| Profession |
Skills Required |
Duties Performed |
| Sound Engineer |
- Equipment Selection: Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
- Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- 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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- Report equipment problems and ensure that required repairs are made.
- Prepare for recording sessions by performing activities such as selecting and setting up microphones.
- Record speech, music, and other sounds on recording media, using recording equipment.
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| Radio Operator |
- Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
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- Review applicable regulations regarding radio communications, and report violations.
- Maintain station logs of messages transmitted and received for activities such as flight testing and fire locations.
- Coordinate radio-related aspects of locating and contacting airplanes and ships that are missing or in distress.
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| Audio Technician |
- 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.
- Management of Financial Resources: Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
- Equipment Selection: Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
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- Edit videotapes by erasing and removing portions of programs and adding video or sound as required.
- Mix and regulate sound inputs and feeds, or coordinate audio feeds with television pictures.
- Record and edit audio material such as movie soundtracks, using audio recording and editing equipment.
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