CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Stenographers and/or Court Reporters
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CompGeo Occupation Group:
Clerical/Secretarial
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Job Family:
Secretarial
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Benchmark Title:
Stenographers and/or Court Reporters
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Summary Job Description |
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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. |
Take notes in shorthand or use a stenotype or shorthand machine that prints letters on a paper tape. |
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Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public. |
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Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks. |
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Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats. |
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Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements. |
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File a legible transcript of records of a court case with the court clerk's office. |
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File and store shorthand notes of court session. |
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Respond to requests during court sessions to read portions of the proceedings already recorded. |
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Record depositions and other proceedings for attorneys. |
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Verify accuracy of transcripts by checking copies against original records of proceedings and accuracy of rulings by checking with judges. |
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Record symbols on computer storage media and use computer aided transcription to translate and display them as text. |
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CompGeo Occupation Group:
Clerical/Secretarial
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Job Family:
Secretarial
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Benchmark Title:
Stenographers and/or Court Reporters
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Important Knowledge Competencies |
Competency Description |
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English Language |
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
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Clerical |
Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. |
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Computers and Electronics |
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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Law and Government |
Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
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Customer and Personal Service |
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
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Production and Processing |
Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
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CompGeo Occupation Group:
Clerical/Secretarial
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Job Family:
Secretarial
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Benchmark Title:
Stenographers and/or Court Reporters
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Important Skill Competencies |
Competency Description |
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Active Listening |
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
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Writing |
Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
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Reading Comprehension |
Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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Speaking |
Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
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Monitoring |
Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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Time Management |
Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Critical Thinking |
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
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Social Perceptiveness |
Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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CompGeo Occupation Group:
Clerical/Secretarial
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Job Family:
Secretarial
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Benchmark Title:
Stenographers and/or Court Reporters
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Important Ability Competencies |
Competency Description |
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Oral Comprehension |
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
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Speech Recognition |
The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Oral Expression |
The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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Selective Attention |
The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Near Vision |
The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
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Written Comprehension |
The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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Written Expression |
The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
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Information Ordering |
The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
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Problem Sensitivity |
The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
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Finger Dexterity |
The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
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Control Precision |
The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
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Speech Clarity |
The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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Deductive Reasoning |
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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Wrist-Finger Speed |
The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
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CompGeo Occupation Group:
Clerical/Secretarial
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Job Family:
Secretarial
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Benchmark Title:
Stenographers and/or Court Reporters
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Tools/Technology Example |
Product Category |
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Acclaim Legal Acclaim DepoManage |
Data base user interface and query software |
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Acculaw Court Reporters Billing Scheduling Job Management System ABSMS |
Enterprise resource planning ERP software |
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Advantage Software Total Eclipse |
Word processing software |
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AudioScribe SpeechCAT |
Word processing software |
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Chase Software Solutions Court Reporting Software |
Data base user interface and query software |
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Cheetah International SmartCAT |
Word processing software |
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Corel WordPerfect software |
Word processing software |
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Courtpages |
Data base user interface and query software |
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Courtroom Data Solutions Techlennium |
Voice recognition software |
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Electronic Transcript Software ProTEXT |
Word processing software |
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Equative TimeLedger |
Time accounting software |
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ForTheRecord TheRecord Player |
Presentation software |
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Gigatron StenoCAT |
Word processing software |
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HTH Engineering Start-Stop PowerPlay |
Word processing software |
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Microsoft Excel |
Spreadsheet software |
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Microsoft Word |
Word processing software |
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Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking |
Voice recognition software |
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OMTI ReporterBase |
Data base user interface and query software |
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ProCAT Winner |
Word processing software |
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ReporterWorks |
Enterprise resource planning ERP software |
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Stenograph Case CATalyst |
Word processing software |
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Stenovations Digital CAT |
Word processing software |
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Thomson West LiveNote |
Word processing software |
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VocEdit |
Word processing software |
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Web browser software |
Internet browser software |
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Audio tape recorders |
Cassette players or recorders |
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Desktop computers |
Desktop computers |
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Dictation equipment |
Dictation machines |
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Digital audio recorders |
Digital voice recorders |
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Laptop computers |
Notebook computers |
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Personal computers |
Personal computers |
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Personal digital assistants PDA |
Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers |
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Photocopying equipment |
Photocopiers |
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Stenomasks |
Microphones |
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Stenotype machines |
Stenotype machines |
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CompGeo Occupation Group:
Clerical/Secretarial
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Job Family:
Secretarial
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Benchmark Title:
Stenographers and/or Court Reporters
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Prerequisite Qualification Category |
Education and Experience Level |
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Required Level of Education |
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) |
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On-Site or In-Plant Training |
Up to and including 1 month |
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Related Work Experience |
None |
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On-the-Job Training |
Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months |
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On-the-Job Training |
Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month |
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CompGeo Occupation Group:
Clerical/Secretarial
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Job Family:
Secretarial
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Benchmark Title:
Stenographers and/or Court Reporters
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Alternate Job Title(s) |
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Caption Writer |
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Certified Shorthand Reporter (CSR) |
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Chancery Clerk |
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Court Monitor |
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Court Recorder |
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Court Recording Monitor |
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Court Reporter |
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Court Stenographer |
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Court Transcriber |
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Data Transcriber |
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Deposition Reporter |
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Freelance Court Reporter |
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Freelance Court Stenographer |
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Hearings Reporter |
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Judicial Reporter |
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Print Shop Stenographer |
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Realtime Court Reporter |
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Shorthand Reporter |
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Stenocaptioner |
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Stenographer |
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Stenographic Court Reporter |
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Stenotype Operator |
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Voice Writing Reporter |
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CompGeo Occupation Group:
Clerical/Secretarial
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Job Family:
Secretarial
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Benchmark Title:
Stenographers and/or Court Reporters
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