Certificate in Court Transcription

In this programme, participants are trained to produce accurate typewritten records of court proceedings including reproductions of statements, findings and verdicts. The specialist software ‘Audio Digital Court Recording,’ is used to develop necessary skills and competencies. Applicants should have excellent listening skills, powers of concentration and above average vocabulary and punctuation skills. To ensure that they have the required foundation competencies to succeed in this rigorous certificate programme, students may be guided to do preparatory work prior to registering for required courses. This will be address through the academic advisement process and may include remedial writing courses through the COMPASS department. In addition, applicants should possess superb computer skills. Participants will develop the requisite speed for a court transcriptionist to function in the workplace i.e. a minimum of 60 to 80 words per minute.