dupehar di do ton das vaje takk hundi hai. tusin kadon kamm kar sakde ho?
What must survive (6 marks of information)- the role is casual, not permanent
- position is personal care worker
- residential aged care home in Craigieburn
- morning shift is six thirty to two thirty
- afternoon shift is two to ten
- asks about her availability
Terms in this segment- casual — ਕੈਜ਼ੂਅਲ casual
- personal care worker — ਪਰਸਨਲ ਕੇਅਰ ਵਰਕਰ personal care worker
- aged care home — ਬਜ਼ੁਰਗਾਂ ਦਾ ਕੇਅਰ ਹੋਮ bazurgaan da care home
- shift — ਸ਼ਿਫ਼ਟ shift
Where marks go here: Two shift spans, four clock times. Candidates who convert them into "morning and afternoon shifts" lose all four. "Casual" is also a marked employment status here and must not become "part time", which carries different entitlements.
- 2. Mrs SidhuPunjabi English35 words
ਮੈਂ ਹਫ਼ਤੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੰਜ ਦਿਨ ਕੰਮ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੀ ਹਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਵੀਕਐਂਡ ਵੀ ਠੀਕ ਹੈ। ਪਰ ਵੀਰਵਾਰ ਸਵੇਰੇ ਮੈਂ ਧੀ ਨੂੰ ਸਕੂਲ ਛੱਡਦੀ ਹਾਂ, ਇਸ ਲਈ ਉਸ ਦਿਨ ਮੈਂ ਸਿਰਫ਼ ਦੁਪਹਿਰ ਵਾਲੀ ਸ਼ਿਫ਼ਟ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੀ ਹਾਂ।
main hafte vich panj din kamm kar sakdi haan ate weekend vi theek hai. par veervaar savere main dhee nu school chhaddi haan, is layi us din main sirf dupehar vaali shift kar sakdi haan.
Model interpretationI can work five days a week and weekends are fine too. But on Thursday mornings I drop my daughter at school, so on that day I can only do the afternoon shift.
What must survive (5 marks of information)- available five days a week
- weekends are acceptable
- Thursday mornings are the exception
- reason is the school drop off for her daughter
- on Thursdays she can only work the afternoon shift
Terms in this segment- weekend — ਵੀਕਐਂਡ weekend
- Thursday — ਵੀਰਵਾਰ veervaar
- to drop off — ਛੱਡਣਾ chhaddna
Where marks go here: The restriction is Thursday mornings only, not Thursdays. Candidates who render it as "she cannot work Thursdays" remove a whole shift from the roster and lose the conditional that follows it.
- 3. Ms HarringtonEnglish Punjabi32 words
Your application says Certificate Three in Individual Support, ageing specialisation. I need to check where you completed it, how many placement hours you did, and what care experience you have from overseas.
Model interpretationਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਅਰਜ਼ੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਕੋਲ ਸਰਟੀਫਿਕੇਟ ਤਿੰਨ ਇਨ ਇੰਡੀਵਿਜੁਅਲ ਸਪੋਰਟ ਹੈ, ਬਜ਼ੁਰਗਾਂ ਦੀ ਦੇਖਭਾਲ ਵਾਲਾ। ਮੈਨੂੰ ਇਹ ਵੇਖਣਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਇਹ ਕਿੱਥੋਂ ਪੂਰਾ ਕੀਤਾ, ਕਿੰਨੇ ਘੰਟੇ ਦੀ ਪਲੇਸਮੈਂਟ ਕੀਤੀ, ਅਤੇ ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੇਖਭਾਲ ਦਾ ਕੀ ਤਜਰਬਾ ਹੈ।
tuhadi arzi vich likhia hai ki tuhade kol certificate tinn in individual support hai, bazurgaan di dekhbhaal vaala. mainu ih vekhna hai ki tusin ih kitthon poora keeta, kinne ghante di placement keeti, ate videsh vich dekhbhaal da ki tajarba hai.
