Audiovisual technician (level 5)
Provide a broad range of professional solutions for communication.
- Qualification level
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5
Equivalent to higher national diploma (HND). - Typical duration
- 24 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Creative and design
- Maximum funding
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£18,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Also known as
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- Audiovisual Internal Event Technician
- Audiovisual Support Technician
- Audiovisual Technician
- Collaboration and Audiovisual Experience Technician
- Lighting and Audiovisual Technician
- Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Operate a video camera and vision mixer
- Integrate a projector and/or display as part of an audiovisual presentation
- Audio mixing; loudness, timbre, spatialisation, and channel management
- Apply and problem solve video signal flow for live production
- Operate and program lighting control software/hardware
- Root cause analysis & problem solving
- Collate, compare, and synthesise information from various sources
- Work collaboratively; Building and maintaining positive relationships with stakeholders (such as performers, public speakers, presenters, clients and event organisers)
- Communicate technical concepts with clarity in person and in writing to end users of all skill levels and seniority
- Install, test, and commission relevant hardware
- Configure and manage remote participation systems
- Edit audio and video content
- Prepare, maintain, and manipulate audio and video assets through post-production
- Create digital assets for video workflows
- Manual camera operating for a range of contemporary S35mm digital cameras
- Audio capture
- Deliver virtual event technical operations
- Clearly advise and guide event participants
- Devise a learning program intended to cover a particular device/system
- Identify personal training and professional development needs via research and investigation
- Organise appropriate personal professional development activities to develop and enhance own role and skills
- Use collaborative online environments to schedule and update projects and tasks
- Complete risk assessment documentation
- Accurately assesses level of risk to health and safety of themselves and others
- Test and maintain audiovisual equipment, cables, and connectors: substitute items where necessary
- Document and record maintenance activities
- Safe storage of equipment
- Create a coherent planning document
Full information on Audiovisual technician (level 5) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.