2.3 KiB
2.3 KiB
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)
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 %