Observe monitors and converse with station personnel to determine audio and video levels and to ascertain that programs are airing.

“Observe monitors and converse with station personnel to determine audio and video levels and to ascertain that programs are airing.” is a core task performed by Broadcast Technicians. Among the occupation's 29 rated tasks, workers place it 25th by importance (#5 most important). About 96% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Monitor equipment operation. in Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Report equipment problems, ensure that repairs are made, and make emergency repairs to equipment when necessary and possible. · importance 4.5
• Monitor and log transmitter readings. · importance 4.4
• Maintain programming logs as required by station management and the Federal Communications Commission. · importance 4.4
• Monitor strength, clarity, and reliability of incoming and outgoing signals, and adjust equipment as necessary to maintain quality broadcasts. · importance 4.4
• Preview scheduled programs to ensure that signals are functioning and programs are ready for transmission. · importance 4.3
• Play and record broadcast programs, using automation systems. · importance 4.2
• Set up, operate, and maintain broadcast station computers and networks. · importance 4.1
• Record sound onto tape or film for radio or television, checking its quality and making adjustments where necessary. · importance 4.1
• Schedule programming or read television programming logs to determine which programs are to be recorded or aired. · importance 4.1
• Select sources from which programming will be received or through which programming will be transmitted. · importance 4.0
• Install broadcast equipment, troubleshoot equipment problems, and perform maintenance or minor repairs, using hand tools. · importance 4.0
• Edit broadcast material electronically, using computers. · importance 4.0
• Develop employee work schedules. · importance 4.0
• Substitute programs in cases where signals fail. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Broadcast Technicians page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Observe monitors and converse with station personnel to determine audio and video levels and to ascertain that programs are airing.},
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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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