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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for hearings
   • Examine court roster and cause list to identify jurisdiction, number of judiciary and status of case.
   • Locate existing glossaries, or for new cases, create dictionaries and glossaries of names and terms from court case file and load dictionaries.
   • Check resources and allow sufficient time to set up before proceedings begin.
2. Set up court arrangements
   • Set up court arrangements by placing and testing equipment, securing cables, addressing or reporting any problems arising.
   • Liaise with court, judicial staff and legal profession on proceedings and references.
   • Collect and sort files, obtain and examine relevant case information.
3. Capture proceedings
   • Undertake commencement procedures.
   • Take shorthand or notes of proceedings manually or by machine to create accurate transcripts, obtaining clarification of proceedings from participants where necessary.
   • Read back transcript as requested.
   • Liaise with audio reporters during handovers.
4. Prepare for hearings
   • Examine court roster and cause list to identify jurisdiction, number of judiciary and status of case.
   • Locate existing glossaries, or for new cases, create dictionaries and glossaries of names and terms from court case file and load dictionaries.
   • Check resources and allow sufficient time to set up before proceedings begin.
5. Set up court arrangements
   • Set up court arrangements by placing and testing equipment, securing cables, addressing or reporting any problems arising.
   • Liaise with court, judicial staff and legal profession on proceedings and references.
   • Collect and sort files, obtain and examine relevant case information.
6. Capture proceedings
   • Undertake commencement procedures.
   • Take shorthand or notes of proceedings manually or by machine to create accurate transcripts, obtaining clarification of proceedings from participants where necessary.
   • Read back transcript as requested.
   • Liaise with audio reporters during handovers.

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the candidate must demonstrate evidence of performance of the following on at least one occasion.

applying legislation, regulations and policies relating to the recording of court proceedings

gathering and analysing case information

operating shorthand machinery

producing high-quality transcriptions with 99% accuracy at speeds of up to 160 words per minute depending on jurisdiction

editing and summarising transcripts

managing a large personal workload and working effectively under pressure to meet deadlines

reading aloud transcripts

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the depth of knowledge demonstrated must be appropriate to the job context of the candidate.

legislation, regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines relating to the recording of court proceedings

administrative requirements of court reporting

structure, roles and functions of courts

commonwealth, state and territory court systems

courts administration structure

principles of judicial independence

proceedings in two or more types of courts and the related legislation

legal terminology

computer-based registry systems

formats that interface with litigation support products

software programs that support electronic archiving and retrieval of transcript

legal terms and abbreviations

general knowledge of places and terms

English language, spelling, punctuation and grammar

public sector legislation, including WHS and environment, in the context of recording court procedures

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