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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Set up, or set up and operate audio and video equipment including microphones, sound speakers, video screens, projectors, video monitors, recording equipment, connecting wires and cables, sound and mixing boards, and related electronic equipment for concerts, sports events, meetings and conventions, presentations, and news conferences. May also set up and operate associated spotlights and other custom lighting systems. | Notify supervisors when major equipment repairs are needed. | |||
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Monitor incoming and outgoing pictures and sound feeds to ensure quality, and notify directors of any possible problems. | ||||
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Mix and regulate sound inputs and feeds, or coordinate audio feeds with television pictures. | ||||
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Design layouts of audio and video equipment, and perform upgrades and maintenance. | ||||
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Perform minor repairs and routine cleaning of audio and video equipment. | ||||
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Switch sources of video input from one camera or studio to another, from film to live programming, or from network to local programming. | ||||
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Meet with directors and senior members of camera crews to discuss assignments and determine filming sequences, camera movements, and picture composition. | ||||
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Construct and position properties, sets, lighting equipment, and other equipment. | ||||
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Compress, digitize, duplicate, and store audio and video data. | ||||
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Obtain, set up, and load videotapes for scheduled productions or broadcasts. | ||||
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Edit videotapes by erasing and removing portions of programs and adding video or sound as required. | ||||
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Direct and coordinate activities of assistants and other personnel during production. | ||||
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Plan and develop pre-production ideas into outlines, scripts, story boards, and graphics, using own ideas or specifications of assignments. | ||||
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Maintain inventories of audio and video tapes and related supplies. | ||||
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Determine formats, approaches, content, levels, and mediums to effectively meet objectives within budgetary constraints, utilizing research, knowledge, and training. | ||||
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Record and edit audio material such as movie soundtracks, using audio recording and editing equipment. | ||||
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Inform users of audio and videotaping service policies and procedures. | ||||
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Obtain and preview musical performance programs prior to events to become familiar with the order and approximate times of pieces. | ||||
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Produce rough and finished graphics and graphic designs. | ||||
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Locate and secure settings, properties, effects, and other production necessities. | ||||
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Control the lights and sound of events, such as live concerts, before and after performances, and during intermissions. | ||||
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Conduct training sessions on selection, use, and design of audiovisual materials and on operation of presentation equipment. | ||||
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Organize and maintain compliance, license, and warranty information related to audio and video facilities. | ||||
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Develop manuals, texts, workbooks, or related materials for use in conjunction with production materials or for training. | ||||
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Perform narration of productions, or present announcements. | ||||
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Install, adjust, and operate electronic equipment to record, edit, and transmit radio and television programs, motion pictures, video conferencing, or multimedia presentations. | ||||
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Diagnose and resolve media system problems. | ||||
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Reserve audiovisual equipment and facilities such as meeting rooms. | ||||
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Analyze and maintain data logs for audiovisual activities. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Audio-Visual Specialists
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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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. | |||
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Telecommunications | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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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. | |||
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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. | |||
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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. | |||
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Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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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. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. | |||
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Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. | |||
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Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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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 there is a problem. | |||
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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). | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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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. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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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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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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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. | |||
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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. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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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). | |||
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Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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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. | |||
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Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver | Web page creation and editing software | |||
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Adobe Systems Adobe Flash Player | Web page creation and editing software | |||
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Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop software | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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Apple Final Cut Pro | Video creation and editing software | |||
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Apple iMovie | Video creation and editing software | |||
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Corel Ulead DVD Workshop | Video creation and editing software | |||
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Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | |||
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Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | |||
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Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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Web browser software | Internet browser software | |||
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Assistive amplification systems | Assistive listening devices | |||
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Audio presentation systems | Public address systems | |||
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Audioconferencing systems | Audioconferencing systems | |||
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Audiovisual A/V mixers | Media control systems | |||
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Cassette players | Cassette players or recorders | |||
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Claw hammers | Hammers | |||
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Compact disk CD burners or players | Compact disk players or recorders | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Digital audio recorders | Digital voice recorders | |||
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Digital camcorders | Digital camcorders or video cameras | |||
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Digital oscilloscopes | Oscilloscopes | |||
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Digital video cameras | Digital camcorders or video cameras | |||
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Digital video disk DVD players | Digital video disk players or recorders | |||
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Digital voltmeters DVM | Voltage or current meters | |||
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Integrated speaker systems | Loudspeakers | |||
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Interactive whiteboards | Touch screen monitors | |||
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Laptop computers | Notebook computers | |||
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Laser pointers | Lasers | |||
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Light boards | Stage or studio lighting systems | |||
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Liquid crystal display LCD projection systems | Liquid crystal display projection panels | |||
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Loudspeaker sets | Loudspeakers | |||
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Master control switchers | Media control systems | |||
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Microphone mixers | Audio mixing consoles | |||
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Motion picture projectors | Film projectors | |||
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Noise meters | Sound measuring apparatus or decibel meter | |||
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Overhead display projectors | Overhead projectors | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Plasma televisions | Plasma screens | |||
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Portable speaker systems | Loudspeakers | |||
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Power drills | Power drills | |||
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Projection screens | Projection screens | |||
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Screwdrivers | Screwdrivers | |||
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Slide projectors | Slide projectors | |||
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Soldering irons | Soldering irons or guns | |||
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Sound boards | Audio mixing consoles | |||
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Step ladders | Ladders | |||
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Television monitors | Televisions | |||
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Videoconferencing equipment | Videoconferencing systems | |||
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Videotape duplicating equipment | Cassette players or recorders | |||
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Wired microphones | Microphones | |||
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Wireless microphones | Microphones | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
On-the-Job Training | Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
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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