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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan master or network control operations
   • Analyse production and transmission schedules to determine master or network control requirements
   • Anticipate and resolve potential problems in collaboration with broadcast operations team members and production personnel
   • Check equipment, signal pathways and access to input and output feeds meet transmission and production requirements
   • Keep up-to-date with technological changes affecting master control operations and incorporate into planning where appropriate
2. Schedule feeds and equipment requests
   • Organise line connections and switching appropriate to delivery method being used for incoming and outgoing feeds
   • Check equipment is operational and connected according to transmission and production requirements
   • Measure signal parameters before and after conversion and adjust, if necessary, so that converted product meets required standards
   • Complete workplace documentation in accordance with enterprise procedures
3. Monitor incoming and outgoing feeds
   • Supervise the process of switching feeds into and out of master control during transmissions or recording of productions
   • Check quality of feeds meets enterprise and broadcast standards
   • Use test equipment to verify signals are free of distortion and within specifications
   • Adjust systems to rectify signal problems as required
   • Diagnose and resolve equipment and transmission faults efficiently
   • Communicate with feed providers to maintain required broadcast quality and facilitate efficient switching of up-links and down-links
4. Provide general technical and operational support
   • Assess transmission levels and advise relevant operational personnel of problems with quality of feeds
   • Supervise the process of recording or ingesting incoming signals in required broadcast format and delivery of recorded material to transmission and production destinations
   • Organise alternate fail-safe and back-up signal paths in event of breakdowns or failures of designated prime sources
   • Check information about workplace safety and security procedures is readily available to broadcast operations team members
   • Keep team members informed of issues affecting their role and invite their input to and feedback on operations

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

use production and transmission schedules as the basis for planning technical and logistical aspects of master control operations for broadcasting scheduled programs

check line connections and equipment are ready for incoming and outgoing feeds

direct time switching of incoming and outgoing feeds according to transmission requirements

check quality of incoming and outgoing feeds

work collaboratively as a team leader to meet production transmission requirements

troubleshoot and resolve transmission and equipment problems.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

explain key roles and responsibilities of personnel in broadcast operations

outline implications of different broadcast formats for master control operations

describe typical broadcast systems and transmission facilities for radio or television

outline key features of delivery methods for radio or television

identify sources of information about technological developments relating to master control operations

identify typical problems that arise in the context of complex master control operations, and briefly describe solutions

explain the process for assessing whether the quality of feeds meets broadcast standards.

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