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Audio and Video Technicians

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.

What you’d do

  • Notify supervisors when major equipment repairs are needed.
  • Diagnose and resolve media system problems.
  • Direct and coordinate activities of assistants and other personnel during production.
  • Compress, digitize, duplicate, and store audio and video data.
  • Install, adjust, and operate electronic equipment to record, edit, and transmit radio and television programs, motion pictures, video conferencing, or multimedia presentations.
  • Control the lights and sound of events, such as live concerts, before and after performances, and during intermissions.
  • Switch sources of video input from one camera or studio to another, from film to live programming, or from network to local programming.
  • Record and edit audio material, such as movie soundtracks, using audio recording and editing equipment.

Skills that matter

  • Monitoring
  • Critical Thinking
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Active Listening

How to get there

Medium preparation: usually vocational school, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree

Also called

  • Audio Visual Specialist (AV Specialist)
  • AV Tech (Audio Visual Technician)
  • Media Technician
  • Operations Technician
  • Audio Technician
  • Stagehand

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