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Audio and Video Technicians

$50.66K Median Salary 10.2K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 26.3% Job Growth

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About This Career

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.

Reported Job Titles

Audio Technician, Audio Visual Specialist (AV Specialist), AV Tech (Audio Visual Technician), Media Technician, Operations Technician, Stagehand, Video Technician

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Near Vision

Oral Expression

Information Ordering

Oral Comprehension

Problem Sensitivity

Written Comprehension

Written Expression

Deductive Reasoning

Hearing Sensitivity

Inductive Reasoning

Visual Color Discrimination

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Auditory Attention

Category Flexibility

Control Precision

Far Vision

Flexibility of Closure

Selective Attention

Speech Clarity

Speech Recognition

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

Perceptual Speed

Time Sharing

Visualization

Knowledge

Computers and Electronics

Communications and Media

English Language

Telecommunications

Fine Arts

Engineering and Technology

Customer and Personal Service

Education and Training

Public Safety and Security

Administration and Management

Design

Skills

Monitoring

Critical Thinking

Operations Monitoring

Reading Comprehension

Complex Problem Solving

Active Listening

Coordination

Service Orientation

Speaking

Writing

Active Learning

Judgment and Decision Making

Operation and Control

Social Perceptiveness

Systems Analysis

Time Management

Technology Skills

Video creation and editing software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Operating system software

Data base user interface and query software

Web page creation and editing software

Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software

Electronic mail software

Video conferencing software

Desktop publishing software

Office suite software

Word processing software

Internet browser software

Spreadsheet software

Presentation software

Computer aided design CAD software

Tools

Loudspeakers

Microphones

Media control systems

Cassette players or recorders

Audio mixing consoles

Digital camcorders or video cameras

Ladders

Assistive listening devices

Manlift or personnel lift

Videoconferencing systems

Plasma screens

Notebook computers

Sound measuring apparatus or decibel meter

Projection screens or displays

Soldering iron

Touch screen monitors

Stage or projection or studio lighting system

Televisions

Public address systems

Compact disk players or recorders

Digital voice recorders

Liquid crystal display projection panels

Digital video disk players or recorders

Lasers

Overhead projectors

Voltage or current meters

Film projectors

Claw hammer

Oscilloscopes

Screwdrivers

Audioconferencing systems

Power drills

Slide projectors

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Abilities

Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
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).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
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.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Hearing Sensitivity: The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Visual Color Discrimination: The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
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.
Auditory Attention: The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
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.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

Knowledge

Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
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.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Skills

Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Operations Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
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.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Technology Skills

Video creation and editing software: YouTube
Graphics or photo imaging software: SmugMug Flickr
Operating system software: Microsoft Windows
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Web page creation and editing software: Facebook; Google Sites; LinkedIn; Social media sites
Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software: Voice over internet protocol VoIP system software
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Video conferencing software: Teleconferencing software
Desktop publishing software: Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign; Microsoft Publisher
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Computer aided design CAD software: Autodesk AutoCAD; Autodesk Revit

Tools

Loudspeakers: Audio speakers
Microphones: Handheld microphones; Studio microphones; Wireless microphones
Media control systems: Digital switchers
Cassette players or recorders: Audio tape recorders
Audio mixing consoles: Audio compressors; Audio mixers; Broadcast mixing boards; Sound effect generators
Digital camcorders or video cameras: Digital video cameras
Ladders: Extension ladders
Assistive listening devices: Analog-to-digital converters
Manlift or personnel lift: Manlift buckets
Videoconferencing systems: Videoconferencing equipment
Plasma screens: Plasma televisions
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Sound measuring apparatus or decibel meter: Octave band analyzers; Sound level meters
Projection screens or displays: Projector screens
Soldering iron: Soldering irons
Touch screen monitors: Interactive whiteboards
Stage or projection or studio lighting system: Stage lighting equipment
Televisions: Liquid crystal display LCD televisions; Television monitors
Public address systems: Public address PA systems
Compact disk players or recorders: Compact disk CD players
Digital voice recorders: Digital audio recorders
Liquid crystal display projection panels: Liquid crystal display LCD projection systems
Digital video disk players or recorders: Digital video disk DVD players
Lasers: Fiber optic visual fault locators
Overhead projectors: Overhead data projectors
Voltage or current meters: Digital voltmeters DVM
Film projectors: 16mm motion picture projectors; 8mm motion picture projectors; Portable motion picture projectors
Claw hammer: Claw hammers
Oscilloscopes: Sampling oscilloscopes
Screwdrivers: Mini screwdriver sets
Audioconferencing systems:
Power drills: Hand drills
Slide projectors: Carousel slide projectors
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:

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