Audio and Video Technicians
Tasks Include:
- Notify supervisors when major equipment repairs are needed.
- Design layouts of audio and video equipment and perform upgrades and maintenance.
- Perform minor repairs and routine cleaning of audio and video equipment.
- Switch sources of video input from one camera or studio to another, from film to live programming, or from network to local programming.
- Compress, digitize, duplicate, and store audio and video data.
- Direct and coordinate activities of assistants and other personnel during production.
- Record and edit audio material, such as movie soundtracks, using audio recording and editing equipment.
- Control the lights and sound of events, such as live concerts, before and after performances, and during intermissions.
- Conduct training sessions on selection, use, and design of audio-visual materials and on operation of presentation equipment.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +15.5%
National: +15.6%
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$50,660.00
State
$52,000.00
Regional
Audio and Video Technicians
Description
Career Cluster: | Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications |
Set up, maintain, and dismantle audio and video equipment, such as microphones, sound speakers, connecting wires and cables, sound and mixing boards, video cameras, video monitors and servers, and related electronic equipment for live or recorded events, such as concerts, meetings, conventions, presentations, podcasts, news conferences, and sporting events.
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Audio and Video Technicians
Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 42.67%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 25.07%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 19.87%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 11.19%
- Some College Courses = 1.19%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 36.52%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 19.01%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 13.87%
- None = 12.22%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 10.31%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 4.40%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 3.61%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.07%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 35.49%
- None = 17.80%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 16.85%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 12.93%
- Up to and including 1 month = 9.59%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 7.26%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.07%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 44.19%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 18.95%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 18.95%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 8.93%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 5.05%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 3.92%
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Audio and Video Technicians
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Notify supervisors when major equipment repairs are needed.
- Design layouts of audio and video equipment and perform upgrades and maintenance.
- Perform minor repairs and routine cleaning of audio and video equipment.
- Switch sources of video input from one camera or studio to another, from film to live programming, or from network to local programming.
- Compress, digitize, duplicate, and store audio and video data.
- Direct and coordinate activities of assistants and other personnel during production.
- Record and edit audio material, such as movie soundtracks, using audio recording and editing equipment.
- Control the lights and sound of events, such as live concerts, before and after performances, and during intermissions.
- Conduct training sessions on selection, use, and design of audio-visual materials and on operation of presentation equipment.
- Install, adjust, and operate electronic equipment to record, edit, and transmit radio and television programs, motion pictures, video conferencing, or multimedia presentations.
- Diagnose and resolve media system problems.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Monitor incoming and outgoing pictures and sound feeds to ensure quality and notify directors of any possible problems.
- Mix and regulate sound inputs and feeds or coordinate audio feeds with television pictures.
- Meet with directors and senior members of camera crews to discuss assignments and determine filming sequences, camera movements, and picture composition.
- Construct and position properties, sets, lighting equipment, and other equipment.
- Obtain, set up, and load videotapes for scheduled productions or broadcasts.
- Edit videotapes by erasing and removing portions of programs and adding video or sound as required.
- Plan and develop pre-production ideas into outlines, scripts, story boards, and graphics, using own ideas or specifications of assignments.
- Maintain inventories of audio and videotapes and related supplies.
- Determine formats, approaches, content, levels, and mediums to effectively meet objectives within budgetary constraints, using research, knowledge, and training.
- Inform users of audio and videotaping service policies and procedures.
- Obtain and preview musical performance programs prior to events to become familiar with the order and approximate times of pieces.
- Produce rough and finished graphics and graphic designs.
- Locate and secure settings, properties, effects, and other production necessities.
- Organize and maintain compliance, license, and warranty information related to audio and video facilities.
- Develop manuals, texts, workbooks, or related materials for use in conjunction with production materials or for training.
- Perform narration of productions or present announcements.
- Reserve audio-visual equipment and facilities, such as meeting rooms.
- Analyze and maintain data logs for audio-visual activities.
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Audio and Video Technicians
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Assistive listening devices (Assistive amplification systems)
- Public address systems (Audio presentation systems)
- Audioconferencing systems
- Media control systems (Audiovisual A/V mixers)
- Cassette players or recorders (Cassette players)
- Hammers (Claw hammers)
- Compact disk players or recorders (Compact disk CD burners or players)
- Desktop computers
- Digital voice recorders (Digital audio recorders)
- Digital camcorders or video cameras (Digital camcorders)
- Oscilloscopes (Digital oscilloscopes)
- Digital camcorders or video cameras (Digital video cameras)
- Digital video disk players or recorders (Digital video disk DVD players)
- Voltage or current meters (Digital voltmeters DVM)
- Loudspeakers (Integrated speaker systems)
- Touch screen monitors (Interactive whiteboards)
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Lasers (Laser pointers)
- Stage or studio lighting systems (Light boards)
- Liquid crystal display projection panels (Liquid crystal display LCD projection systems)
- Loudspeakers (Loudspeaker sets)
- Media control systems (Master control switchers)
- Audio mixing consoles (Microphone mixers)
- Film projectors (Motion picture projectors)
- Sound measuring apparatus or decibel meter (Noise meters)
- Overhead projectors (Overhead display projectors)
- Personal computers
- Plasma screens (Plasma televisions)
- Loudspeakers (Portable speaker systems)
- Power drills
- Projection screens
- Screwdrivers
- Slide projectors
- Soldering irons or guns (Soldering irons)
- Audio mixing consoles (Sound boards)
- Ladders (Step ladders)
- Televisions (Television monitors)
- Videoconferencing systems (Videoconferencing equipment)
- Cassette players or recorders (Videotape duplicating equipment)
- Microphones (Wired microphones)
- Microphones (Wireless microphones)
Technologies Include:
- Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access
- Electronic mail software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop software
- Internet browser software
- Web browser software
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Video creation and editing software
- Apple Final Cut Pro
- Apple iMovie
- Corel Ulead DVD Workshop
- Web page creation and editing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Systems Adobe Flash Player
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
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Audio and Video Technicians
Special Requirements
Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
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Audio and Video Technicians
Additional Resources
For information on careers for broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators, write to:
