Trades & Technology

For courses in Technical Writing (Introductory level) or Advanced Composition courses in Vocational Education/Engineering Technology Programs.

This manual identifies and explores the documentation standards and basic skills that are used to develop and produce technical projects. It examines both industrial/corporate and academic applications of technical writing fundamentals—e.g., assembly instructions, maintenance manuals, and college papers. It emphasizes the design and packaging of “integrated texts” that incorporate all of their media as a finished product.

• An industry-oriented alternative—Very friendly, very practical, and very industry oriented. This text demands originality in documentation—unlike vocational English workbooks; and it encourage work-related writing tasks—unlike transfer English texts.

  • Helps students gain competency in tight exit-skills that conform to workplace expectations. Ex.___

• A strong workplace focus combined with realistic college writing practices.

  • Provides students with crossover texts that focus on both college writing skills and trade and industry practices. Ex.___

• Down-to-earth, accessible style and how-to-do-it approach—Uses a crisp corporate seminar-style presentation that gets to the point quickly and keeps students reading and doing by focusing on topics and situations that are clearly relevant.

  • Lets “hands-on”-oriented students get right to the business of writing, rather than bogging them down with a lot of academic conceptualizing. Ex.___

• Technical writing as “constructed/engineered” writing—Provides a new look at the way technical writers perceive writing. Shows how technical writing is really technical composing that combines text as well as visual (graphic) and mathematical conceptualizations. These and other strategies are often overlooked in composition books—but these tools are critical in industry. Explains that technical writing isn't just about engineering; it itself is engineered—it is engineering.

  • Helps students build a strong understanding of logical design features that they can use to construct any writing project. Ex.___

• Samples of student writing created for professional use in industry—Features a broad assortment of student-produced samples that reflect academic writing styles and industry practices. Many of the samples and models are “co-op projects” that were developed for genuine applications in company settings.

  • Provides students with reproducible models of the kinds of documents they are likely to need and use in college and the workplace. Ex.___

 1. The Languages of the Sciences.

I. DOCUMENT STRUCTURE FUNDAMENTALS.

II. DOCUMENT PROTOTYPES.

III. TECHNICAL PRESENTATION FEATURES.

APPENDICES.

Technical Report Writing (Technical Communication for Trades & Technology)
Technical Communication (Reading, Writing, Oral) (Business Communications)
Technical Writing (Business Communications)

Technical Document Basics for Engineering Technicians and Technologists focuses on the application of technical writing fundamentals. This text covers topics such as page layout, project formats, graphic tools and layout, and document prototypes, all with a focus on work-related writing.

To help illustrate the concepts and present a practical approach to the material, the text includes the following features:

• Sample projects – examples of student work that illustrate the concepts presented in the chapter
• Chapter summaries – highlights of each chapter that provide a quick review of the main topics
• Chapter-ending projects and activities – review and application activities that allow readers to apply the concepts presented
• Group projects – activities that help foster collaborative writing and teamwork

In addition to these features, almost every chapter includes Work in Progress—a case study that helps link theory and practice by highlighting the concepts presented in the chapter in terms of real-world activities. Shorter descriptions of the writing activities of engineering technicians are also included. These cases come from the experiences of engineering technicians who are currently working in the field.

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• Mastering Business Communication: Perils of Pauline Version 1.1
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