External assistant in operations of production equipment for television and video production companies - Career description, activities, functions and salary

How much does an External assistant in operations of production equipment for television and video production companies earn

A External assistant in operations of production equipment for television and video production companies earns between $1.511 and $9.924 per month, with an average monthly salary of $3.557 and a median salary of $2.376 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 636 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Professional job categories

• Middle level technicians
• • medium-level technicians in cultural, communications and sports services
• • • technicians in operation of radio stations, television systems and video producers
• • • • operational and technical supervisors in audiovisual media

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Main workplaces

Operational and technical supervisors in audiovisual media they work on television and radio stations during irregular working hours. They usually work as salaried employees, with a formal contract and occasional supervision, being directly subordinate to the Managers and having subordinates. They work as a team indoors at stations, in the open or in vehicles.

What does it take to work in the field of Operational and technical supervisors in audiovisual media

The exercise of these occupations requires a complete higher education. The full performance of activities requires, on average, three to four years of experience in the area, plus extensive knowledge in information technology and sector-specific software.

Functions and activities of External assistant in operations of production equipment for television and video production companies

Operational and technical supervisors in audiovisual media must:

Activities

demonstrate creativity;
manage the life cycle of equipment and systems;
check signal pipelines;
contract electricity supply;
supervise interconnection of third-party signals with event production;
demonstrate attentive listening skills;
demonstrate leadership ability;
write reports and/or documents;
forward information about technical and operational conditions of the event to related areas;
negotiate technical-operational and financial resources with relevant areas;
monitor traffic and media distribution;
demonstrate persuasiveness;
allocate technical resources;
provide support and maintenance service request fulfillment;
research technological trends;
check conditions of use and conservation of equipment;
demonstrate flexibility ability;
work under pressure;
monitor project phases;
ensure compliance with work safety standards and legislation;
budget operating expenses;
work in partnership with related areas;
control the achievement of technical-operational goals;
manage conflicts;
schedule preventive system reviews;
work as a team;
hire dedicated link services;
monitor the execution of the schedule;
identify team needs;
consolidate incident reports;
elaborate sectoral performance indicators;
request support and maintenance services;
demonstrate negotiation skills;
alert about replacement of obsolete equipment;
arrange event logistics resources;
demonstrate ability to establish priorities;
demonstrate diffuse attention capacity;
define specification of technical resources;
participate in pre- and post-demand meetings;
manage team composition and movement;
monitor measuring equipment;
request recording and broadcast script;
request public and/or private security;
participate in the conceptualization of projects and events;
command activation of redundancy systems;
check occurrences;
scaling team;
coordinate technical evaluations and approvals of new systems;
enable team training and development;
demonstrate analytical ability;
monitor signal quality;
participate in team profiling;
determine specific work procedures;
evaluate team performance;
interact with manufacturers and suppliers;
perform a technical visit to the event site;
request audio, video, data and space segment transmission lines;
demonstrate ability to communicate;
evaluate operability in the scenario;
participate in the definition of technical-operational goals;

Sectors that hire External assistant in operations of production equipment for television and video production companies the most in the job market

• open television activities
• temporary labor lease
• manufacture of measuring, testing and control apparatus and equipment
• higher education - undergraduate and postgraduate
• advertising agencies
• hotels
• retailer of clothing and accessories
• higher education - undergraduate
• movie, video and television program production activities
• cleaning in buildings and households