National Association of Broadcasters
1771 N St. NW.
Washington, DC 20036
http://www.nab.org
For information on certification, contact:
Society of Broadcast Engineers
9247 North Meridian St.
Suite 305
Indianapolis, IN 46260
http://www.sbe.org
For information on careers in the motion picture and television industry, contact:
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)
595 West Hartsdale Ave.
White Plains, NY 10607
http://www.smpte.org
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Audio and Video Technicians
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
77.75 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
76.75 | Communications and Media | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
75.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
67.75 | Telecommunications | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
65.00 | Fine Arts | Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture. |
64.00 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
59.50 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
52.25 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
52.00 | Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
50.00 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
49.50 | Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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Audio and Video Technicians
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
68.75 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
62.50 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
62.50 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
62.50 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
56.25 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
53.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
53.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
53.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
53.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
53.00 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
50.00 | Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
50.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
50.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
50.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
50.00 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Audio and Video Technicians
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
72.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
68.75 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
68.75 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
68.75 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
62.50 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
62.50 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
59.50 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
56.25 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
56.25 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
56.25 | Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
53.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
53.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
53.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
53.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
53.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
53.00 | Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
53.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
50.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
50.00 | Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
50.00 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
50.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
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Audio and Video Technicians
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
88.50 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
80.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
79.00 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
79.00 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
78.75 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
78.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
77.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
76.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
73.25 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
69.25 | Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment | Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles. |
69.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
68.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
67.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
65.50 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
64.75 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
64.50 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
62.50 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
60.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
58.50 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
58.25 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
57.75 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
56.50 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
56.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
53.75 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
52.25 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
52.25 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
51.00 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
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Audio and Video Technicians
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
86.00 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
84.25 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
84.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
80.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
79.50 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
79.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
78.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
76.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
73.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
73.00 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
72.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
71.25 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
67.75 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
67.50 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
65.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
58.00 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
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Audio and Video Technicians
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
55.50 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
55.50 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
55.50 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
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Audio and Video Technicians
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
97.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
96.40 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
93.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
92.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
91.40 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
91.20 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
89.00 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
88.80 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
86.80 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
82.00 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
81.00 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
79.20 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
78.60 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
77.60 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
77.20 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
75.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
74.00 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
72.40 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
68.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
62.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
61.80 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
57.00 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
56.00 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
54.40 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
50.60 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
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Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $31,310.00 | $50,660.00 | $68,100.00 |
Virginia | $28,860.00 | $52,000.00 | $64,730.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $44,425.31 | $63,512.80 | $79,386.33 |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $33,512.39 | $51,314.30 | $59,298.83 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $32,641.15 | $45,920.66 | $50,894.77 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $37,261.15 | $51,669.44 | $60,502.37 |
Hampton Roads | $35,121.97 | $50,446.16 | $62,319.64 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $38,684.84 | $55,968.56 | $58,286.35 |
Northern Virginia | $44,111.71 | $65,108.87 | $78,229.51 |
Piedmont Workforce | $23,759.41 | $23,759.41 | $39,926.81 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | $28,888.24 | $39,485.48 | $49,517.80 |
Western Virginia | $34,176.99 | $49,941.48 | $59,197.06 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 68,600 | 79,300 | +15.6% |
Virginia | 1,644 | 1,899 | +15.5% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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Audio and Video Technicians
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Audio and Video Technicians
Military Training
The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Musicians, General
- Not Occupationally Qualified, General
- Photography, General
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Audio and Video Technicians
Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Audio and Video Technicians
Titles
- Audio Technician
- Audio Visual Specialist
- Audio Visual Technician
- Audio-Visual Production Specialist
- Audio/Visual Manager
- Audio/Visual Operator
- Audiovisual Communications Systems Technician
- Broadcast Engineer
- Broadcast Technician
- Classroom Technology Technician
- Communications Equipment Operating Technician
- Communications Technician
- Equipment Technician
- Event AV Operator
- Event Crew Technician
- Instructional Media Services Technician
- Instructional Systems Specialist
- Interactive Video Technician
- Laserist
- Light Technician
- Lighting Equipment Operator
- Master Control Engineer
- Master Control Operator (MCO)
- Media Coordinator
- Media Technician
- Multimedia Educational Specialist
- Multimedia Production Assistant
- Music Sound Light Technician
- Operations Technician
- Photographer
- Photojournalist
- Planetarium Technician
- Producer
- Production Assistant
- Production Manager
- Production Sound Mixer
- Projectionist
- Projector Operator
- Radio Producer
- Sight Effects Specialist
- Sound Controller
- Special Effects Designer
- Special Effects Specialist
- Stage Technician
- Stagehand
- Technical Assistant
- Technical Director
- Television Technician
- Theater Technician
- Video Control Operator
- Video Editor
- Video Operator
- Video Production Assistant
- Video Technician
- Videographer
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Audio and Video Technicians
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