Interpreter/Cultural advisor/language instructor

Asif Siddique

Objective

To get a position as a Pashto/ Dari/Urdu cultural advisor language instructor or interpreter

Employment Skills

• Spoken and written native proficiency in Pashto, Dari and Urdu

• Experience with preparation to Oral Proficiency Interview

• Application of polygraph test

• Teaching foreign languages to military personnel

Education

• High School: Said Noor Mohammad. Shah Mainah 1982 – 86 Afghanistan

• Teacher Training College: Darull Malimeen School 1986 – 88. Afghanistan

Employment History

a) Mission Essential Personnel, Afghanistan March 2011 – March 2012

4343 Easton Commons suite 100

Columbus, OH. 43219

Supervisor in Afghanistan: Michael Gaskins

*******.*******@*********.***

Linguist / intepreter

Provided operational contract linguist support to U.S. Army operations in Afghanistan - Special Operations Task Force South, executing the following tasks:

• general linguistic support for military operations

• Polygraph of local linguists and laborers. (Pashto, Dari and Urdu)

• Interrogations.

• Interpretations between locals and military personnel.

• Participation in missions.

b) DLS Diplomatic Language Service, Washington DC Feb / 2010 - 2011

1901 N. Fort Myer Dr. 6th floor

Arlington, VA 22209

Supervisor: Ms.Sely Popal

703-***-**** ext 113

Pashto language instructor

• Trained students to communicate in the target language in interaction with native speakers, and to comprehend in reading and listening activities. Study includes: work with military vocabulary, political and economic language.

• Worked with periodicals and authentic listening materials to prepare students to interact in the target culture.

• Applied proficiency and performance assessments using weekly quizzes and simulation OPI tests.

c) Washington Suburban Sanitarian Commission – WSSC. Since 1997 - 2010

14501 Sweitzer Lane, Laurel MD 20707

Unit coordinator: Robert Martin: 301-***-****

Main position: Utility technician

Maintenance Inspector:

• Customer care relationship at the customers’ residences.

• Enforcement of the recommended safety practices and use of required personal protective equipment

• Completion of mandatory courses such as confined spaces, traffic control and others as established by OSHA and MOSHA

• Performance of sampling duties in compliance with certification/regulatory requirements including simple chemical analyses to determine operational parameters, as well as the maintenance a log of sampling results

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