How to become a broadcasting and audiovisual technician
Official title: Broadcasting and audiovisual technicians
Also called: Audiovisual operator, Broadcasting equipment operator, Broadcasting technician, Camera operator (motion picture), Camera operator (video), Production assistant (media)
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.
Main tasks
- Controlling equipment to record sound
- Controlling equipment to edit and mix image and sound recordings to ensure satisfactory quality and to create special image and sound effects
- Applying knowledge of principles and practices of image and sound recording and editing in order to identify and solve problems
- Controlling transmitting and broadcast systems and satellite systems for radio and television programmes
- Controlling radio communications systems, satellite services and multiplex systems on land, sea or in aircraft
- Applying knowledge of principles and practices of broadcasting, telecommunications terminals and transmissions systems in order to identify and solve problems
- Making emergency repairs to equipment
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: HK$27,000 a month
- About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
Do you need a degree to become a broadcasting and audiovisual technician?
Not always. 47% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Will AI change the work of a broadcasting and audiovisual technician?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026