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Where a recording studio technician can go next

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

Recording studio technicians operate and maintain microphones and headsets in recording booths in recording studios. They operate mixing panels. Recording studio technicians manage all sound production requirements. They advise singers on the use of their voice. Recording studio technicians edit recordings into a finished product.

Also known as sound mixer, audio editor, sounds technician, recording sound engineer, recording studio sound technician, studio sound engineer, studio technician, audio post-production technician, recording engineer, recording technician, audio restorer, recording studio audio engineer.

Technicians and associate professionals 43 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: boom operator, 65%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
boom operator 65% covered sound mastering engineer 64% covered audio production technician 41% covered sound artist 39% covered audio-visual technician 37% covered recording studio technici… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from recording studio 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 a recording studio technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A recording studio technician needs 22 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
  • audio post-production arts and humanities
  • prevent undesired changes to sound design working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • audio technology arts and humanities
  • set up sound equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • assess sound quality constructing
  • coordinate audio system programmes working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • plan audiovisual recording management skills
  • operate an audio mixing console working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • record multi-track sound working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate audio equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a recording studio technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a recording studio 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.