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TV or Film sound technician Working long and irregular hours, including early mornings and late nights is common in this field of work to meet the demands of the production. Starting salaries can be around £15,000 to £18,000 a year. With experience this can raise to £24,000 or more. With long term experience and advanced technical skills, you could earn £35,000 or more. There are no set entry qualifications required but employers highly value experience. You could work towards qualifications such as a level 2 or 3 certificate/diploma in sound and music technology or a HNC/HND Diploma in Creative Media Production. You can also get practical experience by getting involved in community or student radio or film projects, setting up sound equipment for local bands or amateur theatre or assisting in a recording or editing studio. Places like ITV and BBC also offer experience and insights. Required to record, mix and check the sound for the live and recorded film and television production. Also required to use microphones, recording equipment and editing software to produce high quality soundtracks The roles you can take are recordist, a boom operator or a sound assistant. Job duties may include, setting up equipment, selecting and placing fixed microphones, operating the boom microphones, monitoring sound quality and playing music or sound effects into a live programme. Skills that will be in your favor to become a sound technician are good hearing levels, good practical skills, high level of attention and detail, ability to cope with long hours and tight deadlines and the ability to work as a part of a team

Job Advertisement in Sound Qualifications: There are no set entry qualifications for this job. Experience: We highly value experience here so practical experience such as setting up sound equipment for local bands or amateur theatre, working with local radio or film studios, assisting on editing for local events or even work experience at big companies such as the BBC or ITV. What will be required of you? You will be required to record, mix and handle music for live and pre recorded shows. You will also be required to have some knowledge on using microphones, use of editing software to create high quality soundtracks, and to be able to use recording equipment. Job duties: Your job duties may include setting up equipment, selecting and placing fixed microphones, operating the boom microphones, monitoring sound quality and playing music or sound effects into a live programme. Skills you will need: Some skills will enhance your working such as having good hearing and patient. You will need to be on your feet for long hours and attention to detail is key. You will also have to be able to handle short, tight deadlines and be able to get work done. What will your hours be? There are no set hours for this job but your days will consist of early morning starts and working through late into the night, so you ill need to be flexible with your hours.

Studio sound engineer You must be able to work with electronic equipment to record sound for many different uses. These include, commercial music recordings, radio, TV, film and commercials, corporate videos, websites and computer games and other types of interactive media. You work would also involve, planning recording sessions with producers and artists, mixing tracks to produce a final “master” track and logging tapes and other details of the session in the studio archive. The working hours that are required need to be flexible and possibly long and irregular throughout the week. You might also need to work in recording studios which conditions may vary. Starting salaries can be from £13,00 a year but with experience you could earn from £20,000 to £40,000 or more. Freelance earnings can vary. As a recording engineer it could be possible to earn from £100 to £400 a day. Entry requirements are to have a good knowledge of music and recording technology as well as an understanding of physics and electronics. Courses that will help towards the job role include level 2/3 certificate/diploma in sound and music technology or a level 3 diploma in music technology and sound engineering. You can also get a foundation degree from some universities in sound engineering, music technology and related subjects as long as you have 5 GCSEs (A-C) including maths, science and English Experience and skills can be gained can be helping at community and music events or DJ projects, hospital or community radio and recording music in a home studio. The skills that are useful include a good sense of pitch, timing and rhythm, knowledge of electronics and acoustics, patience and good communication skills.