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Audio-Visual Collections Specialists

in Washington State

Prepare, plan, and operate audio-visual teaching aids for use in education. May record, catalogue, and file audio-visual materials.

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Area	Year	Period	Percentiles					Hourly Average
Area	Year	Period	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Washington State	2010	Mar	$13.56	$16.00	$20.48	$24.55	$29.45	$20.83

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Short Term Employment Projections

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Area	Employment Projections		Change	Growth Rate %	Annual Avg Openings
	2009 2nd Qtr	2011 2nd Qtr
Washington State	284	286	2	0.4	6

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Employment Projections

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Area	Employment Projections		Change	% Change	Annual Avg Openings
	2008	2018
Washington State	272	304	32	11.8	10

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Educational Requirements

This occupation is in Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed .
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

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O*NET Characteristics

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Skills

Importance
(0-100)high

Competence Level

Active Listening

Active Learning

Instructing

Equipment Selection

Troubleshooting

Speaking

Reading Comprehension

Learning Strategies

Writing

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Top 10 Tasks

Importance
(0-100)high

Set up, adjust, and operate audiovisual equipment such as cameras, film and slide projectors, and recording equipment, for meetings, events, classes, seminars and video conferences.

Offer presentations and workshops on the role of multimedia in effective presentations.

Attend conventions and conferences, read trade journals, and communicate with industry insiders to keep abreast of industry developments.

Instruct users in the selection, use, and design of audiovisual materials, and assist them in the preparation of instructional materials and the rehearsal of presentations.

Maintain hardware and software, including computers, scanners, color copiers, and color laser printers.

Confer with teachers to select course materials and to determine which training aids are best suited to particular grade levels.

Perform simple maintenance tasks such as cleaning monitors and lenses and changing batteries and light bulbs.

Develop manuals, texts, workbooks, or related materials for use in conjunction with production materials.

Direct and coordinate activities of assistants and other personnel during production.

Determine formats, approaches, content, levels, and mediums necessary to meet production objectives effectively and within budgetary constraints.

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Top 10 Work Activities

Importance
(0-100)high

Interacting With Computers

Making Decisions and Solving Problems

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

Thinking Creatively

Getting Information

Scheduling Work and Activities

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work

Communicating with Persons Outside Organization

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Top 2 Work Values

Extent
(0-100)high

Relationships

Achievement

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Top 2 Interests

Occupational Interest
(0-100)high

Conventional

Social

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Alternate Titles

Audio Visual Coordinator, Audio Visual Secretary, Audio Visual Specialist, Audio Visual Technician, Audio-Visual Arts Director, Audio-Visual Director, Audio-Visual Specialist, Audiovisual Production Specialist, Instructional Services Specialist, Library Media Specialist, Media Specialist, Media Technician, Multimedia Services Coordinator, Television Technician, Visual Education Director

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Number of Employers in State of Washington

Number Employed in Industry in 2007 in State of Washington

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Growth Projection in State of Washington

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