5992-11 Court or Hansard Reporter
Prepares verbatim reports of court, parliamentary, committee or tribunal proceedings by taking high speed shorthand.
Skill Level:
The entry requirement for this occupation is an AQF Certificate III or higher qualification or at least 3 years relevant experience. In some instances relevant experience is required in addition to the formal qualification.
Tasks Include:
- attends courts of law, parliamentary sittings and other proceedings, to make verbatim records in rapid shorthand or using shorthand-writing machines or computerised equipment
- reads portions of transcripts during trials or other proceedings, on request of judges or other officials
- dictates shorthand notes to word processing operator or into dictating machine
- may transcribe own notes of proceedings
- may perform word processing tasks
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