About this Training Course

Oil & Gas professionals increasingly need to translate complex findings, analysis and recommendations for effective decision-making. If you face challenges in getting your findings into paper, you will benefit from this training course.

The Technical Report Writing and Presentation Skills for Oil & Gas Engineers and Technical Professionals course focuses on the unique needs of technical professionals who write for both technical and non-technical readers. This separately bookable training course will demonstrate how technical professionals can use their technical knowledge and logical edge to write in a reader-friendly style, produce grammatically accurate reports and persuasively communicate for buy-in purposes.

This is course is recognised by The Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). ILM is a division of City & Guilds and the UK’s largest awarding body for leadership and management

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR TECHNICAL REPORT WRITING SKILLS By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Write and turn-around accurate technical documents quickly to meet deadlines and
productivity goals
Understand how technical reports should be structured by applying a systematic approach to the writing task, involving planning, drafting, revision and production
Use clear & powerful language to target and persuade readers for positive results
Use tried and tested proof reading techniques to check and review documents more effectively
Identify and avoid common pitfalls in technical report writing

LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR TECHNICAL PRESENTATION SKILLS By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Present and sell your technical presentation more effectively both internally and externally
Plan and structure your meetings and presentations for maximum effect
Capture your technical and non-technical audience by delivering your presentation with power and authority
Handle questions, interruptions and objections with confidence

TARGET AUDIENCE

This training course has been researched and developed for Engineers, Scientists and related Technical Professionals who need to write and present technical reports and presentations

TRAINER

Your course leader managed the Business Skills Unit of the British Council programmes as well as oversee all training-related matters from 1997. The trainer considers himself a trainer first and specialises predominantly in high-level writing and technical report writing programmes. In addition to conducting training in Technical Writing, the trainer has also been the chief editor for many large writing projects. These include a year-long project editing the entire Start-Up Manual (including the Black Start Manual) for Nippon Oil’s Helang Integrated Platform, a 4-month project rewriting the manuals for the Puteri Dulang FSO off Terengganu, and editing the current revision of the PETRONAS Procedures and Guidelines for Upstream Activities (PPGUA).

POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL)

To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized “One to One” coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster.
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