However, what I would expect any competent tech writer
to know:
1. To not assume that the way he/she "has always done
it" is the correct way to tell someone else how do it.
2. To be able to locate a reliable source of accurate
instructions
3. To not provide instructions to others without first
verifying their accuracy with the reliable source.
Jump-starting a car may not be rocket science, but
following the wrong procedure has the potential to
make you just as dead as miswiring a missile.
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "John Posada" <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
>> I don't think that a savvy tech writer would automatically know how to attach battery cables.
>
> I was kinda being facetious. Too many people think we are the end-all, be-all of anything instructional. I'd only expect the tech
> writer as part of being a tech writer to know if they are in the business of writing automotive instructions, or if they have an
> ASE certification.
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