What must survive (5 marks of information)- qualification is Certificate III in Individual Support
- the ageing specialisation, not disability
- asks where it was completed
- asks how many placement hours
- asks about overseas care experience
Terms in this segment- Certificate III in Individual Support — ਸਰਟੀਫਿਕੇਟ ਤਿੰਨ ਇਨ ਇੰਡੀਵਿਜੁਅਲ ਸਪੋਰਟ certificate tinn in individual support
- placement — ਪਲੇਸਮੈਂਟ placement
- experience — ਤਜਰਬਾ tajarba
- overseas — ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ videsh
Where marks go here: Certificate III is a qualification name and stays as a name; "third certificate" is wrong. The three questions are asked in one breath and the third, overseas experience, is the one candidates leave out.
- 4. Mrs SidhuPunjabi English33 words
ਮੈਂ ਕੰਗਨ ਇੰਸਟੀਚਿਊਟ ਤੋਂ ਮਾਰਚ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਰਟੀਫਿਕੇਟ ਤਿੰਨ ਪੂਰਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਸੌ ਵੀਹ ਘੰਟੇ ਦੀ ਪਲੇਸਮੈਂਟ ਕੀਤੀ। ਭਾਰਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੈਂ ਲੁਧਿਆਣੇ ਦੇ ਹਸਪਤਾਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਚਾਰ ਸਾਲ ਨਰਸਿੰਗ ਸਹਾਇਕ ਵਜੋਂ ਕੰਮ ਕੀਤਾ ਸੀ।
main Kangan Institute ton March vich certificate tinn poora keeta ate ikk sau veeh ghante di placement keeti. Bharat vich main Ludhiane de haspataal vich chaar saal nursing sahaayak vajon kamm keeta si.
Model interpretationI completed Certificate III at Kangan Institute in March and did a hundred and twenty hours of placement. In India I worked as a nursing assistant at a hospital in Ludhiana for four years.
What must survive (6 marks of information)- completed at Kangan Institute
- completed in March
- did 120 hours of placement
- worked as a nursing assistant, not a registered nurse
- at a hospital in Ludhiana
- for four years
Terms in this segment- nursing assistant — ਨਰਸਿੰਗ ਸਹਾਇਕ nursing sahaayak
- hospital — ਹਸਪਤਾਲ haspataal
- to complete — ਪੂਰਾ ਕਰਨਾ poora karna
Where marks go here: One hundred and twenty is spoken as ਇੱਕ ਸੌ ਵੀਹ and is regularly heard as twenty. The job title also matters: ਨਰਸਿੰਗ ਸਹਾਇਕ is a nursing assistant, and upgrading her to "nurse" in English is an accuracy error an assessor will mark.
- 5. Ms HarringtonEnglish Punjabi33 words
Before your first shift you must give us a national police check less than three years old and a cleared NDIS worker screening check. We also need your influenza vaccination record each year.
Model interpretationਆਪਣੀ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਸ਼ਿਫ਼ਟ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਨੈਸ਼ਨਲ ਪੁਲਿਸ ਚੈੱਕ ਦੇਣਾ ਪਵੇਗਾ ਜੋ ਤਿੰਨ ਸਾਲ ਤੋਂ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ ਨਾ ਹੋਵੇ, ਅਤੇ ਪਾਸ ਹੋਇਆ ਐੱਨ ਡੀ ਆਈ ਐੱਸ ਵਰਕਰ ਸਕਰੀਨਿੰਗ ਚੈੱਕ। ਸਾਨੂੰ ਹਰ ਸਾਲ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਫ਼ਲੂ ਦੇ ਟੀਕੇ ਦਾ ਰਿਕਾਰਡ ਵੀ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ।
aapni pahili shift ton pahilan tuhanu sanu national police check dena pavega jo tinn saal ton puraana na hove, ate paas hoia N D I S worker screening check. sanu har saal tuhade flu de teeke da record vi chaahida hai.
