Audio / Visual Technicians

An Audio or Visual Technician operates sound and video equipment for concerts, sports events, news conferences or presentations at business meetings or conventions. Sets up wiring and cables as needed for an equipment system, which may include microphones, speakers, sound mixing and recording equipment and video equipment; may also work with specialized lighting equipment.

About this Career

Average Salary

£25,269

New workers start at around £12,901. Normal pay is £25,269 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £45,889

Annual Openings

50

Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons in London, and do not distinguish between full and part-time jobs

Daily Tasks

  • Maintains, repairs, programs and operates unmanned aircraft to provide aerial photographs and video.
  • Operates sound mixing and dubbing equipment to obtain desired mix, level and balance of sound.
  • Manages health and safety issues.
  • Operates equipment to record, edit and play back films and television programmes.
  • Checks operation and positioning of projectors, vision and sound recording equipment, and mixing and dubbing equipment.
  • Controls transmission, broadcasting and satellite systems for television and radio programmes, identifies and solves related technical problems.
  • Takes, records and manipulates digital images and digital video footage.
  • Photographs subject or follows action by moving camera.
  • Operates scanning equipment to transfer image to computer and manipulates image to achieve the desired effect.
  • Inserts lenses and adjusts aperture and speed settings as necessary.
  • Arranges subject, lighting, camera equipment and any microphones.
  • Selects subject and conceives composition of picture or discusses composition with colleagues.

Skills Employers are looking for

Skills Importance
Active Learning 73%
Monitoring 70%
Active Listening 70%
Reading Comprehension 67%
Critical Thinking 66%
Speaking 66%
Learning Strategies 63%
Writing 57%
Mathematics 49%
Science 39%

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