Description
Join the BBC as a Broadcast Technical Operator apprentice, working across the UK in sound and/or vision in newsroom ingest hubs, galleries, studios, post-production areas, and on location.
As a Broadcast Technical Operator apprentice, you will gain practical experience across all aspects of live and recorded broadcasting, including camera operations on location, studio-based technical roles, directing, lighting, editing, and graphic design for regional and national BBC programmes.
You will contribute to the delivery of high-quality content for BBC shows, using advanced broadcast technologies such as satellite trucks and IP systems for outside broadcasts.
You will develop a strong understanding of how technical production, editorial decisions, and audience engagement work together to shape compelling content across TV, digital, and online platforms.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Gaining practical experience across live and recorded broadcasting
- Contributing to high-quality content delivery
- Developing understanding of technical production and audience engagement
You will study for your industry-recognised apprenticeship qualification, learning both on and off the job with the National Film and Television School.
The apprenticeship will cover a wide variety of skills across TV and Radio, including:
- Camera Operations
- Floor Management
- TV Vision Mixing
- Sound Operations
- Technical Directing
- Shoot and Edit Multi-Skilled Operator
- Picture and Audio Editing
- Ingest and Library functions
To be eligible, you must:
- Be 18 years old or over
- Have lived in the UK continuously for the last three years
- Be legally eligible to work full-time in the UK
- Not currently be enrolled in another apprenticeship programme
- Not already hold a qualification in the same subject area
We are committed to making the application process accessible. If you need adjustments or have questions, contact us via the Early Careers Recruitment contact form.
The BBC offers workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers for disabled people.
This is a fixed-term apprenticeship lasting 25 months, with a salary of £24,650.