What must survive (6 marks of information)- both checks are due before the first shift
- national police check required
- the police check must be less than three years old
- NDIS worker screening check required
- the screening must already be cleared
- influenza vaccination record required each year
Terms in this segment- national police check — ਨੈਸ਼ਨਲ ਪੁਲਿਸ ਚੈੱਕ national police check
- NDIS worker screening check — ਐੱਨ ਡੀ ਆਈ ਐੱਸ ਵਰਕਰ ਸਕਰੀਨਿੰਗ ਚੈੱਕ N D I S worker screening check
- influenza vaccination — ਫ਼ਲੂ ਦਾ ਟੀਕਾ flu da teeka
Where marks go here: These are two different checks from two different systems and candidates merge them into "a police check". The age limit, less than three years old, attaches only to the police check; moving it onto the screening check invents a condition.
- 6. Mrs SidhuPunjabi English35 words
ਮੇਰਾ ਪੁਲਿਸ ਚੈੱਕ ਪਿਛਲੇ ਸਾਲ ਜੂਨ ਦਾ ਹੈ। ਐੱਨ ਡੀ ਆਈ ਐੱਸ ਸਕਰੀਨਿੰਗ ਲਈ ਮੈਂ ਦੋ ਹਫ਼ਤੇ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਅਰਜ਼ੀ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਸੀ, ਪਰ ਅਜੇ ਜਵਾਬ ਨਹੀਂ ਆਇਆ। ਕੀ ਮੈਂ ਉਦੋਂ ਤੱਕ ਕੰਮ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੀ ਹਾਂ?
mera police check pichhle saal June da hai. N D I S screening layi main do hafte pahilan arzi ditti si, par aje javaab nahin aaia. ki main udon takk kamm shuru kar sakdi haan?
Model interpretationMy police check is from June last year. I applied for the NDIS screening two weeks ago, but I have not had a response yet. Can I start work in the meantime?
What must survive (5 marks of information)- police check is dated June last year
- she has applied for the NDIS screening
- she applied two weeks ago
- no response has come back yet
- asks whether she can start work in the meantime
Terms in this segment- to apply — ਅਰਜ਼ੀ ਦੇਣੀ arzi deni
- response / reply — ਜਵਾਬ javaab
- in the meantime — ਉਦੋਂ ਤੱਕ udon takk
Where marks go here: "ਪਿਛਲੇ ਸਾਲ ਜੂਨ" is June last year, not this June, and the difference decides whether her check is still valid. Candidates also turn the closing question into a statement that she will start, which reverses who is deciding.
- 7. Ms HarringtonEnglish Punjabi37 words
No, the screening must be cleared first. On pay, the award rate for this classification is around thirty two dollars an hour, plus twenty five per cent casual loading. Induction is two weeks and it is paid.
Model interpretationਨਹੀਂ, ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਸਕਰੀਨਿੰਗ ਪਾਸ ਹੋਣੀ ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ ਹੈ। ਤਨਖ਼ਾਹ ਬਾਰੇ, ਇਸ ਦਰਜੇ ਲਈ ਅਵਾਰਡ ਦੀ ਦਰ ਤਕਰੀਬਨ ਬੱਤੀ ਡਾਲਰ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ ਘੰਟਾ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਪੱਚੀ ਫ਼ੀਸਦੀ ਕੈਜ਼ੂਅਲ ਲੋਡਿੰਗ ਮਿਲਦੀ ਹੈ। ਇੰਡਕਸ਼ਨ ਦੋ ਹਫ਼ਤੇ ਦੀ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਪੈਸੇ ਮਿਲਦੇ ਹਨ।
nahin, pahilan screening paas honi zaroori hai. tankhaah baare, is darje layi award di dar takreeban battee daalar prati ghanta hai, ate utte pachchi feesdi casual loading mildi hai. induction do hafte di hundi hai ate us de paise milde han.
