Role
AI for Technical Writers
Founder, Automation Squad
Write technical materials, such as equipment manuals, appendices, or operating and maintenance instructions. May assist in layout work.
Technical Writers · O*NET 27-3042.00 · Job Zone 4 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database
Automation coverage
27 of 40tools on this list have an AI solution available today
Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.
AI you can use for this job
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The tools this job actually uses
71 documented for this occupation. Showing 40, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.
- Adobe Acrobathot
- Adobe Creative Cloud softwarehot
- Adobe Illustratorhot
- Adobe InDesignhot
- Adobe Photoshophot
- Atlassian Confluencehot
- Atlassian JIRAhot
- Autodesk AutoCADhot
- Cascading style sheets CSShot
- Dassault Systemes SolidWorkshot
- Epic Systemshot
- Extensible markup language XMLhot
- Githot
- GitHubhot
- Hypertext markup language HTMLhot
- JavaScripthot
- Microsoft Accesshot
- Microsoft ASP.NEThot
- Microsoft Excelhot
- Microsoft Office softwarehot
- Microsoft Outlookhot
- Microsoft PowerPointhot
- Microsoft Projecthot
- Microsoft SharePointhot
- Microsoft SQL Serverhot
- Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRShot
- Microsoft Visiohot
- Microsoft Visual Basichot
- Microsoft Wordhot
- Oracle Javahot
- PHPhot
- SAShot
- Structured query language SQLhot
- Adobe Captivate
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe FrameMaker
- Adobe RoboHelp
- Apple Final Cut Pro
- Author-it
- Blink
What this job involves
15 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 15.
- Organize material and complete writing assignment according to set standards regarding order, clarity, conciseness, style, and terminology.
- Maintain records and files of work and revisions.
- Edit, standardize, or make changes to material prepared by other writers or establishment personnel.
- Select photographs, drawings, sketches, diagrams, and charts to illustrate material.
- Interview production and engineering personnel and read journals and other material to become familiar with product technologies and production methods.
- Develop or maintain online help documentation.
- Assist in laying out material for publication.
- Study drawings, specifications, mockups, and product samples to integrate and delineate technology, operating procedure, and production sequence and detail.
- Arrange for typing, duplication, and distribution of material.
- Observe production, developmental, and experimental activities to determine operating procedure and detail.
- Review manufacturer's and trade catalogs, drawings and other data relative to operation, maintenance, and service of equipment.
- Analyze developments in specific field to determine need for revisions in previously published materials and development of new material.
- Draw sketches to illustrate specified materials or assembly sequence.
- Review published materials and recommend revisions or changes in scope, format, content, and methods of reproduction and binding.
- Confer with customer representatives, vendors, plant executives, or publisher to establish technical specifications and to determine subject material to be developed for publication.
