Internship Ingest Operator at The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Supporting broadcast ingests control and transfer operations to maintain effective News media delivery for the shared News editing environment and News archives.
• Ensuring adherence to technical specifications and optimal delivery on News’s needs and requirements.
• Sound administration, ensuring accurate registering of changes, faults, and time. 
• Understanding and application of broadcast and production television fundamentals including analogue and digital television systems, metadata, audio and video.
• Understanding of live base band video and audio ingest compressions, ARC aspect ratio conversions (16:9/4:3) standard conversions (PAL/NTSC/SECAM) and HD/SD 
• Knowledge and understanding of video and audio routing systems.
• Compile reports and final control sheets with great care.
• Ensure that select ad breaks as per FC Sheet are at appropriate places.
• Communicate any queries and problems to the manager of the department 
• Liaise with the manager regarding programme arrivals.
• Upload digital files of programmes into the server
• Create segments and new FC Sheets with the digital files naming convention
• Check the if the digital files adhere to broadcasting requirements as stipulated in the SABC Delivery Guide Line document
• To co-ordinate all TV News contributions to ensure the timely and quality delivery of news items for broadcast

REQUIREMENTS: 

• N6 / Diploma Electrical Engineering (light current) (NQF level 6) or relevant equivalent qualification.
• Ability to work under pressure in particular live television environment.
• Ability and willingness to work regular irregular hours, shifts and adapt to circumstances.
• Excellent hearing and visual abilities