What must survive (6 marks of information)- no, she cannot start before the screening is cleared
- the rate comes from the award
- base rate is around thirty two dollars an hour
- casual loading is twenty five per cent
- the loading is on top of the base rate
- induction runs two weeks and is paid
Terms in this segment- award rate — ਅਵਾਰਡ ਦੀ ਦਰ award di dar
- casual loading — ਕੈਜ਼ੂਅਲ ਲੋਡਿੰਗ casual loading
- induction — ਇੰਡਕਸ਼ਨ induction
- per cent — ਫ਼ੀਸਦੀ feesdi
Where marks go here: The dollar figure and the percentage are two separate numbers and candidates often keep one, or drop the "around" and quote the rate as an exact promise. "Plus twenty five per cent" means on top of the rate, not that the rate is twenty five per cent of something; "paid induction" is a third mark that disappears when the sentence is rushed.
- 8. Mrs SidhuPunjabi English32 words
ਠੀਕ ਹੈ, ਮੈਂ ਅਠਾਰਾਂ ਅਗਸਤ ਤੋਂ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੀ ਹਾਂ। ਕੀ ਦੋ ਹਫ਼ਤਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਟ੍ਰੇਨਿੰਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਰੀਜ਼ ਚੁੱਕਣ ਦੀ ਸਿਖਲਾਈ ਵੀ ਹੈ? ਅਤੇ ਕੀ ਸ਼ਨਿੱਚਰਵਾਰ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਿਫ਼ਟ ਦੇ ਪੈਸੇ ਵੱਧ ਮਿਲਦੇ ਹਨ?
theek hai, main athaaraan agast ton shuru kar sakdi haan. ki do haftian di training vich mareez chukkan di sikhlaai vi hai? ate ki shanicharvaar di shift de paise vadh milde han?
Model interpretationThat is fine, I can start from the eighteenth of August. Does the two week training include manual handling for lifting residents? And do Saturday shifts pay more?
What must survive (4 marks of information)- she accepts the conditions
- she can start from the eighteenth of August
- asks whether the two week induction includes lifting training
- asks whether Saturday shifts pay more
Terms in this segment- manual handling / lifting — ਮਰੀਜ਼ ਚੁੱਕਣ ਦੀ ਸਿਖਲਾਈ mareez chukkan di sikhlaai
- training — ਸਿਖਲਾਈ / ਟ੍ਰੇਨਿੰਗ sikhlaai / training
- Saturday — ਸ਼ਨਿੱਚਰਵਾਰ shanicharvaar
Where marks go here: The start date is the only date in the segment and gets rounded to "in August". "ਮਰੀਜ਼ ਚੁੱਕਣ ਦੀ ਸਿਖਲਾਈ" is manual handling training, a specific workplace safety module, not general training about patients.
Register and cultural mediation in this dialogue
- An Australian interviewer opens with first names and small talk while a Punjabi-speaking candidate may open with formal deference and ਜੀ. Keep each speaker's register in your rendering rather than levelling both to the middle, and always use ਤੁਸੀਂ for the interviewer.
- Candidates trained overseas often describe a nursing role in terms of what they were trusted to do rather than the title they held. Interpret the title exactly as said, because Australian scope of practice is tied to the qualification and inflating it can cost the applicant the job.
- The NDIS worker screening check has no Punjabi equivalent and is easily confused with a police check, since both are described at home as ਪੁਲਿਸ ਵੈਰੀਫਿਕੇਸ਼ਨ. Keeping the two names distinct is the cultural mediation the assessor is listening for.
Job Interview: Casual Personal Care Worker — glossary (14 terms)
Learn these before you sit the paper a second time. More business & employment vocabulary.
