Document Controller

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The Document Controller maintains the project documentation, ensuring this is distributed to relevant stakeholders throughout the project duration, in a timely manner. This documentation includes drawings, plans, specifications, and surveys. These should be sorted and stored appropriately. Operating and user manuals are generated and issued to the Client.  

Day to day activities may include:

Controlling the business and project documentation

Following and improving the document control procedures

Ensuring all documentation meets formal requirements and required standards

Sorting, storing and retrieving electronic and hard copy of documents

Conducting regular reviews and document audits

Using IT and document control programmes to organise and distribute documents to relevant stakeholders

Ensure documents are shared to key time limits to facilitate project completion

Produce and issue Operating and User Manuals to the Client

Skills required

An understanding of the construction industry

Thorough with a high attention to detail

Customer service skills

Knowledge of English language

Able to use own initiative

Persistence and determination

Excellent team working, communications and presentation skills

Ability to utilise main software packages 

Career path and progression

As a Document Controller you could progress to a senior role such as Document Manager. 

Salaries for this role are dependent on experience. Examples are as follows:

Newly trained Document Controller £17,000 - £20,000

Trained with experience Document Controller £20,000 to £35,000

Senior Document Controller £35,000 plus

Maths, English and IT are all useful subjects to become a document controller.

There are various routes to become a Document Controller these include: 

College - HNC/HND in subjects such as Administration, Information Management or similar

Apprenticeship - Administration or IT

Direct Employment with training  

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