Documentation Specialist Job Description

Technical Documentation

The job title documentation specialist has multiple meanings. Generally, however, the job description of a documentation specialist encompasses some degree of producing and maintaining a company's documentation.

Environment Dependent

The precise job description for a particular documentation specialist is environment-dependent. That is to say, the exact duties of a documentation specialist vary from company to company, and potentially, from department to department within the same company.

Skills

The prerequisite skills generally involve some level of writing and editorial skills, as well as the ability to use such documentation production tools as word processors and possibly, online help production systems, spreadsheet and graphics software, according to Education-portal.com and Swz.salary.com.

Alternate Titles

Other titles that a particular documentation specialist might have include: technical documentation specialist, technical writer, electronic documentation specialist, publications specialist, and clinical documentation specialist.

Example One

In certain environments, a documentation specialist provides office support, or does production work on documentation. She may backup the editorial personnel, reviewing documents using basic editing skills, and may also create some elementary illustrations using computer-aided design (CAD) equipment.

Example Two

In other companies, a technical documentation specialist may function as a full-blown technical writer and/or technical editor. In this instance, the technical documentation specialist composes the necessary documentation herself.

References

• "Job Description: Documentation Specialist",
• "Documentation Specialist: Job Description and Requirements for becoming a Documentation Specialists"