RE: What tech writers "do"

["Melissa Nelson" <melmis36 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

  Thanks so much for all the replies!! I tried to thank everyone personally,
  but you are all so wonderful and I received a ton of emails. So thanks so
  much to everyone that replied.

  I will be at the Fair promoting MTU and their STC program. I feel like your
  responses will help me give the prospective students a look at the many
  fields and oppurtunities that are available to tech writers. I am constantly
  amazed at how diverse a field this is....actually I am amazed at how diverse
  my own job can be on a day to day basis.

  Thanks again everyone!!

  Melissa
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    From:  "Dori Green" <dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com>
    Reply-To:  dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com
    To:  <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
    Subject:  RE: What tech writers "do"
    Date:  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 08:38:47 -0500
    >Great lists of the different documents we create!
    >
    >I cannot speak for anyone else, but what I "do" follows:
    >
    >As a technical writer, I translate information from "-ese"
    (Engineering-ese,
    >Education-ese, Chemical-ese, Qualit-ese) into English so that it can be
    >understood by the rest of us (line workers, hassled managers, etc.).
    >
    >Usually this translation takes the form of documents.  Sometimes it is
    >charts or photo essays.  Once in a while we stray into full training
    >programs and facilitation or even mediation until understanding is
    achieved.
    >
    >Two very good skill acquisition tools for this job are crossword and
    jigsaw
    >puzzles.  It's also helpful to have some solid background (3-5 years) in
    >Latin and German, along with a bit of work in Linguistics, Rhetoric, and
    >Mathematical Logic.
    >
    >Dori Green
    >Technical Writer, QMS Project
    >Associated Brands, Inc.
    >
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