Technical Writer

As the IT profession is very broad, there are many different options to consider when choosing a career in IT.

In this section you can see what the role of a technical writer includes. Reading the job description and typical role of a technical writer below will give you a better understanding of whether you would like to pursue a career in this branch of IT and what skills you may require to do so.

The Technical Architect job description:

• Gathers information about products to become familiar with the technologies. Examines development and production activities and studies the product specifications.
• Understands complex technologies at a high level and is able to write user manuals.
• Works with developers to make sure they have a complete knowledge of how the software is used because the technical writers are responsible for documenting the information and compiling it into a manual for the public to use.
• Writes technical materials such as equipment manuals, reports, appendices, or operating and maintenance instructions.
• Organises material that has been gathered and completes the writing assignment according to set standards.

Skills a Technical Writer may have are:

• Experience and knowledge in many technical areas (e.g. Macromedia DreamWeaver, Adobe FrameMaker and Microsoft Word).
• Qualifications in technical writing, professional writing or business communications and most also have a technical background for example programming.

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