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Court Reporters

SOC 23-2091.00

Use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information. Includes stenocaptioners who operate computerized stenographic captioning equipment to provide captions of live or prerecorded broadcasts for hearing-impaired viewers.

Zone 3 Legal

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Active Listening

4.0

Writing

3.4

Reading Comprehension

3.2

Time Management

3.1

Speaking

3.0

Monitoring

3.0

Critical Thinking

2.9

Social Perceptiveness

2.9

Knowledge Areas 8

English Language

4.8

Clerical

4.4

Computers and Electronics

4.0

Law and Government

3.7

Customer and Personal Service

3.5

Administration and Management

2.1

Production and Processing

2.1

Economics and Accounting

1.9

Key Tasks

1Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks.

2Take notes in shorthand or use a stenotype or shorthand machine that prints letters on a paper tape.

3Record symbols on computer storage media and use computer aided transcription to translate and display them as text.

4Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public.

5Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats.

Also Known As

Caption Writer Certified Shorthand Reporter (CSR) Chancery Clerk Court Monitor Court Recorder Court Recording Monitor Court Reporter Court Stenographer Court Transcriber Data Transcriber