Repsonse to Technical Writing Articles

In the article, “Technical Communicators at MTU” technical communicators were defined briefly. Based on this article, I believe I would use technical communication in my career to make scientific and technical knowledge available to different audiences in multiple forms of media. The forms of media I would use included in this article were manuals, computer documentation, reports and articles. The US Department of Labor article included job descriptions for writers and editors, which defined the many different types of writers that they were possibly looking for and many of the characteristics were relevant to my major. Applying to the Civil Engineering Field based on the article, it would be necessary for me to a familiarity with technology and personal computers. I would also need to establish some sort of credibility through strong research and appropriate sources. I will probably have to, “select the material…to use, organize it, and use written word to express information.” I would also have to be able to “put technical information into easily understandable language.” Finally, I will also have to be able to plan and create illustrations, diagrams, and charts. The PowerPoint actually defined Technical Writing throughout unlike the other articles. The PowerPoint stresses efficiency which will be very important to engineering. I will need to be able to bypass the impediments such as too many words, and jargon to create an efficient technical document. The PowerPoint did not include types of technical documents. The STC article mostly just defined communication and didn’t really narrow the topic down. I didn’t find anything helpful for my field of study in the article.