Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

audio-visual techniciantosound mastering engineer

A audio-visual technician already meets 45% of what the sound mastering engineer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From audio-visual technician
45%
Overlap1
To sound mastering engineer
7 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
49.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

45%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

49.6/ 100

1 Share of the sound mastering engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the audio-visual technician profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A sound mastering engineer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a audio-visual technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assess sound quality
  • audio editing software
  • audiovisual products
  • coordinate audio system programmes
  • edit recorded sound
  • manage sound quality

What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A sound mastering engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a audio-visual technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held assess sound quality constructing
  • already held coordinate audio system programmes working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held manage sound quality constructing
  • already held audiovisual products arts and humanities
  • already held audiovisual equipment arts and humanities
  • already held audio editing software information and communication technologies (icts)

All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the sound mastering engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 arts and humanities 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held audio mastering required
  • required, not held audio technology required
  • required, not held types of audiovisual formats required
  • optional, not held audio post-production optional
  • optional, not held musical instruments optional
  • optional, not held musical theory optional
  • optional, not held musical genres optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held operate audio-signal processors required
  • optional, not held operate an audio mixing console optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held adapt to artists' creative demands required
04 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held convert different audiovisual formats required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a sound mastering engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess sound quality skill
  • already held audio editing software knowledge
  • already held audiovisual products knowledge
  • already held coordinate audio system programmes skill
  • already held edit recorded sound skill
  • already held manage sound quality skill
  • already held audiovisual equipment knowledge
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held audio post-production optional
  • optional, not held musical instruments optional
  • optional, not held musical theory optional
  • optional, not held operate an audio mixing console optional
  • optional, not held musical genres optional
30 held skills the sound mastering engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role acoustics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role adapt to type of media skill
  • not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
  • not needed by the target role assess power needs skill
  • not needed by the target role assist multimedia operator skill
  • not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role cinematography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role coordinate activities in audio recording studio skill
  • not needed by the target role create moving images skill
  • not needed by the target role determine visual concepts skill
  • not needed by the target role digital media knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain audiovisual equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain electrical equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain electronic equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate a camera skill
  • not needed by the target role operate audio equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate broadcast equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate remote broadcast equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate sound live skill
  • not needed by the target role operate video equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role photography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role plan audiovisual recording skill
  • not needed by the target role receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples skill
  • not needed by the target role set up audiovisual peripheral equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role set up cameras skill
  • not needed by the target role set up sound equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role support audio system installation skill
  • not needed by the target role transfer uncut audiovisual material to computer skill
  • not needed by the target role use a telecine skill
  • not needed by the target role use audio reproduction software skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held audio mastering required
  • required, not held audio technology required
  • required, not held types of audiovisual formats required
  • optional, not held audio post-production optional
  • optional, not held musical instruments optional
  • optional, not held musical theory optional
  • optional, not held musical genres optional
Index

Other moves recorded from audio-visual technician

Full index of moves from audio-visual technician

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.