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Career Details :: Audio-Visual Collections Specialists
Description
Prepare, plan, and operate audio-visual teaching aids for use in education. May record, catalogue, and file audio-visual materials.
Experience
A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Tasks
- Plans and develops preproduction ideas into outlines, scripts, continuity, storyboards, and graphics, or directs assistants to develop ideas.
- Sets up, adjusts, and operates equipment, such as cameras, sound mixers, and recorders, during production.
- Determines format, approach, content, level, and medium to meet objectives most effectively within budgetary constraints, utilizing research, knowledge, and training.
- Constructs and positions properties, sets, lighting equipment, and other equipment.
- Develops manuals, texts, workbooks, or related materials for use in conjunction with production materials.
- Performs narration or presents announcements.
- Conducts training sessions on selection, use, and design of audiovisual materials and operation of presentation equipment.
- Directs and coordinates activities of assistants and other personnel during production.
- Executes, or directs assistants to execute, rough and finished graphics and graphic designs.
- Develops production ideas based on assignment or generates own ideas based on objectives and interest.
- Locates and secures settings, properties, effects, and other production necessities.
Related Careers
- Art Directors
- Broadcast Technicians
- Film and Video Editors
- Floral Designers
- Program Directors
- Set Designers
- Technical Directors/Managers
- Technical Writers
- Training and Development Managers
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Thinking Creatively
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Communicating With Other Workers
- Establishing & Maintaining Relationships
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Job-Required Social Interaction
- Degree of Automation
- Objective or Subjective Information
- Provide a Service to Others
- Supervise, Coach, Train Others
Related Majors
| Major | Add to XapPack |
|---|---|
| Education Technology |  [ add ] |
| Instructional Communications | [ add ] |
| Instructional Technology | [ add ] |
| Instructional Technology/Media Management | [ add ] |
| School Library Media | [ add ] |
| School Media Specialist | [ add ] |
Institutions Offering Related Majors
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