I enrolled for a course called FCP from The Writers Block 3-4 months back. I saw the website of The Writers Block https://twb.in and was very impressed with the web-site. I called their office in IndraNagar to enquire about the course details. The total cost of the course is around Rs 35, 000/-. Has been increased to Rs 42000/- recently.
What they teach in this course
OpenOffice
Structure of a Document/Manual
Some aspects of English and Grammer
few other simpe open source tools for handling images
Adobe Robohelp
They have placements with many companies and this I believe is their strength. They promise getting jobs for everyone with minimum of 2-6 lacs.
These are the good aspects and now coming to the negatives
The course is very expensive for 35, 000/- where they teach open source tools. Specialized courses in SAP, IBM tools also charge 35, 000-50, 000 or even lesser. TWB makes a huge profit charging so much for their course.
The quality of trainers is pathetic. They neither have good english nor do they know how to teach.
What they teach is also very basic and would give you an awareness of What technical writing is, tools to be used
You need to put in lot of effort on your own to learn different tools for technical writing.
A career in technical writing is all about tools.Some tools one need to learn are
MS Office
XML Authoring Tools
HTML Tools
Adobe Robohelp
Adobe Framemaker
These can be picked up on your own. Mostly people with BSc and BCom background would do techinal writing. This is not the course for Engineers., MCA and folks with technical skills.
Think twice before joining TWB. You can learn these tools and get openings posted on Naukri and Monster.