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

How much does an Production equipment operations assistant for television and video production companies earn

A Production equipment operations assistant 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 Production equipment operations assistant for television and video production companies

Operational and technical supervisors in audiovisual media must:

Activities

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

Sectors that hire Production equipment operations assistant 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