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Technicians and associate professionals · code 3521

Broadcasting and audio-visual technicians

Broadcasting and audiovisual technicians control technical functioning of equipment to record and edit images and sound and for transmitting radio and television broadcasts of images and sounds, as well as other types of telecommunication signals on land, sea or in aircraft. Tasks include - (a) controlling equipment to record sound; (b) controlling equipment to edit and mix image and sound recordings to ensure satisfactory quality and to create special image and sound effects; (c) applying knowledge of principles and practices of image and sound recording and editing in order to identify and solve problems; (d) controlling transmitting and broadcast systems and satellite systems for radio and television programmes; (e) controlling radio communications systems, satellite services and multiplex systems on land, sea or in aircraft; (f) applying knowledge of principles and practices of broadcasting, telecommunications terminals and transmissions systems in order to identify and solve problems; (g) making emergency repairs to equipment. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Audiovisual operator - Broadcasting equipment operator - Broadcasting technician - Camera operator (motion picture) - Camera operator (video) - Production assistant (media) Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Photographer - 3431

A few tasks are affected, but the heart of the job isn't. It ranks 279 of 427 for holding up against AI.

Also known as

  • broadcast technician
  • audio-visual technician

Job titles from the EU's ESCO list. Search for any of them on the jobs page and you'll end up here.

64.8
Holds up
against AI Minimal Exposure

AI could take on 35.2 of 100, on average
so it holds up at 100 − 35.2 = 64.8

That's the whole sum, and you can check it against the ILO's study.

48.9
How hands-on
out of 100

From O*NET, averaged across 4 US jobs

36.7
How fiddly
and cramped

finger skill 43.3 · hand skill 42.4 · cramped spaces 24.2 · averaged

Kind of hands-on work · hands-on under 50 Less than half hands-on

Less than half of this job is hands-on. Robots still matter, but for a smaller part of the work, so we don't sort it any further.

estimated O*NET 31.0 BLS occupational crosswalk chain ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC (Aug 2012, rev. Jun 2015); 2010 to 2018 SOC (Nov 2017); O*NET-SOC 2019 taxonomy data 0.7-work-setting measures chosen by Frey & Osborne (2017) · the grouping is a sorting, not a measurement

What this number leaves out This job rates 48.9 out of 100 for how hands-on it is. The score above only looks at AI tools, not robots, but for work this far from the physical that matters less.

The tasks behind the score

The score is the average of these. A job is really a bundle of tasks, and an average can hide how uneven that bundle is.

The task AI could do most of scores 52, while the average is 35.2. A big gap means some of this job is wide open to AI and some of it barely at all. That's quite different from a job where everything sits somewhere in the middle, even when the averages match.

  1. 52

    Controlling equipment to edit and mix image and sound recordings to ensure satisfactory quality and to create special image and sound effects

    Medium
  2. 40

    Applying knowledge of principles and practices of image and sound recording and editing in order to identify and solve problems

    Low
  3. 38.8

    Controlling transmitting and broadcast systems and satellite systems for radio and television programmes

    Low
  4. 38.5

    Applying knowledge of principles and practices of broadcasting, telecommunications terminals and transmissions systems, in order to identify and solve problems

    Low
  5. 33

    Controlling radio communications systems, satellite services and multiplex systems on land, sea or in aircraft

    Low
  6. 27.5

    Controlling equipment to record sound

    Low
  7. 16.5

    Making emergency repairs to equipment.

    Very Low

7 tasks · the High to Very Low labels are the ILO's

from the source Working Paper 140, Generative AI and Jobs 2025 index data 0.7-work-setting

Helped, or replaced?

The score above can't tell a tool that makes you faster from one that does the task instead of you. Jobs and Skills Australia looked at those two things separately, and this is their result, matched to this job.

4 Australian jobs match this one, and we've simply averaged them. Treat the numbers as a rough guide.

AI helps you
66.3
AI does it for you
38.8

Helping wins by 27.5 points.

estimated Our Gen AI Transition (Gen AI Capacity Study) September 2025 detailed data release data 0.7-work-setting matched to Australian jobs 3423, 3995, 5999, 7119

Compared with similar jobs

There are 82 jobs in the “Technicians and associate professionals” group, averaging 65.4. This one is below that.