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Technical training

Training covers a lot of ground. Technical training, specifically, is an area that some technical writers move into or work with. Like technical writing, technical training refers to specific tasks that people need to learn in order to perform their jobs.

Books for technical trainers

Here are books of interest to technical trainers. You should also have a look at our Instructional Design and e-learning/WBT pages.

1.		Developing Technical Training: A Structured Approach for Developing Classroom and Computer-based Instructional Materials from Pfeiffer Price: $32.00	Click here for more information

2.		Development Technical Training: A Structured Approach for Developing Classroom and Computer-based Instructional Materials , 2nd Edition from Pfeiffer Price: $40.00 Customer Review: Dr. Clark's book is an easy-to-read guide on how to design training according to the five types of content: procedures, factual information, concepts, processes and principles. She clearly defines each type and then explains to the reader how to design learning based on the "remember level"... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

3.		Building Effective Technical Training: How to Develop Hard Skills Within Organizations from Pfeiffer Price: $42.89 Customer Review: The book is interesting. A large part covers very basic trainings skills. My impression was it was written for a subject matter expert, with no experience in training, who wants to know how to pass his knowledge on. So far I have designed trainings more in the soft skill area. To learn how to... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		Developing Training Courses : A Technical Writer's Guide to Instructional Design and Development from Learning Edge Price: $29.95 Customer Review: This is one of the best books of those that help you determine what should be included in your training course - to plan objectives and then break it down into the detail. It also covers how to test the effectiveness of the course. However, it does not give any information at all about what a course... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

5.	[no image]	Training Complex Cognitive Skills: A Four-Component Instructional Design Model for Technical Training from Educational Technology Pubns Price: $59.95 Customer Review: This book is the result of over a decade of research by the author at the University of Twente. Merrienboer has managed to synthesize much of the current thinking and research in cognitive psychology, instructional design, and training. He has integrated the theoretical with the practical to provide... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

6.		Mental Toughness Training for Soccer: Maximizing Technical and Mental Mechanics (Coaches Choice) from Coaches Choice Books Price: $16.16	Click here for more information

7.		Mental Toughness Training for Volleyball: Maximizing Technical and Mental Mechanics from Coaches Choice Books Price: $13.57 Customer Review: This book is a must have for serious volleyball coaches. From start to finish, this book has practiceal advice and suggestions on how to maximize the toughness of your players. Get this for yourself and then get some to share with your staff!	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

8.		Total Soccer Coaching: Combining Physical, Technical and Tactical Training from Reedswain Price: $14.95	Click here for more information

9.	[no image]	Developing technical training: A structured approach for the development of classroom and computer-based instructional materials from Buzzards Bay Press Customer Review: This book is still a great resource! Ruth Colvin Clark's work remains one of the most widely quoted resources in instructional design circles, including the instructional design special interest group of the Society of Technical Communicators. While you wait for your copy to arrive, you can peruse... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

10.	[no image]	Television Equipment Theory and Operation Manual for Television Technical Training, Seventh Edition from RCA	Click here for more information

11.		Mental Toughness Training For Football: Maximizing Technical & Mental Mechanics from Coaches Choice Books Price: $15.96	Click here for more information

12.		Introduction to Technical Analysis (Reuters Financial Training Series) from Wiley Price: $80.00 Customer Review: This is a great book for beginner investors wanting to get an overview of technical analysis. Although each section doesn't go very in depth into each topic, you will still get a good understanding of how to use the different analysis tools to your advantage. I'm giving it four stars instead of five... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

13.		Instructional Design for Technical Training (Infoline) from ASTD Press Price: $12.00	Click here for more information

14.		International Perspectives on Teachers and Lecturers in Technical and Vocational Education (Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects) from Springer Price: $169.00	Click here for more information

15.		The ASTD Technical and Skills Training Handbook from McGraw-Hill Professional	Click here for more information

16.	[no image]	Technical and Vocational Teacher Education and Training (Monographs on Education, No 8) from Unipub	Click here for more information

17.	[no image]	Education for National Development; Effects of U. S. Technical Training Programs from Praeger	Click here for more information

18.	[no image]	Calculus, (His Mathematics for technical training. [3]) from Ginn	Click here for more information

19.		Audi TT Technical Service Training Self-Study Program from Bentley	Click here for more information

20.		Star Trek Starfleet Technical Manual: Training Command Starfleet Academy (Star Trek) from Del Rey Price: $12.21 Customer Review: Yes, this is definitely a paperback reprint of that legendary Tech Manual (note the "Star Trek 40" anniversary logo.) About the copy you own, I know you really don't mean "hard cover" as it was in a leatherette binder that, behind the sales rack card on the front, had STAR FLEET TECHNICAL MANUAL... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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