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Published in Diego Galar, Uday Kumar, Dammika Seneviratne, Robots, Drones, UAVs and UGVs for Operation and Maintenance, 2020
Diego Galar, Uday Kumar, Dammika Seneviratne
Visual communication takes place with the help of visual aids such as color, illustration, graphic design, drawing, typography, signs, and other electronic resources. Visual communication comprising charts and graphs generally reinforces written methods of communication and sometimes replaces written communication completely. As the adage says, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” and developments in technology have made visual communication easier today than ever before (Rohn, 2017).
Content Management
Published in Tracy Bridgeford, Teaching Content Management in Technical and Professional Communication, 2020
According to the general literatures on teaching and learning in higher education (Diamond, 1998) and instructional design (Merrill, 2002), effective instruction begins at the end: what should students be able to do when they complete a program of study? In the context of professionally focused programs, that involves preparing students for the workplace and to be competent within their chosen field. Competencies are central to this goal. They are “clusters of interrelated knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values necessary for performing [a job-related responsibility] effectively” (Institute for Performance and Learning, 2016, p. Introduction-1). The STC (2016) has identified a competency model for technical communicators. The STC Competency Model encompasses nine competencies: Project planning, which focuses on defining the publication process and scheduling a project.Project analysis, which focuses on defining the audience and context (but not tasks) of a project.Content development, which focuses on researching a topic, writing in genres, and observing copyright laws.Organizational design (not to be confused with the concept in human resource development, which has an entirely different focus), which focuses on structuring content and using genres to generate a document structure.Written communication, which focuses on writing in plain language, how to write different parts of a document, and how to write for specific emerging genres.Visual communication, which focuses on page and screen design, as well as using images to communicate ideas.Review and editing, which focuses on assessing content prepared by other technical communicators to ensure that it is clear, concise, and readable, and that the content conforms to established editorial, design, and technical guidelines.Content management, which focuses on the basic features of websites, collaborative writing, and content strategy.Production delivery, which focuses on awareness of the production process for content.On the other hand, these nine competencies represent a small part of the complete set of competencies needed to work in technical communication. Part of that gap is the result of a competency model that only focuses on the unique competencies for technical communicators. According to the Building Blocks model proposed by the Competencies Model Clearinghouse (2018) and adapted in Table 2.1, all jobs have competencies in seven broad areas. Most of the competencies are common to all jobs.
Safety climate and productivity improvement of construction workplaces through the 6S system: mixed-method analysis of 5S and safety integration
Published in International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2022
Mostafa Soltaninejad, Mohammad Sadra Fardhosseini, Yong Woo Kim
The interviewed managers and supervisors emphasized the impact of visualization to motivate employees, especially safety teams. Visual techniques of communication, which are often referred to as visualization approaches, are popular among practitioners and integral to the lean philosophy [49]. For instance, shadow boards utilized in 5S helps workers to find their tools easily. Visualization is simply focused on using visual safety approaches to engage employees to become part of daily safety inspections. Signage, charts, signaling systems and process mapping are some of the visual communication methods. All of these methods support the lean goal of employee engagement through continuous improvement. Visualization is similar to the visual controls, which is a continuous improvement activity [11], designed to make problems, deviations from standards or abnormalities visible to everyone [50]. When these deviations are apparent and visible to all, action can be taken to correct them instantaneously. Therefore, an effective visual workplace vision can enhance the safety conditions of construction projects [11]. Tezel et al. [17] reported that the 5S visual system improved workplace conditions with lessened item transaction process times, savings in workspaces and better health and safety conditions.