Job Description

A sound technician's job description varies depending on the type of production, but generally involves setting up, operating, and maintaining sound equipment:

• Theater Set up soundboards and equipment, position microphones, check sound levels, and run sound checks. Sound technicians may also design sound, prepare sound plots, and fit radio microphones to performers.
• Film and TV Set up and maintain audio hardware, keep the set quiet, and help resolve audio problems. Sound technicians may also provide stand-in sound effects, write sound reports, and lay down acoustic carpeting.
• Broadcasting Set up, operate, and maintain equipment to record, amplify, enhance, mix, or reproduce sound. Sound technicians may also edit videotape after production.

Sound technicians may also be responsible for:

• Maintaining the work areas of other sound professionals
• Attending meetings with key professionals to organize sound cues
• Supervising and coordinating the work of other audio and video recording technicians

Entry requirements for a sound technician job vary, but may include:

• A degree in audio engineering, sound production, music technology, or a related subject
• Experience in amateur or student productions
• A portfolio of recordings
• The ability to network
• The physical ability to set up sound equipment, which can involve lifting, bending, and working at heights

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ?10,000.00 - ?20,000.00 per month

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Morning shift

Experience:

• total work: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person