TRAINING MANUAL PUBLISHING:
A training manual is a book of methods and instructions designed to ensure that all required skills, processes, procedures, and relevant information necessary to be able to perform a required task or set of tasks and activities, are presented in a concise, structured, and comprehensive manner in a specific format that enables the reader to easily understand and follow set guidelines. Training manuals may be written specifically as informative policy and procedures manuals, instruction manuals, user manauals, or operations and maintenance manuals. Training manuals in book print have a specific ISBN.
A comprehensive policy and procedures manual covers all of an organisation's functions, and is the foundation for the organisation's quality manual. The main purpose of a procedures manual is to ensure effective and efficient management of an organisation's operational functions for optimum consistent delivery of an organisation's activities and outcomes. Most management training manuals fall under this category.
An instruction manual provides important details to ensure the proper use of an item or product, and should include diagrams of specific operational or application functions in using the item or product.
User manuals are written in a specific structure explaining in detail the necessary approach to the use of an item, product, or system, and should be written by someone who is intimately familiar with the system such as a technical writer or product designer. The user manual contains all essential information to enable the user full and safe use of the item, product or system. The user manual includes a detailed description of the item, product, or system functions and capabilities, contingencies, and alternate modes of operation, as well as step-by-step procedures for access, starting operation, use, and shutting down operation.
An operations and maintenance manual contains information and strategies designed to guide users in the normal use and maintenance of an item, product, or system. The manual should be designed. in a manner that facilitates actions and responses to any incident that may arise during normal operations and maintenance of the item, product, or system.
A comprehensive policy and procedures manual covers all of an organisation's functions, and is the foundation for the organisation's quality manual. The main purpose of a procedures manual is to ensure effective and efficient management of an organisation's operational functions for optimum consistent delivery of an organisation's activities and outcomes. Most management training manuals fall under this category.
An instruction manual provides important details to ensure the proper use of an item or product, and should include diagrams of specific operational or application functions in using the item or product.
User manuals are written in a specific structure explaining in detail the necessary approach to the use of an item, product, or system, and should be written by someone who is intimately familiar with the system such as a technical writer or product designer. The user manual contains all essential information to enable the user full and safe use of the item, product or system. The user manual includes a detailed description of the item, product, or system functions and capabilities, contingencies, and alternate modes of operation, as well as step-by-step procedures for access, starting operation, use, and shutting down operation.
An operations and maintenance manual contains information and strategies designed to guide users in the normal use and maintenance of an item, product, or system. The manual should be designed. in a manner that facilitates actions and responses to any incident that may arise during normal operations and maintenance of the item, product, or system.
