Braille Clerk (305A) [198]

Primary Function

Produces Braille and other modified materials for visually impaired students as directed by the teacher.

Requirements

• Educational Level: High School Diploma or GED
• Certification/License Required: Must pass the Braille Clerk Test administered by Cobb County Special Education VI Program
• Experience: At least 2 years of experience working with Braille skills or demonstrate the ability to pass the Braille Clerk exam
• Physical Activities: Routine physical activities that are required to fulfill job responsibilities
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Excellent written and oral communication skills; production of Brailled and other tactile materials for visually impaired students with 95% accuracy; use of and trouble-shooting for technology and software used with visually impaired students; typing and word processing

Essential Duties

• Demonstrates prompt and regular attendance.
• Produces Grade II literary Braille materials for students using Braille embosser and manual Brailler.
• Translates documents into Braille or print.
• Uses software and scanner to scan documents into Duxbury; uses word processing program to correct scanned documents before printing.
• Uses tactile image enhancer to adapt and produce materials for student use such as maps and graphs.
• Connects a Braille note taker (Braille n' Speak or Voice Note) to printer or embosser to print out copy of a file on the note taker.
• Assists students in the use of Braille note takers; troubleshoots problems with Braille note takers.
• Troubleshoots problems with Braille embossers, computer hook-ups with VI technology, and VI software programs.
• Demonstrates competence in conveying technical problems to technical service personnel and in implementing their suggestions.
• Writes numbers and the four basic operations in Nemeth Code and demonstrates the ability to use reference materials to produce higher level applications in Nemeth Code.
• Transcribes students' Braille work into English.
• Assists students in school situations as needed.
• Participates in on-going in-services training.
• Performs other duties as assigned by appropriate administrator.