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Court reporter

Other names

shorthand reporter, court stenographer, law reporter, deposition reporter, court recorder, certified shorthand reporter, official court reporter, court transcriber, stenographer, courtroom reporter

Law and courts

They type every word said in a courtroom so there is an exact written record of the hearing.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public.

  2. 2

    Record symbols on computer storage media and use computer aided transcription to translate and display them as text.

  3. 3

    Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerised recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks.

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Sources

Built from 4 sources

Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
greffier/greffière
español
taquígrafo de tribunal/taquígrafa de tribunal
العربية
مدون محاضر المحكمة / مدونة محاضر المحكمة
português
Escrivão de direito/Escrivã de direito
Deutsch
Gerichtsstenograf/Gerichtsstenografin
italiano
stenotipista giudiziario/stenotipista giudiziaria

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