Advance Engineering Report Writing

Technical-writing courses are opportunities to focus on practical uses of your writing skills. In the ideal technical-writing course, you would have a work-related writing project every two to three weeks: Mechanics of writing a technical report is explained in a pseudo report format. The purpose of this pseudo report is to explain the contents of a typical engineering report. It can also be used as a template for an actual engineering report. With some adaptation, the format can be extended to other type of technical writings as well.

This Three day-course aims: To create a noticeable improvement in the standard of written reports through an intensive program of advice, tutoring and practical exercises. It includes how to meet the needs of readers with different levels of technical knowledge and how to deal with terminology, abbreviations, diagrams, graphs, references, etc. The program includes a daily quiz to see how well the trainees have improved their writing quality.

Learning Level: Intermediate

Duration: 3day(s)

This Three day-course aims: To create a noticeable improvement in the standard of written reports through an intensive program of advice, tutoring and practical exercises. It includes how to meet the needs of readers with different levels of technical knowledge and how to deal with terminology, abbreviations, diagrams, graphs, references, etc. The program includes a daily quiz to see how well the trainees have improved their writing quality. Introduction  Requirements for effective and efficient communicators  Audience analysis, Technical report data, Report outline  Readability formulas, Report format, Graphical elements (Maps, Photographs, Graphs, Schematics, Diagrams, Tables, Logos)  Appearance elements (Color, Highlighting the Important Stuff)  Computer applications in Technical Report Writing  Business letter format (Block and Unblocked Format)  Components of a business letter  Business letters writing advices & Practical application  Types of inquiry letters (Solicited and Unsolicited)  Complaint and adjustment letters  Essential rule in writing a complaint letter  Complaint and adjustment letters evidences  Letter of request & Response to a letter of request  Schematics, Tables & highlighting the important stuff  Writing reports on the computer  Word processors  Paints and photo editor  Spreadsheets  Power point  AutoCAD  Applications & Case studies