Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for outside broadcasts
- Determine scope and timelines of outside broadcast (OB) requirements in consultation with relevant personnel
- Check equipment and organise repairs as required in readiness for OB
- Determine a connection from OB point to program centre, conducting site surveys as required
- Collaborate in pre-production sessions to ensure effective coordination of production and technical operations
- Anticipate potential problems and discuss solutions or contingency plans with relevant personnel in line with creative, technical and budgetary requirements
- Coordinate technical operations during outside broadcasts
- Activate OB vehicle on location, where relevant, according to enterprise procedures
- Install and safely test equipment at OB locations following industry regulations and standards
- Establish and maintain signal and communication paths between OB point and program centre
- Communicate effectively during OB with master control from OB point using enterprise protocols
- Respond promptly and appropriately in the event of equipment failure
- Monitor quality of signal from OB point and adjust as required
- Finalise outside broadcast location operations
- Check equipment is dismantled and stored according to enterprise procedures
- Return OB location to original or improved condition
- Document issues pertaining to the OB production as required
- Ensure OB equipment is sent for repair as required
- Collaborate in debriefing sessions with production personnel and note areas for improvement