Mission: The mission of this program is to prepare students for employment as television production operators, television broadcast technicians, camera operators; other professional/paraprofessional technicians, video recording engineers, and audio recording engineers.

Students will learn about  the television/digital video production industry while mastering the operations of all aspects of studio and field equipment and workflows.

Program K300300 consists of a planned sequence of courses.

Studio Assistant - Course RTT0514 (450 hours) – Students will identify lighting needs for a planned production; correct use of television production equipment;interpret scripts; collaborate with others; perform audio and video recording and editing operations; operate editing software, set a stage, perform television production and programming activities and create a television program.

Studio Technician - Course RTT0516 (450 hours) – Students will demonstrate their skills in using various equipment and workflows for television production based projects.

Television Production Operations - Course RTT0109 (300 hours) – Students will perform electronic news gathering (ENG) and electronic field production (EFP) equipment functions; plan, produce, and direct a television production.

Special Admission Requirements: Due to the physical nature of the work, students must be able to lift and carry a minimum of 50 pounds and may be required to stand or sit for extended periods of time.

Distance Education: No - not an option at this time.

Minimum Satisfactory Academic Progress Requirement:  70%

Minimum Attendance Requirement:  70%

Basic Skills Exit Requirement for Program Completion:  Student's competency in computation (mathematics) and communication (reading/language arts) is assessed; required basic skills grade levels are: Computation - 9 and Communication - 9.