Finally Done! I am overjoyed to have successfully completed the CAS Technical Documentation at the ZHAW School of Applied Linguistics.

Not infrequently I am confronted with the following statements:

• The following technical documentation is sufficient for the EC declaration of conformity:

✓ Application of the relevant provisions (PrSG, EleG)

✓ Compliance with the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC

✓ Risk assessment according to EN ISO 12100

✓ Compliance with harmonised standards

✓ Mark the machine

✓ Operating instructions

In fact, the technical documentation listed is sufficient to obtain an EC declaration of conformity.

• Is the explanation of the mode of operation, brief instructions, general description of the system/machine, etc. really necessary for the technical documentation during product development and placing on the market? That only costs a lot of money!

And yes, the second statement is also correct. It costs money... BUT:

• But what are the customer's needs? His know-how?
• Ever thought about what a quick guide can do for the customer?
• That clever instructions can encourage the customer to buy?
• The need for instructions for the customer, service personnel, users, etc.?
• Good terminology management can save a lot of costs?

These are just a few of the questions for which I will provide answers that will outshine the statement "It only costs a lot of money". The effect and benefit are incomparably higher and pay off. The benefits are incomparably higher and pay off.