Podcast producer to broadcast technician
A podcast producer already meets 22% of what the broadcast technician role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
79.2/ 100
1 How much of what a broadcast technician is expected to do is already part of a podcast producer’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 broadcast technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A broadcast technician role treats 5 of its required skills as things a podcast producer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- audiovisual products
- coordinate activities in audio recording studio
- media formats
- monitor quality of broadcasts
- operate audio equipment
What stands in the way is 14 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 broadcast technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a podcast producer 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 broadcast technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 34 missing skills fall into 7 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 select recording source required
- still to learn set up broadcast equipment required
- still to learn maintain audiovisual equipment required
- still to learn operate electronic measuring instruments required
- still to learn calibrate electronic instruments required
- still to learn install low voltage wiring required
- still to learn maintain electrical equipment required
- still to learn maintain electronic equipment required
- optional, not held adjust video transmissions optional
- optional, not held align antennae with receiving dishes optional
- optional, not held broadcast using Internet Protocol optional
- optional, not held maintain broadcast equipment optional
- optional, not held set up portable field transmission equipment optional
- optional, not held assist multimedia operator optional
- optional, not held operate broadcast equipment optional
- optional, not held operate remote broadcast equipment optional
- optional, not held set up sound equipment optional
- optional, not held operate audio-signal processors optional
- optional, not held set up audiovisual peripheral equipment optional
- still to learn broadcast equipment required
- still to learn multimedia systems required
- optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
- still to learn use audio reproduction software required
- optional, not held administer ICT system optional
- optional, not held assemble video tape footage optional
- optional, not held execute integration testing optional
- optional, not held maintain internet protocol configuration optional
- optional, not held provide multimedia content optional
- still to learn electronics principles required
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- still to learn meet deadlines required
- optional, not held develop programming schedule optional
- still to learn manage sound quality required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a broadcast technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 select recording source practise this
- 02 set up broadcast equipment practise this
- 03 broadcast equipment 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 audiovisual products knowledge
- already held coordinate activities in audio recording studio skill
- already held media formats knowledge
- already held monitor quality of broadcasts skill
- already held operate audio equipment skill
- already held audio technology knowledge
- already held edit recorded sound skill
- already held record multi-track sound skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held signal cues to announcers optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adjust video transmissions optional
- optional, not held align antennae with receiving dishes optional
- optional, not held broadcast using Internet Protocol optional
- optional, not held maintain broadcast equipment optional
- optional, not held set up portable field transmission equipment optional
- optional, not held signal cues to announcers optional
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- optional, not held administer ICT system optional
- optional, not held assemble video tape footage optional
- optional, not held assist multimedia operator optional
- optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
- optional, not held develop programming schedule optional
- optional, not held execute integration testing optional
- optional, not held maintain internet protocol configuration optional
- optional, not held operate broadcast equipment optional
- optional, not held operate remote broadcast equipment optional
- optional, not held provide multimedia content optional
- optional, not held set up sound equipment optional
- optional, not held operate audio-signal processors optional
- optional, not held set up audiovisual peripheral equipment optional
29 held skills the broadcast technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role add elocution techniques to recording audio materials skill
- not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply social media marketing skill
- not needed by the target role assess studio production skill
- not needed by the target role audio editing software knowledge
- not needed by the target role audio mastering knowledge
- not needed by the target role audio post-production knowledge
- not needed by the target role channel marketing knowledge
- not needed by the target role content marketing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role define measurable marketing objectives skill
- not needed by the target role draw up artistic production skill
- not needed by the target role e-commerce systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role execute marketing plan skill
- not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
- not needed by the target role manage sales channels skill
- not needed by the target role marketing principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role mix multi-track recordings skill
- not needed by the target role plan audiovisual recording skill
- not needed by the target role plan digital marketing skill
- not needed by the target role plan marketing strategy skill
- not needed by the target role plan social media marketing campaigns skill
- not needed by the target role prepare broadcasts skill
- not needed by the target role receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples skill
- not needed by the target role record audio materials skill
- not needed by the target role set up basic recording skill
- not needed by the target role social media marketing techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervise sound production skill
- not needed by the target role use microphone skill
- not needed by the target role work with a voice coach skill
5 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 broadcast equipment required
- still to learn electronics principles required
- still to learn multimedia systems required
- optional, not held ICT communications protocols optional
- optional, not held audiovisual equipment optional
Common questions about this move
Can a podcast producer become a broadcast technician?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A podcast producer already covers 22% of what a broadcast technician is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 5 of which the broadcast technician role treats as required.
What skills does a podcast producer need to become a broadcast technician?
14 required skills are missing, plus 20 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is select recording source.
How hard is the move from podcast producer to broadcast technician?
Its learning distance is 79.2 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.