Report Writing for Geologists and Engineers
Course Presenter and Developer: Ian Glacken – Executive Consultant
This 1-day course will show you: how to plan your document; write summaries and conclusions; the essential grammar rules; styles and formatting; key features and time-saving tips in Word; how to review your document and how to review others’ documents; how to write references, abbreviations, acronyms, glossaries and appendixes; and how to achieve your objective of grabbing your readers’ attention.
Course outline:
- Introduction – often the report outlasts the data… this is your legacy!
- Types of reports – common failings in reports
- Planning the document
- Document structure and report style – purpose of the report – defining your audience
- Summary – introduction – data – method – detail
- Conclusions – recommendations – appendices
- Section numbering – tables – figures – diagrams – flowcharts – company standards
- Essential rules of grammar
- Style and formatting essentials
- Reviewing your report and others’ reports
- References – abbreviations – acronyms – glossaries
- The golden rules!
Please see below for further details about the course content.
Description
Course Presenter and Developer: Ian Glacken – Executive Consultant
8PD HOURS RATING
This 1-day course will show you: how to plan your document; write summaries and conclusions; the essential grammar rules; styles and formatting; key features and time-saving tips in Word; how to review your document and how to review others’ documents; how to write references, abbreviations, acronyms, glossaries and appendixes; and how to achieve your objective of grabbing your readers’ attention.
Course outline:
- Introduction – often the report outlasts the data… this is your legacy!
- Types of reports – common failings in reports
- Planning the document
- Document structure and report style – purpose of the report – defining your audience
- Summary – introduction – data – method – detail
- Conclusions – recommendations – appendices
- Section numbering – tables – figures – diagrams – flowcharts – company standards
- Essential rules of grammar
- Style and formatting essentials
- Reviewing your report and others’ reports
- References – abbreviations – acronyms – glossaries
- The golden rules!
You will:
- Gain an understanding of the key grammar rules
- Find out what makes reports readable (and what doesn’t!)
- Appreciate the need to write for your audience
- Learn the best way to approach writing a large report
- Get the chance to review and correct examples of ‘how not to do it’
- Understand how to make reports more direct and readable, thus increasing their impact
- Discover the best ways to present tabular and graphical information
- Find out about references, footnotes, headers and footers, and links
Duration (in days)
1
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