Thorn Building Management Systems
1988-1991

Major provider of Environmental Management Systems. Over 300 employees. Turnover in excess of £8M. Clients include local authorities; building contractors, AMEC, etc.; consulting engineers, Ove Arup, Alfred MacAlpine, etc.

 Technical Author

 Computer Graphics Developer

Key Tasks

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Author

Draft, edit, proofread and publish software and hardware documentation.

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Communicate

Liaise with software and hardware engineers.

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Developer

Design and develop computer graphical screens using Turbo Pascal.

Key Skills

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Technical Authoring

Coding

Communication

Key Technologies

Turbo Pascal

WordPerfect

Reference

Turbo Pascal

Takeaway

Accuracy

Accuracy is everything when it comes to reference documentation.

Appeal

The importance of making things look good, easy to follow, appealing.