Will “Documentation Specialist” be Automated?

Core Skills & Abilities

• Confer with customer representatives, vendors, plant executives, or publisher to establish technical specifications and to determine subject material to be developed for publication.

• Draw sketches to illustrate specified materials or assembly sequence.

• Arrange for typing, duplication, and distribution of material.

• Develop or maintain online help documentation.

• Review published materials and recommend revisions or changes in scope, format, content, and methods of reproduction and binding.

• Review manufacturer's and trade catalogs, drawings and other data relative to operation, maintenance, and service of equipment.

• Analyze developments in specific field to determine need for revisions in previously published materials and development of new material.

• Observe production, developmental, and experimental activities to determine operating procedure and detail.

• Organize material and complete writing assignment according to set standards regarding order, clarity, conciseness, style, and terminology.

• Interview production and engineering personnel and read journals and other material to become familiar with product technologies and production methods.

• Maintain records and files of work and revisions.

• Select photographs, drawings, sketches, diagrams, and charts to illustrate material.

• Edit, standardize, or make changes to material prepared by other writers or establishment personnel.

• Assist in laying out material for publication.

• Study drawings, specifications, mockups, and product samples to integrate and delineate technology, operating procedure, and production sequence and detail.