| English | Punjabi | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| casual employmentNo guaranteed hours and no paid leave, compensated by the loading. Punjabi speakers often call any insecure work ਕੱਚੀ ਨੌਕਰੀ, which is not the same legal category. | ਕੈਜ਼ੂਅਲ ਨੌਕਰੀ | casual naukri |
| roster | ਸ਼ਿਫ਼ਟਾਂ ਦੀ ਲਿਸਟ | shiftan di list |
| availability | ਕਦੋਂ ਕੰਮ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋ | kadon kamm kar sakde ho |
| qualification | ਯੋਗਤਾ | yogta |
| TAFEGovernment vocational training institutes. Not a university, so do not render it as ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ. | ਟੈਫ਼ | TAFE |
| placement hours | ਪਲੇਸਮੈਂਟ ਦੇ ਘੰਟੇ | placement de ghante |
| resident (in aged care) | ਕੇਅਰ ਹੋਮ ਦਾ ਵਸਨੀਕ | care home da vasneek |
| awardThe industry pay instrument setting minimum rates, penalties and loadings. Keep the English word and describe it, rather than translating it. | ਅਵਾਰਡ | award |
| penalty rates | ਵਾਧੂ ਦਰਾਂ | vaadhu daraan |
| loading | ਲੋਡਿੰਗ | loading |
| probation | ਅਜ਼ਮਾਇਸ਼ੀ ਸਮਾਂ | azmaaishi samaan |
| superannuationEmployer retirement contributions paid on top of wages. Almost always said as ਸੁਪਰ in Australian Punjabi speech. | ਸੁਪਰ | super |
| supervisor | ਸੁਪਰਵਾਈਜ਼ਰ | supervisor |
| vaccination record | ਟੀਕੇ ਦਾ ਰਿਕਾਰਡ | teeke da record |
Marking yourself is the slow way
It works, and it is free — but it takes twenty minutes per dialogue and it depends on you being honest about what you actually said. Inside the course you record your answer, and it is transcribed and scored against the model automatically, segment by segment, with the information you dropped highlighted. 112 dialogues across every CCL domain, unlimited scored mock tests, and a vocabulary bank that resurfaces the terms you keep missing.
No card to start. The free papers here stay free either way.
Questions about this mock test
- Do immigration dialogues in the NAATI CCL test really use visa subclass numbers?
- Yes. Migration advice is full of subclass numbers, form numbers and processing timeframes, and they are exactly the kind of precise detail CCL marking is built around. In this paper you have to carry subclass 820, subclass 801 and Form 888 without rounding or dropping any of them.
- How do I interpret a list of four items without losing one?
- Note the number first, then the items. When the agent says the department weighs four things, write a quick four and jot one letter per category as you listen. Segment three of dialogue one exists to punish candidates who listen for the gist, because each of the four evidence headings is separately scored.
- Should I translate terms like NDIS, award and casual loading into Punjabi?
- Keep the name and add a short gloss only if the speaker's meaning would otherwise be lost. Australian Punjabi speakers say ਐੱਨ ਡੀ ਆਈ ਐੱਸ and ਕੈਜ਼ੂਅਲ ਲੋਡਿੰਗ in ordinary conversation, and inventing a Punjabi equivalent usually costs accuracy marks rather than earning credit for effort.
- Is a job interview an easier CCL dialogue than a medical or legal one?
- It is not. Interview dialogues stack numbers of different kinds in one segment: clock times, hourly rates, percentages, dates and hours of placement. Dialogue two here puts four clock times in the opening segment alone, and mixed number types are where intermediate candidates leak the most marks.
- How is this 90-mark paper scored, and what counts as a pass?
- Each dialogue is worth 45 marks, so the paper totals 90, and you need 63 overall plus at least 29 on each dialogue. Tick every key point you actually said, convert your two dialogue totals separately, and check the per-dialogue floor before you look at the combined score.
- What does the difference between may and must matter for in this test?
- Immigration conditions live or die on it. The agent says you must supply police certificates and that you cannot leave on a bridging visa A, while the client only says she may need to travel. Turning may into must, or a prohibition into advice, is a meaning error rather than a style choice.
Sit another paper
One mock is a data point; two are a trend. Pick a domain you have not practised — a real test will not let you choose.
Before you sit the real one
- How to sit a mock test properly — conditions, recording and what assessors deduct for.
- All free immigration & settlement dialogues and all free business & employment dialogues — every paper in these domains, with a merged glossary and every examiner note.
- Immigration & Settlement vocabulary and Business & Employment vocabulary — the terms these dialogues assume you know.
- What the real test costs — the price of finding out the hard way.
- The full CCL syllabus — every domain a real paper can draw from.
Last revised 2026-08-05. NaatiGuru is not affiliated with NAATI; these are original practice materials written to the published CCL test format.