# Competences — boom operator

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4d102082-8d43-4c59-81ab-08a7509f3c40).

## Essential

- **acoustics** (knowledge)
- **adapt to type of media** (skill/competence)
- **analyse a script** (skill/competence)
- **audiovisual equipment** (knowledge)
- **consult with sound editor** (skill/competence)
- **follow directions of the artistic director** (skill/competence)
- **follow work schedule** (skill/competence)
- **manage sound quality** (skill/competence)
- **perform soundchecks** (skill/competence)
- **program sound cues** (skill/competence)
- **set up sound equipment** (skill/competence)
- **study media sources** (skill/competence)
- **use audio reproduction software** (skill/competence)
- **use technical documentation** (skill/competence)
- **work ergonomically** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- adapt artistic plan to location (skill/competence)
- apply health and safety standards (skill/competence)
- assess power needs (skill/competence)
- assess sound quality (skill/competence)
- edit recorded sound (skill/competence)
- electricity (knowledge)
- health and safety regulations (knowledge)
- maintain sound equipment (skill/competence)
- operate an audio mixing console (skill/competence)
- supervise sound production (skill/competence)
- technically design a sound system (skill/competence)
- tune up wireless audio systems (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 6 ads, as of 2026-07-09)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- boom operation — **50 %**
- dialogue capture — **33 %**
- sound mixing — **33 %**
- sound equipment operation — **17 %**
- boom pole operation — **17 %**
- microphone placement — **17 %**
- audio capture — **17 %**
- audio equipment operation — **17 %**
- audio quality control — **17 %**
- audio recording — **17 %**

### Responsibilities

- on-set sound recording — **33 %**
- audio recording — **17 %**
- boom microphone operation — **17 %**
- audio level maintenance — **17 %**
- boom operation — **17 %**
- microphone positioning — **17 %**
- noise reduction — **17 %**
- on-set audio handling — **17 %**
- actor movement tracking — **17 %**
- maintaining audio quality — **17 %**

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