Abstract South African engineering and built environment professionals often present and need to transfer complex data to diverse recipients. This study of 91 respondents (via a Likert scale survey) explores communicative skills and formats used in their workplaces. Skills for seeking work (curriculum vitae, letters of application. networking through social media and interviews) was followed by analysis of technical writing to gain and keep work (proposals, reports and correspondence). Finally, the showcasing of work was reviewed via audience analysis, presentations and graphics, technical presentations, verbal and non-verbal delivery, visual literacy formats, integration of PowerPoint and posters. Conclusions were that the importance of the activity does not always align with the attention the practitioner gives it, nor the standard of output achieved. This disparity occurred particularly with citation and referencing, digital and traditional CVs, writing up proposals and responding to tender requests, and in creating and integrating visual material. However, there was alignment in the attention to and importance and standard of interviews, reports and summaries. It appears that emphasis must be on giving attention to the areas of communication which are deemed to be important but which currently are not of a high standard.

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评估工程和建筑环境专业人员使用的沟通方式

摘要南非工程和建筑环境专业人员经常出席会议，并需要将复杂的数据传输给不同的接收者。这项针对91位受访者（通过李克特量表调查）的研究探讨了其工作场所所使用的沟通技巧和格式。寻求工作的技能（简历，求职信，通过社交媒体和面试的人际网络）随后是对技术写作的分析，以获取和保留工作（提案，报告和书信）。最后，通过观众分析，演示和图形，技术演示，口头和非语言交付，视觉素养格式，PowerPoint和海报的集成，对作品的展示进行了审查。结论是活动的重要性并不总是与从业者给予的关注相吻合的，也没有达到输出标准。这种差异尤其发生在引文和参考文献，数字和传统简历，撰写提案和响应招标要求以及创建和整合视觉材料方面。但是，访谈，报告和摘要的关注程度，重要性和标准是一致的。看来，重点必须放在重视交流领域，这些领域被认为是重要的，但目前还不是高标准的。