Audio and Video Technicians

• Install, adjust, and operate electronic equipment to record, edit, and transmit radio and television programs, motion pictures, video conferencing, or multimedia presentations.
• Record and edit audio material, such as movie soundtracks, using audio recording and editing equipment.
• 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.
• Obtain, set up, and load videotapes for scheduled productions or broadcasts.
• Monitor incoming and outgoing pictures and sound feeds to ensure quality and notify directors of any possible problems.
• Perform minor repairs and routine cleaning of audio and video equipment.

• Notify supervisors when major equipment repairs are needed.
• Compress, digitize, duplicate, and store audio and video data.
• Mix and regulate sound inputs and feeds or coordinate audio feeds with television pictures.
• Edit videotapes by erasing and removing portions of programs and adding video or sound as required.
• Direct and coordinate activities of assistants and other personnel during production.
• Determine formats, approaches, content, levels, and mediums to effectively meet objectives within budgetary constraints, using research, knowledge, and training.
• Locate and secure settings, properties, effects, and other production necessities.
• Reserve audio-visual equipment and facilities, such as meeting rooms.
• Diagnose and resolve media system problems.
• Design layouts of audio and video equipment and perform upgrades and maintenance.
• Construct and position properties, sets, lighting equipment, and other equipment.
• Conduct training sessions on selection, use, and design of audio-visual materials and on operation of presentation equipment.
• Produce rough and finished graphics and graphic designs.

No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (65%).