Technical and Business Writing for Engineers (24 PDHs)

Course Code: SKL030

Daily Schedule:
6:00pm - Session begins
9:00pm - Adjournment

Description:
Effective communication is a vital skill in today’s workplace. Engineers are typically more comfortable with numbers than with grammar or the writing process. To succeed as an engineer, you need more than technical know-how. This intensive, hands on course will address the key concepts and methodologies in writing clear, concise engineering communication. Engineers will graduate from this course with a portfolio of their writing samples and confidence to write noise-free, targeted messages to peers, supervisors, partners and customers.

Who should Attend:

Internationally or Canadian trained engineers (or)
Technical professionals in design, drafting, IT careers or other technology titles (or)
Technical professionals eager to write accurate, audience focused messages to peers, superiors, partners and customers.

Supplied Text:
“A Guide to Writing as an Engineer” by David Beer and David McMurrey

Program Outline (24 PDHs)
The following topics are covered through our extensive course package:

Writing Effectively
Language Structure
The Pyramid approach to prioritizing information
Eliminating noise through the Revision process
The Memo
The Business Letter
Technical Writing
The Engineering Report
Meeting Notes
Proposals and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Effective Communication
Essential Elements
Forms and Templates

Learning Outcomes
Students will:

Master and apply a range of writing processes to technical and business communication tasks.

Analyze writing situations to understand your audiences and purposes for writing

Compose effective sentences: write grammatically correct, diverse sentences, free of punctuation and spelling errors.

Observe appropriate conventions and formats for letters, emails, memoranda, progress reports and other formal and informal reports.

Gather, analyze and organize needed data for writing an engineering report

Integrate graphic communication into your writing

Collaborate effectively with peers who provide feedback on each others’ work.

Communicate in an ethically responsible manner.

Instructor

Karen Allingham

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