Technical Report Writing Masterclass

1024-SS-COM-301

Duration

3 Days  |  In-house at your offices or live online  |  Minimum 5 delegates

Description

Three hands-on days turning complex technical data into accurate, readable reports, with Excel and Word skills built in. Technical reports often go to non-specialists who must make decisions from them. Over three days delegates learn to gather and analyse data, build a coherent argument, write clearly in the third person, reference correctly, and lay out professional reports using Excel pivot tables and Word’s contents, citation and caption tools.

Who should attend

Engineers, scientists, analysts, technicians and specialists who write technical reports.

What you’ll learn

• Plan reports around objective, structure and readership
• Collect, verify and analyse data for a report
• Write clear introductions, discussions and conclusions
• Apply punctuation, abbreviation, number and referencing conventions
• Use Excel and Word to build charts, contents pages, citations and indexes

Course topics

• Technical writing objectives and audience
• Data collection and analysis
• Planning, structure and the writing process
• Style, jargon and attention to detail
• Data analysis in Excel: tables, charts and pivot tables
• Professional layout in Word: SmartArt, contents, citations and captions

How it works

On-site: we train at your offices for a minimum of 5 delegates. You provide the venue and refreshments and 1024 Training supplies all workshop material.

Online: we train live and remotely for a minimum of 5 delegates, with all material supplied electronically.