Occupation Atlastechnical communicator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8cb59bc4-1f39-477e-beea-effed12d186c
technical communicator
Technical communicators prepare clear, concise and professional communication from product developers to users of the products such as online help, user manuals, white papers, specifications and industrial videos. For this, they analyse products, legal requirements, markets, customers and users. They develop information and media concepts, standards, structures and software tool support. They plan the content creation and media production processes, develop written, graphical, video or other contents, generate media output, release their information products and receive feedback from the users.
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Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CAIConventional · Artistic · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.32
- A Artistic4.23
- I Investigative3.69
- R Realistic2.78
- S Social2.01
- E Enterprising1.97
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Technical Writers (27-3042.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (24)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- ICT software specifications
- apply ICT terminology
- apply tools for content development
- cognitive psychology
- compile content
- conduct content quality assurance
- content development processes
- develop ICT safety information
- develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements
- documentation types
- gather technical information
- identify ICT user needs
- integrate content into output media
- interpret technical texts
- knowledge base
- manage content metadata
- manage information sources
- multimedia systems
- product usage risks analysis
- provide technical documentation
- provide written content
- publishing strategy
- structure information
- visual presentation techniques
Optional (22)
- CSS
- ICT help platforms
- JSSS
- LESS
- Sass
- application usability
- create script for artistic production
- design graphics
- identify technological needs
- integrate and re-elaborate digital content
- manage content development projects
- manage digital documents
- manage localisation
- provide multimedia content
- provide online help
- style sheet languages
- translate requirements into visual design
- use content management system software
- use markup languages
- use presentation software
- use word processing software
- utilise content types
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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