on August 3-4, 2009 at Swissotel Le Concorde, Ratchadapisek Road, Bangkok Overview We would like to deliver a course for technical professionals to be equipped with a thorough understanding of technical writing best practices and team management skills to their specific work requirements in their various departments. This programme is designed to enable you to have a thorough foundation and be equipped with the tools to plan, manage and write journals successfully. This will enable you to better work with your end- clients and counterparts with confidence and accuracy, ensuring that you represent your organisation in the best possible light at all times. PTIT in conjunction with PetroEDGE 2-day course training: Course Outlines Learning Outcomes 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 Introduction Characteristics of good writing Self analysis – you as a writer Reader and purpose Getting your message across - Avoiding weak and wordy language - Use and abuse of the passive - Identifying jargon and redundancy - The fog factor Paragraph power - Essential features - Topic sentences - Using linking words - Topic sentences Processes The grammar of describing a process Using sequencers to guide your reader Introduction to reports - A strategy for writing reports - Report structure - The key components of an introduction Incident reports - Writing about procedures and findings - The grammar of incident reports - Describing change Recommendation or Feasibility Reports - Interpreting your data - Three stages in writing conclusions - Writing recommendations

Mr. Steve Holloway BSc. (Hons), CTEFLA, DTEFLA Since 1989, Steve has trained in Japan, the UK, Spain and Malaysia. In Malaysia, he was in the International Islamic Universisty’s English Department for four years, followed by two years as the Business Skills Unit Manager for the British Council. Since 1999, his company, UK Training Services has established itself as one of the premier corporate English specialists in Malaysia in the Financial Services and the Oil and Gas sectors. Specialist Area Steve specializes in high-level Business and Technical Writing courses and Presentation Skills programmes. His range of writing programmes includes: Business Letter Writing for Executives and Managers, Business Report Writing for Executives and Managers, Proposal Writing Skills, Advanced Modern Business Writing, Technical Writing Skills, and Effective Reports and Minutes. Whilst he has trained thousands of executives and junior managers, Steve has also trained and coached senior managers and directors in communication skills, high writing and presentation skills from such organisations as Alam Sekitar Malaysia, AmBank, Matsushita, BSN, the Malaysian-Thailand Joint Authority and Express Rail Link. About the speaker Who should attend? - Technical Executives - Project Executives - Quality Control Executives - Production Line Executives - Technical Supervisors - Engineers - Team Supervisors - Programmers, Analysts - Research & Development Executives - Geologist /Geophysicist - Technical Sales Engineers Qualifications The following qualifications would be the ideal minimum level: - University of Cambridge ESOL Exams: If these are done, the participants should be at least PET level, preferably FCE. - IELTS level 5 and above - Intermediate level and above Skills level Ideally the participants should already be able to: - Write a variety of basic messages such as memos, s and letters with mistakes that are not too confusing to the reader. In other words, the reader can understand the message even though Grammar, Vocabulary, Word order and Sentence structure mistakes do occur. - Recognise the main grammatical structures such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. and be aware of the form of the major English tenses. - Recognise the main features of reports and preferably have had some experience of writing report in English. - Understand native speaker English to the extent that they can follow the trainer and be confident enough to ask questions, seek clarification and express their opinion, even if mistakes are made. PTIT in conjunction with PetroEDGE E ffective Technical Report Writing for Oil & Gas Professional/Engineers 2-day course training: