Information content publishing: Level 6

Develops strategies for the delivery of support information, including preferred media, rules for formatting content, and reprographics strategy if relevant. Ensures that adequate procedures, standards, tools and resources are in place to ensure the appropriate quality of material developed by information publishers within the organisation. Takes responsibility for publishing strategy, including, for example, frameworks for the overall information structure and graphical style for substantial, complex or high-profile web sites. Directs the selection of appropriate tools, templates and standards for publication in various forms, appropriate to customer expectations.

Information content publishing: Level 5

Develops standards and procedures to support content publishing. Designs overall support information structures. Takes responsibility for publishing assignments, including, for example, design of the overall structure and graphical style for substantial, complex or high-profile web sites. Selects appropriate tools, templates and standards for publication in various forms, appropriate to customer expectations (differentiating, for example, between needs such as optimisation and ease of modification). Sets design and coding standards, taking into account bandwidth and compatibility.

Information content publishing: Level 4

Defines and manages content management processes to meet the needs of users. Uses appropriate tools and techniques to provide moderately complex web interfaces to new or existing applications.

Information content publishing: Level 3

Specifies and creates content management processes to meet the needs of users. Uses agreed tools to make finished material available on appropriate platforms.

Information content publishing: Level 2

Develops an understanding of publications support activities such as drafting, illustrating, printing, etc. Develops a broad understanding of technical publication concepts, tools and methods and the way in which these are implemented. Obtains and analyses usage data and presents it effectively.