Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for outside broadcasts
- In consultation with relevant personnel, determine scope of outside broadcast requirements
- Check functionality of equipment to be used and organise repairs as required in readiness for outside broadcasts
- Organise link from OB point to program centre, including site surveys as required
- Participate in pre-production sessions as required to ensure effective coordination of production and technical operations associated with outside broadcasts
- Anticipate potential problems and negotiate solutions or contingency plans that pay due regard to creative, technical and budgetary requirements
- Coordinate technical operations during outside broadcasts
- Power up the OB vehicle on location according to enterprise procedures
- Ensure that installation and testing of equipment at OB locations is carried out in a safe manner and in accordance with regulatory and industry standards
- Establish and maintain signal and communication paths between OB point and the program centre
- Use appropriate protocols in communication between an OB point and master control
- Respond promptly and appropriately in the event of equipment failure
- Monitor quality of signal from OB point and make adjustments as required
- Assist relevant personnel with OB queries, taking care to communicate without over-use of jargon and technical language
- Finalise OB location operations
- Ensure that equipment is dismantled and stored according to enterprise procedures
- Return OB location to original or improved condition
- Complete production documentation and reports as required
- Ensure that equipment is sent for repair as required
- Participate in debriefing sessions and note areas for improvement in future outside broadcasts