Program Options

• Certificate of Proficiency

Program Information

With machine shorthand, an office or administrative assistant is able to write shorthand much faster than pen and paper shorthand. Machine shorthand writers are called upon to perform standard office responsibilities, as well as take minutes at board meetings, sales meetings, press conferences, technical training seminars, product introductions, and other presentations.

The Court Reporting Program at West Valley College offers access to an array of high-paying, top-skilled career opportunities in computerized reporting. West Valley College is the only community college in the South Bay that offers court reporting, and in the last twenty years, the California Certified Reporters' Board has licensed hundreds of West Valley College court reporting students who now earn high incomes working in courtrooms and deposition chambers throughout the world. All students in the program are trained by innovative techniques and on state-of-the-art equipment, so that each student can meet and champion the challenges in he legal, medical, and educational world leading to rewarding careers today and tomorrow.

Program Opportunities

• Office Assistant Transcription Technologist and Minute Taker
• Television Closed Captionist
• Realtime Steno-Interpreter
• Legal Transcription Technologist
• Certified Shorthand Reporter
• Computer-Aided Medical Transcriptionist
• Scopist/Transcriber
• Legal Secretary