Job Duties for Audio and video recording technicians
- Set up, prepare, operate and adjust audio, recording, editing and reproducing equipment to record, edit and reproduce sound input or feed of pre-recorded material from tapes, records, compact discs, digital audio devices, and input from live microphones, satellites or microwave trucks for films, videos, radio and television programs and recordings
- Prepare and operate videotape recording and playback equipment to record videos, television programs, concerts and live events, and to edit video tape after production
- Operate electronic equipment to generate program titles, credits, sub-titles, graphic backgrounds or animation for television programs
- Operate audio consoles or computers, tape machines, microphones and sound processing equipment to mix, combine and edit music and sound at concerts and live events
- Operate dubbing machines to play back edited dialogue, music and sound effect tracks from different sources, in synchronization with motion picture film
- May supervise and co-ordinate the work of other audio and video recording technicians.
Working Conditions for Audio and video recording technicians
Work is performed in a variety of indoor studio settings; these include concerts, small audio studios, conferences, and meetings.
Alternate Job Titles
- Digital Effects Specialist
- Assistant Sound Editor
- Audio Engineer - Recording Studio
- Audio Operator
- Audio Operator Assistant
- Audio Recording Studio Operator
- Audio Technician
- Audiovisual (AV) Technician
- AV (audiovisual) Technician
- Colour Timer - Video
- Digital Effects Specialist
- Dubbing Machine Operator
- Electronic News Gathering (ENG) Editor
- Electronic Video Graphics Operator
- ENG (electronic News Gathering) Editor
- Film Technician
- Film Technician - Motion Picture
- Master Record Cutter
- Multimedia Sound Technician
- Multimedia Sound-effects Supervisor
- Music Editor - Recording Studio
- Music Mixer
- Music Or Sound Mixer
- Operator, P.A. (public Address) Systems
- P.A. (public Address) Operator
- P.A. (public Address) System Operator
- Playback Operator
- Postproduction Technician
- Production Sound Recordist
- Public Address (P.A.) Operator
- Public Address (P.A.) System Operator
- Radio Recorder
- Radio Technician
- Recording Engineer
- Recording Studio Technician
- Re-recording Mixer
- Sound Cutter
- Sound Editor
- Sound Effects Editor
- Sound Effects Specialist
- Sound Engineer
- Sound Engineer (except Professional Engineers)
- Sound Engineer Assistant
- Sound Keyer
- Sound Librarian - Audio-recording
- Sound Mix Engineer
- Sound Mixer
- Sound Operator
- Sound Recorder
- Sound Recording Engineer
- Sound Recording Supervisor
- Sound Recordist
- Sound Technician
- Sound-recording And Video-recording Reproduction Equipment Operator
- Sound-recording Equipment Operator
- Stereo Tape Editor
- Video And Sound Recorder
- Video Recorder
- Video Recording Technician
- Video Sound Mixer
- Video Technician
- Video-editing Equipment Operator
- Video-recording Equipment Operator
- Videotape Editor
- Videotape Postproduction Editor
- Videotape Recording (VTR) Editor
- Videotape Recording (VTR) Operator
- Videotape Technician
- VTR (videotape Recording) Editor
- VTR (videotape Recording) Operator
- Audiovisual (AV) Technician
- Multimedia Sound Technician
- Postproduction Technician
- Recording Engineer
- Recording Studio Technician
- Sound Effects Editor
- Sound Mixer
- Sound Technician
- Video And Sound Recorder
- Video Recording Technician
- Audio Engineer - Recording Studio
- Electronic News Gathering (ENG) Editor
- Public Address (P.A.) System Operator
- Radio Technician
- Sound Engineer