How do they match: Broadcast Technicians

  • Broadcast Technicians

  • Sound Technician
  • Sound Controller
  • Sound Effects Technician
  • Sound Effects Manager
  • Sound Mixer
  • Sound Person
  • Technical Director
  • Technical Testing Engineer
  • Audio Visual Technician
  • Broadcast Technician
  • Broadcast Operations Technician
  • Color Technician
  • Control Room Technician
  • Engineering Technician
  • Field Technician
  • Media Technician
  • News Gathering Technician
  • Operations Technician
  • Radio Technician
  • Reliability Technician
  • Special Effects Technician
  • Studio Technician
  • TV Technician
  • Telecasting Technician
  • Television Technician

  • Set up, operate, and maintain the electronic equipment used to acquire, edit, and transmit audio and video for radio or television programs. Control and adjust incoming and outgoing broadcast signals to regulate sound volume, signal strength, and signal clarity. Operate satellite, microwave, or other transmitter equipment to broadcast radio or television programs.

  • Control audio equipment to regulate volume and sound quality during radio and television broadcasts.
  • Determine the number, type, and approximate location of microphones needed for best sound recording or transmission quality, and position them appropriately.
  • Give technical directions to other personnel during filming.
  • Instruct trainees in use of television production equipment, filming of events, and copying and editing graphics or sound onto videotape.
  • Record sound onto tape or film for radio or television, checking its quality and making adjustments where necessary.

  • Determine technical requirements of productions or projects.
  • Operate control consoles for sound, lighting or video.