RE: Levels of Job Responsibility

[cewinch -at- aep -dot- com]

To be clear: I won't expect it in the book; I do realize they used 
"Writer.". I was responding only to Dan's assertion that "writer" is the 
"correct" way to put it. Correct for him--not so much for me. That's all 
I'm saying. By no means do I wish to (re)start the title "war." :) As 
Craig pointed out, we're a diverse lot, both in what we do and in what we 
prefer to call ourselves. All I'd ask is that we all respect our different 
preferences, even as we strongly hold our stong opinions. ;-) 

~C




Fred Ridder <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com> 
05/21/2010 11:14 AM

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RE: Levels of Job Responsibility






Sorry, but whether you're happy with the word "writer" or not, that's the 
word that was used in the Occupational Outlook Handbook from the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, which was the specific context being discussed. Call 
yourself "communicator" all you like, but don't expect to find that 
description in the government labor statistics or most commercially 
available salary surveys.
 
-Fred Ridder 

 
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: Levels of Job Responsibility
> From: cewinch -at- aep -dot- com
> Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 10:54:56 -0400
> 
> Whether we should be listed as TWs or TCs is a matter of opinion, and as 

> everyone's mileage varies, it cannot be equally applied to all. I do 
> almost no *writing* in this job, yet a I do a ton of communicating and 
> ...of technical information. "Writer" is simply inaccurate for me, but 
I'm 
> definitely above "admin" and in a whole other category from any of the 
> others the DOL used to lump us into. I'll stick with Communicator, thank 

> you.
> 
> ~C
> Connie Winch
> Technical Communicator
> American Electric Power

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