POSITION TITLE: C-Print Captionist

DEPARTMENT: Offices of Services for Students with Disabilities  SITE: Various

SALARY SCHEDULE: Career       GRADE: 4

BASIC FUNCTION:

Provides captioning services for students, faculty, staff and administrators to include regular classes, laboratories and curricular/extracurricular activities.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Transcribes the words of a teacher or other person into a computer.
• Provides real time transactions in the classroom for support service students.
• Works as a team to provide in-office support for C-Print technical equipment and dictionaries.
• Collaborates with office staff in the provision of deaf culture awareness information and research with assistive technologies.
• Assists with culture-specific information and adapts communication to facilitate understanding between hearing and deaf students.
• Develops support with students, faculty and staff to facilitate support service concerns.
• Provides information to students, faculty and staff regarding the real-time speech to print services.
• Documents service provided to maintain the flow of information critical to quality of service.
• Upgrades and maintains transcription skills and develops language skills.
• Performs related duties as required.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

AA degree. Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred. Completion of required C-Print training program.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

One (1) year experience as a transcriptionist or note taker. Prefer C-Print experience in an educational setting.

KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Current knowledge of Deaf culture information and resources. Knowledge and abilities in phonetics. Knowledge of computer operations and word processing. Ability to read/hear, understand, process and communicate college level academic information. Ability to perform word processing duties at a speed of 55 words per minute or faster. Ability to perform internet research. Ability to understand and summarize information while typing. Ability to work with students, faculty, staff and administrators to facilitate communication between persons who are deaf or hard of hearing and persons who are hearing. Sign language communications skills.