Audio and Video Technicians

What Does a Audio and Video Technicians Do?

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.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Notify supervisors when major equipment repairs are needed.
• 2Diagnose and resolve media system problems.
• 3Direct and coordinate activities of assistants and other personnel during production.
• 4Compress, digitize, duplicate, and store audio and video data.
• 5Install, adjust, and operate electronic equipment to record, edit, and transmit radio and television programs, motion pictures, video conferencing, or multimedia presentations.
• 6Control the lights and sound of events, such as live concerts, before and after performances, and during intermissions.
• 7Switch sources of video input from one camera or studio to another, from film to live programming, or from network to local programming.
• 8Record and edit audio material, such as movie soundtracks, using audio recording and editing equipment.

Required Skills

• Monitoring
• Reading Comprehension
• Critical Thinking
• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Dreamweaver
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Photoshop
• Apple Final Cut Pro
• Apple iMovie
• Blackboard software
• Cisco IOS
• Cisco Webex

Audio and Video Technicians Salary