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Technical/Commercial Authorship Training Courses

Our award-winning Technical/Commercial Authorship training courses offer FIRST-CLASS TRAINING FOR A SECOND CAREER, with three distinctly different training programmes to suit every pocket. EDL2D is our premier course which, in addition to training our students to obtain a Technical/Commercial Authorship Diploma, fully prepares them for working effectively as technical or commercial authors in the publications industry (as well as training successful candidates for a management role). This market-leading and award-winning course, which is regularly updated, includes full tutorial support from our expert and experienced tutors for a period of 24 months. Please refer to the following pages for more information about our training courses for Technical and Commercial Authors, or use our website Contact Us facility to request a free EDL2D brochure.

It has long been recognised by private individuals and companies alike that ESTON Training's Technical/Commercial Authorship vocational training courses are the best available. What is not so well known is that although these days there are not as many industrial and engineering jobs available, due to a decline in manufacturing, there continues to be a great demand for well-trained technical and commercial authors in the United Kingdom, Europe and the rest of the English-speaking world. It goes without saying that good engineers and subject specialists provided with first-class training, produce the best and most successful technical and commercial authors.

If you have a technical or commercial background and you are looking for a rewarding second career, ESTON Training provides proven courses that teach you the skills necessary for a new career as a technical or commercial author.

Since the training company was established in 1982, ESTON Training has trained several thousands of technical and commercial authors, and has provided both tutor-assessed and self-assessed home-study training courses for engineers, technicians, engineering management, clerical and commercial staff in Technical and Commercial Writing, Report Writing, Software Authorship, Business English, Standard Generalised Mark-up Language (SGML) and Simplified English.

Available Courses

Course Title	Price	Self-assessed	Tutorial Support	Reference Code

Technical/Commercial Authorship Diploma (Premier)	£1200		Y	EDL2D
Technical/Commercial Authorship Diploma (Standard)	£600	Y	Y	EDL2P
Technical/Commercial Authorship Diploma (Basic)	£450	Y	Y	EDL2S

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EDL2D - Technical/Commercial Authorship Diploma (Premier)

EDL2D is our premier course which, in addition to successfully guiding our students through the authoritative ESTON Training syllabus, fully prepares them for working effectively as technical or commercial authors within the publications industry, as well as training successful candidates for a management role.

This highly-recommended, distance learning training course fully prepares you for a successful career as a Technical or Commercial Author. The course covers more than a hundred different subjects related to technical and commercial authorship, including: information gathering, writing descriptions, procedural writing, validating, summarising, editing, proof-reading, preparing synopses, project management, costing, planning, quality assurance, standards and specifications, etc. The Part 1 – Technical/Commercial Writing & Communicating and Part 2 – Technical/Commercial Authorship syllabuses are both fully covered and comprehensive tutorial support is provided throughout by experienced and professional tutors.

As soon as we receive your enrolment form and initial payment, we will send you the training material on CD-ROM in a bespoke DVD case, so that you can start training for a new career immediately. Each of the fourteen separate training packs on the disc contains study notes for you to read and exercises for you to complete. You will receive over 1,000 pages of study notes on more than a hundred subjects, which together form a permanent and easy-to-store reference manual for you to use during the course and after you have qualified.

There are 40 exercises for you to complete and you can choose between two options for many of the exercises, depending upon whether you wish to specialise in technical or commercial authorship. Your tutor reviews your submissions (completed exercises) and returns a Tutorial Response for each, with detailed advice or a Specimen Answer. You can take as much time as you need to complete the course; although, we do apply a 24-month time limit on the tutorial support for contractual reasons. However, you can apply for an extension to this period, in exceptional circumstances.

Aims

This course will train you for a rewarding career in technical or commercial publications. It also prepares you to obtain an ESTON Training Diploma, which is recognised as the benchmark qualification within the technical/commercial publications industry in the United Kingdom and throughout the English-speaking world.

Design

The course is primarily designed:

• as a conversion course for engineers and subject specialists

turning your skills and experience in industry or commerce to your advantage as a fully-trained technical or commercial author. You can also gain an internationally-recognised diploma, which will enable you to compete successfully on the job market

• as a career-development course for trainee writers

ensuring that you obtain a better understanding, of the skills associated with technical and commercial authorship within the publications industry, in a few months than many untrained writers achieve in years.

In addition, you will work towards gaining an ESTON Training diploma, which will help you to compete successfully on the world job market.

Syllabus

The ESTON Training syllabus is designed as a comprehensive vocational training programme, based on an author’s actual work. The relevant information is presented in a number of Study Notes and progress is assessed via stimulating and effective Exercises and Syllabus Tests. Relevant to industry standards and your background and experience, they provide training that is both practical and realistic.

The EDL2D course is updated regularly to reflect advances in technology and processes. It does not rely on out-of-date text books which describe outmoded working practices. As soon as we identify a new subject for inclusion, we update the appropriate training pack and issue the amended documents to our current students.

Qualifications

The ESTON Training Technical/Commercial Authorship distance learning training course leads to a Diploma in Technical/Commercial Authorship, which is the benchmark qualification within the technical publications industry throughout the world. The ESTON Training EDL2D course also ensures that you are well equipped to deal with the practical side of technical and commercial publications up to and including management level.

ESTON TRAINING Diploma

If you complete one of our Technical Authorship training courses you will receive an ESTON TRAINING Diploma on request, provided that your course work merits it.

EDL2P - Technical/Commercial Authorship Diploma (Standard)

This Technical/Commercial Authorship training course fully prepares you to obtain an ESTON Training diploma, which is recognised as the benchmark qualification by employers of technical and commercial authors throughout the English-speaking world. With this course you do not send your completed exercises to ESTON Training for tutorial attention. Instead, you assess your own progress against password-protected model answers that are provided on the ESTON Training CD-ROM. In addition, you are provided with limited tutorial support in the form of a free helpline, via e-mail or the telephone, for a period of two years.

EDL2S - Technical/Commercial Authorship Diploma (Basic)

This self-assessed course comprises exactly the same study notes, exercises and specimen answers as the standard diploma course (EDL2P). The main difference is that you assess your own progress by checking your answers to the exercises against the information provided in the study notes. You are also provided with limited tutorial support in the form of a free helpline, via e-mail or the telephone, for a period of one year.