Electrician, Sound Transmission (415) Enlisted Personnel

Establishes and maintains electrical circuits for the transmission, recording, and reproduction of sound in production motion pictures for training, entertainment, or publicity purposes.
Installs and visually checks various patching cords of a sound circuit in recording and amplifying equipment to insure a flow of current from the sound source to the recording machine. Checks electrical frequency devices installed in the circuit. Tests the circuits and sound equipment by using various portable testing instruments such as voltmeters and ammeters.
Uses electrician's hand tools.
Should have some knowledge of the operation of the component parts of sound recording equipment, such as microphones, amplifiers, mixing panel, noise reduction amplifier, attenuators, and recorders.

Alternate nomenclatures:

  • Transmission Man, Sound (Electrician)

Suitable Substitutions