Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare to ingest video materials
- Liaise with production personnel to confirm requirements and timelines for treatment of source materials
- Clearly identify source materials in a format compatible with available equipment
- Set up and test equipment so requirements for treating source materials can be met
- Report faults or problems with equipment and arrange for maintenance as required
- Prepare destination media to receive inputs and set up equipment signals
- Handle source materials and destination media with care to avoid damage throughout production process
- Convert video materials
- Test source materials for compatibility with input and converter parameters of conversion equipment
- Check length, condition and format of destination media
- Load source materials into appropriate equipment and transfer to required destination media in correct sequence
- Apply appropriate conversions to source materials to achieve required formats
- Set time codes and cue points to synchronise with equipment, making adjustments as required to meet technical and transmission requirements
- Monitor transfers and recordings to check they meet quality and technical requirements
- Anticipate and take action to minimise potential problems that could delay completion of tasks within deadlines
- Seek assistance or consult reference materials to resolve problems encountered with video conversions
- Assist with production activity
- Undertake additional transfers, dubs or copies of materials as required and save in required location
- Assist with switching video sources live-to-air
- Undertake editing of materials as required in close consultation with relevant production personnel
- Author materials to a range of formats for distribution to clients and in-house
- Complete and distribute documentation and originals or reformatted versions of source materials to relevant production personnel
- Document and dispatch recorded material
- Archive materials as instructed and transfer to appropriate archival format
- Undertake accurate labelling and logging of materials and check for faults
- Return source and other materials to originators in accordance with enterprise procedures
- Review and reflect on own performance and note areas for improvement