Title :
tekom concept for concurrent education of technical communicators
Author_Institution :
Hannover Univ., Germany
Abstract :
tekom is the German professional association for technical communication and information development (www.tekom.de). tekom research has shown that 87% of the professionals working in the field of technical communication in Germany have no specific education in technical communication. For that reason there is a strong demand for concurrent education (and optionally, certification) for professional technical communicators. In 2003 tekom started to offer a new concurrent education program for qualification and certification focusing on advanced qualifications for professionals.
Keywords :
certification; professional communication; qualifications; concurrent education; professional certification; professional qualification; technical communication; tekom concept; Certification; Communication industry; Documentation; Educational programs; Employee welfare; Industrial training; Professional communication; Programming profession; Qualifications; Quality management;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference, 2005. IPCC 2005. Proceedings. International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9027-X
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9028-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.2005.1494177
