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32720.0000 38570.0000 45140.0000

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Short Description:

Prepare, plan, and operate multimedia teaching aids for use in education. May record, catalogue, and file materials.

Duties / Responsibilities:

  • Troubleshoot problems with audio-visual equipment.
  • Train faculty and media staff on the use of audio-visual equipment.
  • Confer with teachers to select course materials and to determine which training aids are best suited to particular grade levels.
  • Attend conventions and conferences, read trade journals, and communicate with industry insiders to keep abreast of industry developments.
  • Supervise student workers.
  • Set up, adjust, and operate audio-visual equipment, such as cameras, film and slide projectors, and recording equipment, for meetings, events, classes, seminars, and video conferences.
  • Maintain hardware and software, including computers, scanners, color copiers, and color laser printers.
  • Install audio-visual equipment.
  • Locate and secure settings, properties, effects, and other production necessities.
  • Offer presentations and workshops on the role of multimedia in effective presentations.

Skills / Requirements / Qualifications

  • Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
  • Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
  • Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
  • Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
  • Talking to others to convey information effectively.
  • Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
  • Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
  • Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
  • Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
  • Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Job Zones

  • Title:  Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
  • Education:  Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
  • Related Experience:   Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
  • Job Training:  Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
  • Job Zone Examples:  Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators.
  • SVP Range:  (7.0 to < 8.0)

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