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B.14 Technical Writer

Junior, Intermediate, Senior

Experience levels

  • Level 1: < 5 years of experience
  • Level 2: 5 < 10 years of experience
  • Level 3: 10+ years of experience

Responsibilities could include but are not limited to

  • Document help text, user manuals, technical documentation, web page content, etc
  • Review documentation standards and the existing project documentation
  • Determine documentation requirements and makes plans for meeting them
  • Gather information concerning the features and functions provided by the developers
  • Assess the audience for the documents/manuals which are required and prepare a statement of purpose and scope for each
  • Develop a table of content for each document/manual and write or edit the required content
  • Investigate the accuracy of the information collected by making direct use of the material being documented
  • Prepare or coordinate the preparation of any required illustrations and diagrams
  • Design the layout of the documents/manuals
  • Use word-processing, desk-top publishing and graphics software packages to produce final camera-ready copy

Specialties could include but are not limited to

  • RoboHelp