Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an audio production technician can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an audio production technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Audio production technicians set up, prepare, check and maintain equipment in order to provide optimal sound quality for a live performance. They cooperate with road crew to unload, set up and operate sound equipment and instruments.

Also known as stage manager, venue technician, event technician, PA man, stage sound technician, Front of house technician, PA woman, live sound technician, live sound engineer, front of house sound engineer, audio engineer, acoustics technician.

Technicians and associate professionals 53 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: event electrician, 75%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
event electrician 75% covered followspot operator 72% covered tent installer 70% covered video technician 68% covered intelligent lighting engineer 65% covered audio production technici… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from audio production technician, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an audio production technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An audio production technician needs 29 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • set up sound reinforcement system working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • prepare sound equipment on stage constructing
  • support audio system installation working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • tune up wireless audio systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain sound equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • follow safety precautions in work practices assisting and caring
  • provide power distribution working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • coordinate audio system programmes working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • perform soundchecks working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate an audio mixing console working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an audio production technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Audio production technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an audio production technician’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.