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Career Connections: Technical Writer

5 minutes 20 seconds

Now Playing As: Captioned (English) (change)

Listen to a technical writer describe how his background as a diesel engine technician evolved into his current job. As a writer and project manager for a product support documentation company, he authors manuals for equipment manufacturing. Part of the "Career Connections" series.

Media Details

Runtime: 5 minutes 20 seconds

Topic: Business, Careers
Subtopic: Industrial Arts, Industry, Occupations
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
Standards:

Release Year: 2015
Producer/Distributor: Ohio Broadcast Educational Media Commission
Series: Career Connections

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Man wearing a white white shirt and yellow necktie sits slightly sideways from the camera and looks forward. He is speaking as if he is in an interview.

View from a doorway into an office. A woman is seated at a desk with a computer mouse, keyboard, and monitor. A blue college banner with red letters hangs on the wall behind her. Text on the banner reads, "University of Dayton."

Cylindrical metal duct with a control box and large valve control. Sign on wall says Supersonic Wind Tunnel. Caption: We have a tunnel that will reach Mach 3 on a small scale.

Closeup on a beehive with worker bees entering and exiting through the opening at the bottom.

Woman seated in an office desk chair faces camera like she is in an interview. Text on image reads, "Classes."

Man wearing glasses speaks towards camera in an indoor setting. Table with laptop and printer are behind him.

Woman wearing a white t-shirt and dark pants stands next to a red car with white car waiting behind it in an automobile assembly line. Her head is turned and her mouth is in a wide smile as she extends her arm to reach for something out of view.

Man wearing a white collared shirt, wearing glasses looks forward and to the side while speaking.