Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a video technician can go next

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

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

Also known as audio-video technician, audio/visual technician, audio-visual specialist, graphics/video technician, audio video specialist, image technician, video/graphics technician, video conference technician, AV technician, audio visual technician, audio visual specialist, visuals technician.

Technicians and associate professionals 45 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: tent installer, 70%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
tent installer 70% covered mask maker 70% covered event electrician 69% covered dresser 67% covered performance video operator 64% covered video technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from video 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 video 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

A video technician needs 23 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
  • install image equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • run a projection working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • adjust projector working with computers
  • set up projection equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use a telecine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain audiovisual equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • set up cameras working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • pack electronic equipment handling and moving
  • set up equipment in a timely manner handling and moving
  • store performance equipment handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Video 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 video 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.