Instruct trainees in use of television production equipment, filming of events, and copying and editing graphics or sound onto videotape.

“Instruct trainees in use of television production equipment, filming of events, and copying and editing graphics or sound onto videotape.” is a supplemental task performed by Broadcast Technicians. Among the occupation's 29 rated tasks, workers place it 12th by importance (#18 most important). About 56% 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.

• Train others on operational or work procedures. in Training and Teaching Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

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 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 94% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

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

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
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “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  = {Instruct trainees in use of television production equipment, filming of events, and copying and editing graphics or sound onto videotape.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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