| Event Profile | |
| Class/ Online | Classroom |
| Date | April 02, 2025 |
| Time | 9.00am to 5.00pm |
| Venue | Hotel Grand Pacific Singapore 101 Victoria Street Singapore 188018 |
| Fee | SGD 520.00 3 & above: SGD500.00 each |
| Note | Two tea breaks and set lunch or buffet will be served. Limited complimentary car parking coupons are available upon request. Participants should bring a laptop installed with Microsoft Excel, word as there will be practice for them |
| Other Date(s) | 1) Jan 08, 2025 2) Jul 16, 2025 3) Nov 05, 2025 |
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| You may reach us via T: 6204 6214 E: info@ccisg.com Alternatively, you may send below details to register Contact Person Company (optional), Name, Job Title, Mailing Address, Tel, Email Participant(s) Name, Job Title, Email | |
Successfully conveying technical content to end users of varying technical knowledge or minimum technical knowledge is vital and can greatly enhance the value of your products and services. This training course provides a complete process for putting together a comprehensible technical report.
Objective
By the end of this workshop, learners will be able to:
- List the common errors in technical writing
- Have an end in mind (who is the customer) for the report
- Employ guided structure in technical writing
- Write clear, accurate and convincing reports
- Acquire practice in writing technical reports
Outline
1. Problems Faced by Technical Writers
- The workshop will discuss and surface some of the problems faced by technical writers.
2. What is the purpose of the technical report and what message are you trying to convey?
- Understand why we write technical report and how to ensure we have the target in mind when writing the report.
3. Who is your target audience? (customer)
- How to identify the target audience and why is it important to know this
4. Format and organisaton for writing technical reports
- How to organise the report in a logical manner to ensure clarity and readability.
- Use of Graphics, tables and diagrams.
5. Guidelines for Better Writing
- How to build clarity through sentence focus and how to be concise and accurate.
- Common grammatical errors in technical writing.
- Proofreading of reports.
6. Checklist of effective Technical Writing techniques
7. Practise and Feedback
- There will be exercises provided in workshop to allow practice and feedback.
- The workshop will discuss and surface some of the problems faced by technical writers.
2. What is the purpose of the technical report and what message are you trying to convey?
- Understand why we write technical report and how to ensure we have the target in mind when writing the report.
3. Who is your target audience? (customer)
- How to identify the target audience and why is it important to know this
4. Format and organisaton for writing technical reports
- How to organise the report in a logical manner to ensure clarity and readability.
- Use of Graphics, tables and diagrams.
5. Guidelines for Better Writing
- How to build clarity through sentence focus and how to be concise and accurate.
- Common grammatical errors in technical writing.
- Proofreading of reports.
6. Checklist of effective Technical Writing techniques
7. Practise and Feedback
- There will be exercises provided in workshop to allow practice and feedback.
Who should attend
This workshop will benefit all levels of engineers, technical staff and executives who need to write clear, convincing and accurate technical reports.
Methodology
1. Presentation
2. Discussion
3. Exercises and practices
4. Feedback
2. Discussion
3. Exercises and practices
4. Feedback
Testimonial
I found the course content to be comprehensive and well-structured.
Greatly appreciated Agnes's expertise and passion for the subject, I learned a lot.
I feel more confident in my ability to apply the principles and techniques of technical writing in my professional development.
Greatly appreciated Agnes's expertise and passion for the subject, I learned a lot.
I feel more confident in my ability to apply the principles and techniques of technical writing in my professional development.
Agnes Lim's Profile
Armed with a BSC (Hons) from the National University of Singapore, a MBA from the University of Hull and an Advanced Certificate for Training and Assessment (ACTA) by Institute of Adult learning (IAL), Agnes Lim has more than 30 years of corporate experience in the biomedical industry of which 20 years were in middle and senior management.
Adept at people management, she has more than 20 years experience in hiring, managing, training and developing staff and more than 10 years experience in succession planning at the site leadership level. She is able to connect with people across different levels in the organisation having worked up the levels in her career. She has conducted more than 300 interviews ranging from junior management staff to site leadership team members to scholarship aspirants at her previous companies.
Being in a technical department, Agnes is equally well versed in technical report writing and technical presentation, having created and reviewed many thousands of technical reports and presentations throughout her career.
Agnes has developed and conducted numerous trainings and coached learners on both technical and soft skills. Examples of trainings that she has conducted include, How Managers and supervisors can Develop Career of their Staff, Hire Right, Managing your Career Development for Success, Technical Writing Skills, Technical Presentation skills, Auditing Skills, Investigations Skills, Data Integrity, Quality Risk Assessments amongst others.
A comfortable and confident speaker, she was invited to speak at BioBiz at NUS previously to help the students have a better understanding of the career opportunities in the biomedical / pharmaceutical industry. She has also shared her educational choices with students at Raffles Girls School (Secondary), her alma mater.
Agnes is passionate about developing and cultivating talents within the organisation. She believes that a keen focus on talent development differentiates organisations and is a competitive advantage.
With a passion for youth and education, she currently volunteers with ACTS Singapore.
Adept at people management, she has more than 20 years experience in hiring, managing, training and developing staff and more than 10 years experience in succession planning at the site leadership level. She is able to connect with people across different levels in the organisation having worked up the levels in her career. She has conducted more than 300 interviews ranging from junior management staff to site leadership team members to scholarship aspirants at her previous companies.
Being in a technical department, Agnes is equally well versed in technical report writing and technical presentation, having created and reviewed many thousands of technical reports and presentations throughout her career.
Agnes has developed and conducted numerous trainings and coached learners on both technical and soft skills. Examples of trainings that she has conducted include, How Managers and supervisors can Develop Career of their Staff, Hire Right, Managing your Career Development for Success, Technical Writing Skills, Technical Presentation skills, Auditing Skills, Investigations Skills, Data Integrity, Quality Risk Assessments amongst others.
A comfortable and confident speaker, she was invited to speak at BioBiz at NUS previously to help the students have a better understanding of the career opportunities in the biomedical / pharmaceutical industry. She has also shared her educational choices with students at Raffles Girls School (Secondary), her alma mater.
Agnes is passionate about developing and cultivating talents within the organisation. She believes that a keen focus on talent development differentiates organisations and is a competitive advantage.
With a passion for youth and education, she currently volunteers with ACTS Singapore.
