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Audio and Video Technicians
Records, mixes and runs sound for music, film, theater and live events.
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Sound engineers set up microphones and gear, record and mix music, run sound for concerts, theater and churches, and edit audio for film, TV, podcasts and games.
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High school courses that build toward it
- English 11 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
- Photography · Arts
Builds art and music, which this job uses.
- Engineering Design · Career and Technical
Builds engineering, which this job uses.
- Calculus · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
- Physics · Science
Builds physics, which this job uses.
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Audio and Video Technicians on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.