Telecommunications and Broadcasting Technicians and Audio-Visual Operators

How to become a media or Broadcasting operations technician

Official title: Media/Broadcasting operations technician

Also called: Broadcasting operations technician, Media operations technician, Executive - On-Demand Media Technology and Operations, Operator - Linear Media Operations, Senior Operator - Linear Media Operations, Technician - Linear Media Infrastructure

Media/Broadcasting operations technician installs, starts up, maintains, monitors and repairs equipment used for the transmission and reception of broadcast signals. He/she ensures that all materials are available in a suitable format of transmittable quality according to the transmission deadline.

Main tasks

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

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Median pay: $49,836 a year. The middle half earn $42,480 to $62,760 a year.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

How much does a media or Broadcasting operations technician earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $49,836 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $42,480 to $62,760.

Will AI change the work of a media or Broadcasting operations technician?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, 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