How to become a radio or Television studio equipment operator

Official title: Radio/Television studio equipment operator

Also called: Broadcasting equipment operator (excluding sound recording), Camera control operator (television broadcasting), Radio and television studio equipment operator, Radio and television studio equipment operator (excluding sound recording), Radio and television transmitting equipment operator, Radio studio equipment operator, Telecine operator (television broadcasting), Television studio equipment operator, Video operator (television broadcasting), Video recording equipment operator (television broadcasting), Vision Mixer/Switcher, Ÿ Broadcasting equipment operator (excluding sound recording)

Radio/Television studio equipment operator operates radio and television broadcasting studio equipment, and sets up microphones and amplifiers for use in sound pickup. He/she controls video console to regulate transmission of television scenes.

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

Ways in

• Polytechnic or ITE: Polytechnic diploma. Related diplomas: Diploma in Digital Film & Television (Temasek Polytechnic). Peernovo matched these from course names; polytechnics do not publish which jobs each course leads to.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

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

Related jobs

• Media/Broadcasting operations technician
• Video camera operator
• Television/Motion picture camera operator
• Sound engineering technician

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Questions people ask

How do I become a radio or Television studio equipment operator?

Ways in include: Polytechnic diploma.

Will AI change the work of a radio or Television studio equipment operator?

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

Sources

• 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