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Subject:TECHWR-L Premium Jobs, Events, and Announcements From:TECHWR-L Listowner <lisa -at- techwr-l -dot- com> To:archive -at- infoinfocus -dot- com Date:Mon, 27 Feb 2006 02:00:03 -0700 (MST)
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ANNOUNCE: XML and Adobe FrameMaker Specialized Workshops
(Charleston, SC USA)
Bright Path Solutions, the premier Adobe Certified training company, based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina is on tour and plans to be in the Charleston area the week of April 3-7, 2006. The week will be divided into three (3) separate training sessions:
1st: Monday & Tuesday, April 3 & 4:
Adobe FrameMaker Basics
Special "Low Country" Pricing: $600.00! (Regular Price: $760.00)
3rd: Friday, April 7: FrameMaker XML/SGML Round Trip
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Contact for this Special Training:
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Phone: 1.919.633.8559
Mailto:davidd -at- travelthepath -dot- com
Are you a highly productive technical writer who consistently outperforms your peers in both production and quality, or are you an experienced design or service engineer with proven writing abilities?
Do you have at least four years of experience developing service manuals or at least four years of machine systems design or product support experience with a manufacturer in one of the following industries: heavy equipment, automotive, trucking, industrial engines, aerospace, ship building?
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If you can answer yes to all of these questions, please read on.
Seatech Publications, Inc., is a production-oriented, technical documentation company. We are searching for full-time, permanent employees who can be immediately productive in our organization. The positions will either be located at our main office in Poulsbo, Washington (http://www.poulsbochamber.com), or, for the right candidate, at a branch office in the Twin Cities (http://www.exploreminnesota.com/twin_cities_metro_region.html).
Qualified candidates will have the following:
* Proven experience developing training manuals, system operation
manuals, and/or testing and adjusting manuals for equipment
containing electronically controlled hydraulic systems (machine
design or product support experience can be substituted for
writing experience)
* Ability to read electrical and hydraulic schematics
* Ability to interpret engineering prints
* Proficiency with technical illustration software
* Experience using structured FrameMaker to develop technical
manuals (a plus)
* Experience delivering military training courses (a plus).
If your qualifications match our needs, please forward your resume and
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