Details
Half-day course
CPD Credit: 3 hours; Competence/s: 4
Course Delivery Options
Overview
This in-person training provides a practical approach for participants to develop their syntax, tone and word choice in technical documents.
Using their own documents, each participant completes targeted interactive exercises in a supportive learning environment.
Learning objectives
To develop participants’ professional writing skills and enable them to engage in language review processes with greater confidence.
Programme
The focus of the training will be agreed following a review of each participant’s sample documents.
Issues covered may include some of the following:
- Examining the length and clarity of sentences and paragraphs
- Constructing main and sub clauses
- Selecting professional verbs and considering tenses
- Discussing the impact of active and passive voices
- Agreeing terminology and phrasing
- Analysing information sequences in sentences and paragraphs
- Assessing the use of nouns, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions
- Utilising company templates and style guides
- Reviewing, editing and proofreading technical documents
Who should attend
Those who wish to continue developing their professional language skills through a detailed review of their technical documents and particularly those for whom English is not their first language.
Pre-training requirements
Participants will complete a questionnaire, which will involve listing the types of technical documents they prepare and detailing the language issues they have identified in their writing.
They will also submit sample technical documents for use during the training.
Trainer Profile
Tiernan Ivory is a Communication Consultant that specialises in developing course participants’ abilities in the areas of business writing, presentation skills, leadership skills, meeting management and time management. Tiernan has worked with Engineers Ireland for over a decade, and delivers a variety of courses including:
- Technical Report Writing
- Reviewing Technical Reports for Engineers
- Time Management & Prioritisation Skills
Please contact the CPD Training Team for further information on scheduled course dates and In-Company options.