Technical Writer Career Assessment
Occupation Code
212415List
STSOL
Descriptions
Researches and writes technical information-based material and documentation for articles, manuals, text books, handbooks, or multimedia products, usually for education or corporate purposes.
Job Description
- Determining advertising approach by consulting clients and management, and studying products to establish principal selling features
- Writing advertisements for press, radio, television, cinema screens, billboards, catalogues and shop displays
- Making decisions about the specific content of publications in conjunction with other senior editors and in accordance with editorial policies and guidelines
- Reviewing copy for publication to ensure conformity with accepted rules of grammar, style and format, coherence of story, and accuracy, legality and probity of content
- Collecting and analysing facts about newsworthy events from interviews, printed matter, investigations and observations
- Writing news reports, commentaries, articles and feature stories for newspapers, magazines, journals, television and radio on topics of public interest
- Researching and writing technical, information-based material and documentation for manuals, text books, handbooks and multimedia products
- Critically discussing daily news topics in the editorial columns of newspapers and reviewing books, films and plays
Types of visas you can apply for
Common visa types
Skilled Nominated visa(subclass 190)
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491)
Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482)
Training visa (subclass 407)
Other visa types
489 - Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489) - State or Territory nominated
187 - Regional Sponsor Migration Scheme (subclass 187)
494 - Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (provisional) (subclass 494) - Employer sponsored stream
Skill Assessment
Skills Assessment Requirements
Applicants are required to have a degree related to the nominated position. PhD / Bachelor (including Honours Bachelor and Master) 104 weeks of study time in Australia
Work requirements
Applicants are required to have: at least 52 weeks of post-graduation work experience in Australia related to the nominated position
An additional qualification at least Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) diploma level in a highly relevant field of study, and at least two years of post-qualification highly related work at an appropriate skill level in the past five years; or An additional qualification assessed at an AQF bachelor degree or higher, but not in a highly relevant field of study, and at least three years of post-qualification highly related work at an appropriate skill level in the past five years;
Assessment Agency
- VETASSES