Who are Technical Writers and What do they do? 

Technical Writers simplify and magnify information which can be used as an intermediate or a final component of the information centric-technology driven environment. Technical writers work with words and technical writing tools while drawing expertise from the domain they are working in. Their craft involves breaking down jargon and complex technological pieces of information into a simple set of instructions and explanations that are accessible to users – both within and outside the organizational structures, thus bridging the gap between technological information and its users.  

A Technical Writer will usually find him/herself producing technical documents either for technology intermediaries like software writers and testers, engineering and implementation teams or users of products – both consumer and industrial. Documents produced by technical writers for these categories fall under technical documentation.  

Documentation for industrial products requires the Technical Writer to write documents refining and describing information for the intermediate users. These include machinery usage guides, process documentation, software development life cycle documents, policy manuals, product formulations and industry/organization standardization manuals. The sectors where this kind of documentation may be required are diverse and range from software, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, telecom, nanotechnology, heavy engineering and automotives. 

During the course of their careers Technical Writers work on a variety of projects for a diverse set of clients and produce documents that include: 

  • User Manuals
  • Installation Guides
  • Maintenance Manuals
  • Troubleshooting Guides
  • Online Help
  • Instruction Booklets
  • Quick Reference Guides
  • Instruction Booklets
  • Reports
  • Policy Manuals
  • Process Documentation
  • White Papers
  • Background Papers
  • Project Proposals
  • Case Studies
  • Brochures
  • Web Content
  • Power Point Presentations
  • Organizational Procedures
  • Feasibility Reports

ESCUBE EDGE IN TECHNICAL WRITING

Escube came up with its industry-endorsed training program to enable the candidate leverage the current industrial requirement with its own  blended learning program which is  a mixture of ONLINE and INSTRUCTOR -LEAD TRAINING.

The ONLINE end will be executed by the TWB (www.twb.in) which is a Banglore based company completely dedicated to technical writing who have the clients across the Globe. OFFLINE   part will be executed by ESCUBE with its years of experience in Training, our faculty member brimming over with Experience and from the industry.

About TWB: 

TWB is India's leading Technical Documentation service provider. Founded in 2005  with the objective of providing world-class technical documentation outsourcing and training services to suit the demands of global technology companies, today the company provides  technical documentation outsourcing services to over 35 organizations including Accenture, Samsung, MindTree, Siemens, AOL, Titan, Intel, Wipro, CGN, BearingPoint, US Technolgies and others. TWB executes Offshore Documentation deliveries from its Bangalore facilities and Onsite at customer locations. Over 150 companies including Lucent Technologies, SAP Labs, Wipro, Infosys, Intel among others hire technical writers from the TWB Associate and TWB Fundamental Certification programs.

More information on TWB is available on www.twb.in 

 ADMISSION PROCEDURE Batch will commence on the second week of every month. The selection for the program is based on a written test and a telephonic interview .The selected candidate will under go a training of 3 months.  The candidate who is completing the course successfully will get a certificate from the TWB.Eligibility: MSC (except Electronics and applied science) /MA/ MCA / B.Tech (except CS, ECE, EEE,)PLACEMENT SUPPORTStrong placement support provided by TWB  and Escube Course Content.  

  1. Essential English grammar
  2. English Communication
  3. Basics of Computer

Soft Skills

Writing Technical Documents like: 
 
  1) Proposals - Short and Long Proposals, Quotations 
  2) User Manuals 
  3) MSA - Master Service Agreement 
  4) SLA - Service Level Agreement 
  5) NDA - Non Disclosure Agreement 
  6) SoW - Statement of Work 
  7) Basic E-mail ettiquette 
  8) Brochure content and layout 
  9) Whitepapers  
  10) Case Studies 
  11) Press Releases 
 
Tools: 
 
  1) RoboHelp X5 - Full - used for help authoring, creating user manuals 
  2) Microsoft Visio - diagramming tool- for creating flowcharts, system architecture diagrams etc 
  3) Microsoft PowerPoint - used for creating powerful presentations  
  4) Macromedia Fireworks - used for image manipulation and   enhancement 
  5)  Macromedia Dreamweaver - used for creating web pages and  newsletters
  6) Adobe InDesign-used for layout creation of documents such as Whitepapers,Case Studies etc   7) Adobe Captivate - used for creating software demonstration movies in flash and other          formats.