Audio-visual technician to recording studio technician
An audio-visual technician already meets 42% of what the recording studio technician role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
62.8/ 100
1 How much of what a recording studio technician is expected to do is already part of an audio-visual technician’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the recording studio technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A recording studio technician role treats 11 of its required skills as things an audio-visual technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- acoustics
- assess power needs
- assess sound quality
- audio editing software
- audiovisual equipment
- coordinate audio system programmes
What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A recording studio technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an audio-visual technician background worth leading with.
- already held set up audiovisual peripheral equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held support audio system installation working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held set up sound equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held assess sound quality constructing
- already held operate sound live working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held coordinate audio system programmes working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 15 carried skills, including the 11 the recording studio technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 28 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn operate an audio mixing console required
- still to learn prevent undesired changes to sound design required
- still to learn record multi-track sound required
- still to learn de-rig electronic equipment required
- optional, not held maintain sound equipment optional
- optional, not held operate the sound in the rehearsal studio optional
- optional, not held perform soundchecks optional
- optional, not held program sound cues optional
- optional, not held set up sound reinforcement system optional
- optional, not held tune up wireless audio systems optional
- still to learn document your own practice required
- still to learn keep up with trends required
- still to learn use technical documentation required
- still to learn audio post-production required
- still to learn audio technology required
- optional, not held audio mastering optional
- optional, not held file-based workflow optional
- optional, not held vocal techniques optional
- still to learn work ergonomically required
- still to learn health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held manage inventory optional
- optional, not held manage technical resources stock optional
- optional, not held supervise sound production optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a recording studio technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 audio post-production study this
- 02 document your own practice practise this
- 03 operate an audio mixing console practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 15 skills that carry over
- already held acoustics knowledge
- already held assess power needs skill
- already held assess sound quality skill
- already held audio editing software knowledge
- already held audiovisual equipment knowledge
- already held coordinate audio system programmes skill
- already held edit recorded sound skill
- already held operate audio equipment skill
- already held plan audiovisual recording skill
- already held set up sound equipment skill
- already held use audio reproduction software skill
- already held manage sound quality skill
- already held operate sound live skill
- already held set up audiovisual peripheral equipment skill
- already held support audio system installation skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held mix sound in a live situation optional
- optional, not held technically design a sound system optional
- optional, not held convert different audiovisual formats optional
- optional, not held manage digital documents optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held audio mastering optional
- optional, not held file-based workflow optional
- optional, not held maintain sound equipment optional
- optional, not held manage inventory optional
- optional, not held manage technical resources stock optional
- optional, not held mix sound in a live situation optional
- optional, not held operate the sound in the rehearsal studio optional
- optional, not held perform soundchecks optional
- optional, not held program sound cues optional
- optional, not held set up sound reinforcement system optional
- optional, not held technically design a sound system optional
- optional, not held tune up wireless audio systems optional
- optional, not held convert different audiovisual formats optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held manage digital documents optional
- optional, not held supervise sound production optional
- optional, not held vocal techniques optional
22 held skills the recording studio technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adapt to type of media skill
- not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role assist multimedia operator skill
- not needed by the target role audiovisual products knowledge
- not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
- not needed by the target role cinematography knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate activities in audio recording studio skill
- not needed by the target role create moving images skill
- not needed by the target role determine visual concepts skill
- not needed by the target role digital media knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain audiovisual equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electrical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain electronic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate a camera skill
- not needed by the target role operate broadcast equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate remote broadcast equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate video equipment skill
- not needed by the target role photography knowledge
- not needed by the target role receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples skill
- not needed by the target role set up cameras skill
- not needed by the target role transfer uncut audiovisual material to computer skill
- not needed by the target role use a telecine skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn audio post-production required
- still to learn audio technology required
- still to learn health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held audio mastering optional
- optional, not held file-based workflow optional
- optional, not held electricity optional
- optional, not held vocal techniques optional
Common questions about this move
Can an audio-visual technician become a recording studio technician?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An audio-visual technician already covers 42% of what a recording studio technician is expected to do: 15 skills carry over, 11 of which the recording studio technician role treats as required.
What skills does an audio-visual technician need to become a recording studio technician?
11 required skills are missing, plus 17 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is audio post-production.
How hard is the move from audio-visual technician to recording studio technician?
Its learning distance is 62.8 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.