Broadcast engineers make sure television, radio and online programmes are broadcast at the right times and are high quality.
£20,000 Starter
to£50,000 Experienced
42 to 44 a week
evenings / weekends / bank holidays on shifts
You can get into this job through:
You'll need a degree to apply for a graduate training scheme with a broadcaster. Useful subjects include:
You'll usually need:
You can get started by doing a broadcast and media systems technical operator advanced apprenticeship or a broadcast and media systems engineer degree apprenticeship.
You'll usually need:
You could start work with a broadcaster as a production assistant and later apply for a place on an in-house engineer training scheme.
You could also begin as a broadcast technician, for example after an apprenticeship, then do further training on the job to become an engineer.
You'll find it useful to get practical experience using broadcast technology equipment, as competition for places on training schemes is strong. You could get this through:
You can start on an in-house engineering training scheme like the BBC's degree apprenticeship.
You can apply for the BBC Broadcast Engineering Graduate Scheme, if you have an honours degree or equivalent in electronics, physics, maths, computer science or a related subject.
You can apply for professional registration with the Engineering Council for Information and Communications Technology Technician or Chartered Engineer status. Registration can improve your career prospects.
You can find out more about working in the media industry from ScreenSkills, ITV Careers and Sky.
You'll need:
Your duties could include:
You could work at a TV studio, at a film studio or in a workshop.
Your working environment may be you'll travel often and outdoors in all weathers.
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