A professional who performs any combination of following duties to record and transmit broadcasts. Responsibilities include:

• Operates studio and mini-television (portable, shoulder-mounted) cameras (camera operator ).
• Controls console to regulate transmission of television scenes (video operator ).
• Produces educational and training films and video tapes (communications technician ).
• Sets up and controls television production equipment, such as cameras (camera operator), lights (light technician ), microphones and microphone booms (microphone-boom operator ), and recording equipment (recordist ), in studio and at locations outside of studio, to record or transmit broadcasts.
• Performs preventive and minor equipment maintenance, using work tools.
• Maintains log to record equipment usage and location of equipment.
• May perform duties of other related occupations depending upon specific production needs of individual airwave or closed-circuit station where workers must be able to set up and operate equipment.