Department Contacts
Marge Throndson (408) 741-2448
marge_throndson@westvalley.edu
Questions about Career Programs?
Call Career Programs Center
(408) 741-2098, email
cathy_aimonetti@westvalley.edu
or stop by room AAS 35
(408) 741-2098, email
cathy_aimonetti@westvalley.edu
or stop by room AAS 35
Court Reporting Careers by Level and Certificate Requirements
Certificate |
Machine Shorthand |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Legal Secretary | N/A | The services provided by a legal secretary may range from that of a legal word processor to that of an administrative assistant for one or more attorneys in large or small firms. |
| Note Reading and Scoping Technologist | 80-100 wpm | A scopist edits and proofreads legal transcripts. Scopists may work at home, in a court reporter’s office, or at a courthouse. |
| Office Assistant Transcription Technologist | 80-140 wpm | Machine shorthand writers perform standard office responsibilities and data entry, as well as taking minutes at board meetings and presentations. |
| Stenographic Computer-Aided Medical Transcriptionist | 80-140 wpm | A machine shorthand writer performs medical transcription of physicians’ reports. A medical transcriptionist combines course work in medical transcription with steno machine theory and speed building. |
| Legal Transcription Technologist | 80-140 wpm | A legal transcriptionist works for law offices and courts using machine shorthand for data entry of legal documents and transcription of tape recordings. |
| Realtime Steno-Interpreter (CART - Communication Access Realtime Translation) |
80-200 wpm | A steno-interpreter translates for hearing-impaired people in classrooms, conventions, sporting events, church services, public hearings, medical appointments, and various other settings. |
| A.S. Degree or Certificate in Court Reporting | 200-220 wpm | Court Reporters report verbatim the legal proceedings which take place in courtroom and deposition settings. The WVC Court Reporting program prepares reporters for licensing examinations. |
• last updated: July 18, 2007 •