How much does an Sound capture technician in television production and video production earn
A Sound capture technician in television production and video production 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).
| Monthly Salary | Annual Salary | Salary Per Week | Hourly Salary | |
| Average wage | 3.557 | 42.684 | 889 | 19 |
| 1º Quartile | 1.511 | 18.131 | 378 | 8 |
| Median Salary | 2.376 | 28.513 | 594 | 12 |
| 3º Quartile | 7.568 | 90.822 | 1.892 | 39 |
| Higher Salary | 9.924 | 119.088 | 2.481 | 52 |
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
Related Positions:
- Operator of a portable production unit for television and video production
- Supervisor of operations of television systems and video production companies
- Operator of general control of equipment in the production for television and video production
- Technician in operation of television display equipment
- Television display systems operator
- Microwave operator in production for television and video production companies
- Studio assistant operating production equipment for television and video production companies
- Graphic editor in production for television and video production companies
- Microphone operator for production for television and video production companies
- Cable operator in television production and video production
- Operator of television transmission and reception systems
- Programming coordinator in television display equipment operation
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 Sound capture technician in television production and video production
Operational and technical supervisors in audiovisual media must:
Activities
- check conditions of use and conservation of equipment;
- supervise interconnection of third-party signals with event production;
- control the achievement of technical-operational goals;
- hire dedicated link services;
- work as a team;
- coordinate technical evaluations and approvals of new systems;
- monitor project phases;
- identify team needs;
- provide support and maintenance service request fulfillment;
- evaluate team performance;
- determine specific work procedures;
- request audio, video, data and space segment transmission lines;
- demonstrate flexibility ability;
- forward information about technical and operational conditions of the event to related areas;
- perform a technical visit to the event site;
- participate in the definition of technical-operational goals;
- define specification of technical resources;
- demonstrate persuasiveness;
- arrange event logistics resources;
- work under pressure;
- request public and/or private security;
- monitor measuring equipment;
- scaling team;
- demonstrate ability to communicate;
- enable team training and development;
- ensure compliance with work safety standards and legislation;
- monitor traffic and media distribution;
- monitor the execution of the schedule;
- request support and maintenance services;
- command activation of redundancy systems;
- demonstrate attentive listening skills;
- allocate technical resources;
- monitor signal quality;
- interact with manufacturers and suppliers;
- contract electricity supply;
- schedule preventive system reviews;
- work in partnership with related areas;
- check occurrences;
- participate in pre- and post-demand meetings;
- negotiate technical-operational and financial resources with relevant areas;
- evaluate operability in the scenario;
- alert about replacement of obsolete equipment;
- demonstrate leadership ability;
- research technological trends;
- manage the life cycle of equipment and systems;
- consolidate incident reports;
- write reports and/or documents;
- manage conflicts;
- demonstrate creativity;
- participate in team profiling;
- demonstrate ability to establish priorities;
- request recording and broadcast script;
- demonstrate negotiation skills;
- demonstrate analytical ability;
- participate in the conceptualization of projects and events;
- budget operating expenses;
- manage team composition and movement;
- elaborate sectoral performance indicators;
- check signal pipelines;
- demonstrate diffuse attention capacity;
Sectors that hire Sound capture technician in television production and video production 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
- hotels
- advertising agencies
- retailer of clothing and accessories
- higher education - undergraduate
- movie, video and television program production activities
- cleaning in buildings and households
