Broadcast technician to podcast producer
A broadcast technician already meets 22% of what the podcast producer role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.
78.3/ 100
1 How much of what a podcast producer is expected to do is already part of a broadcast 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 podcast producer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A podcast producer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a broadcast technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- audio technology
- audiovisual products
- coordinate activities in audio recording studio
- edit recorded sound
- media formats
What stands in the way is 17 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A podcast producer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a broadcast technician background worth leading with.
- already held monitor quality of broadcasts working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held media formats arts and humanities
- already held audio technology arts and humanities
- already held coordinate activities in audio recording studio management skills
- already held audiovisual products arts and humanities
- already held record multi-track sound working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the podcast producer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 29 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 plan audiovisual recording required
- still to learn plan digital marketing required
- still to learn plan marketing strategy required
- still to learn supervise sound production required
- optional, not held plan social media marketing campaigns optional
- optional, not held define measurable marketing objectives optional
- still to learn marketing principles required
- still to learn social media marketing techniques required
- optional, not held advertising techniques optional
- optional, not held channel marketing optional
- optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
- still to learn prepare broadcasts required
- still to learn implement marketing strategies required
- optional, not held apply social media marketing optional
- optional, not held execute marketing plan optional
- optional, not held work with a voice coach optional
- still to learn manage sales channels required
- still to learn assess studio production required
- optional, not held draw up artistic production optional
- still to learn audio mastering required
- still to learn audio post-production required
- still to learn e-commerce systems required
- still to learn audio editing software required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a podcast producer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 record audio materials practise this
- 02 use microphone practise this
- 03 audio mastering study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held audio technology knowledge
- already held audiovisual products knowledge
- already held coordinate activities in audio recording studio skill
- already held edit recorded sound skill
- already held media formats knowledge
- already held monitor quality of broadcasts skill
- already held operate audio equipment skill
- already held record multi-track sound skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn record audio materials required
- optional, not held add elocution techniques to recording audio materials optional
- optional, not held mix multi-track recordings optional
- optional, not held set up basic recording optional
- still to learn receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples required
- still to learn use microphone required
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held add elocution techniques to recording audio materials optional
- optional, not held draw up artistic production optional
- optional, not held mix multi-track recordings optional
- optional, not held plan social media marketing campaigns optional
- optional, not held set up basic recording optional
- optional, not held advertising techniques optional
- optional, not held apply social media marketing optional
- optional, not held channel marketing optional
- optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
- optional, not held define measurable marketing objectives optional
- optional, not held execute marketing plan optional
- optional, not held work with a voice coach optional
34 held skills the podcast producer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT communications protocols knowledge
- not needed by the target role adjust video transmissions skill
- not needed by the target role administer ICT system skill
- not needed by the target role align antennae with receiving dishes skill
- not needed by the target role assemble video tape footage skill
- not needed by the target role assist multimedia operator skill
- not needed by the target role audiovisual equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role broadcast equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role broadcast using Internet Protocol skill
- not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
- not needed by the target role develop programming schedule skill
- not needed by the target role electronics principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute integration testing skill
- not needed by the target role install low voltage wiring skill
- not needed by the target role maintain audiovisual equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain broadcast 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 maintain internet protocol configuration skill
- not needed by the target role manage sound quality skill
- not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
- not needed by the target role multimedia systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate audio-signal processors skill
- not needed by the target role operate broadcast equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate electronic measuring instruments skill
- not needed by the target role operate remote broadcast equipment skill
- not needed by the target role provide multimedia content skill
- not needed by the target role select recording source skill
- not needed by the target role set up audiovisual peripheral equipment skill
- not needed by the target role set up broadcast equipment skill
- not needed by the target role set up portable field transmission equipment skill
- not needed by the target role set up sound equipment skill
- not needed by the target role signal cues to announcers skill
- not needed by the target role use audio reproduction software skill
9 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 mastering required
- still to learn audio post-production required
- still to learn e-commerce systems required
- still to learn audio editing software required
- still to learn marketing principles required
- still to learn social media marketing techniques required
- optional, not held advertising techniques optional
- optional, not held channel marketing optional
- optional, not held content marketing strategy optional
Common questions about this move
Can a broadcast technician become a podcast producer?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A broadcast technician already covers 22% of what a podcast producer is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 5 of which the podcast producer role treats as required.
What skills does a broadcast technician need to become a podcast producer?
17 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is record audio materials.
How hard is the move from broadcast technician to podcast producer?
Its learning distance is 78.3 out of 100, which is the career change 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.