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CUASOU412 — Manage audio input sources

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What an assessment for CUASOU412 must cover

36 assessable components: 3 elements (12 performance criteria), 5 performance evidence and 11 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 8 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Prepare for production

  • 1.1Determine audio requirements and timeframes using production documentation and in consultation with required personnel
  • 1.2Assess venue and determine input source options based on acoustic analysis and accounting for any physical limitations
  • 1.3Identify microphone placement according to production requirements and accounting for acoustic sources of audio
  • 1.4Clarify backline needs of performers and organise microphones and other input sources as required
  • 1.5Confirm final placement and organisation of microphones and other audio input sources prior to technical run-through or rehearsals
  • 1.6Undertake required audio input checks and complete audio documentation according to organisational procedures

2 Set optimum levels for audio inputs

  • 2.1Connect microphones in desired locations according to safe work practices
  • 2.2Set optimum levels for all microphones and audio inputs
  • 2.3Increase gain before feedback using equalisation and effects equipment

3 Manage inputs

  • 3.1Prepare and review input signal failure plan
  • 3.2Test input sources, identify problems and take action to rectify as required
  • 3.3Evaluate quality of audio set-up and note areas for future improvement in consultation with required personnel

Performance evidence

  • manage microphones and other audio inputs during technical run-throughs or rehearsals on at least two occasions
  • set up and test complex microphone plots and other audio input sources for at least two different recordings, productions or events, according to requirements
  • demonstrate ability to use microphones
  • describe features of and process for setting up microphones and audio equipment
  • work collaboratively with others in the audio production process

Knowledge evidence

  • features of different microphones and contexts in which they are best used
  • procedures for using equalisation and signal processing devices
  • acoustic consequences of signal phase problems and when to use phantom power
  • industry trends in microphone development and availability of products
  • strategies to evaluate quality of audio set-up for improvement
  • issues and challenges that typically arise when setting up and managing audio input sources and strategies for addressing them
  • collaboration in a production environment
  • organisational procedures for completing audio production documentation
  • developments in audio technology and how audio technology is used in work contexts
  • safe work practices relating to setting up and managing audio equipment
  • issues to consider when preparing microphone plots and input signal failure plans

Foundation skills

  • Oral communication: Obtains information by listening and questioning
  • Reading: Obtains information from written sources and production documentation
  • Writing: Prepares and updates workplace documentation; Documents outcomes of evaluations
  • Problem solving: Recognises and takes responsibility for addressing predictable, and some less predictable, problems that arise in audio operations
  • Planning and organising: Adopts a methodical and logical approach to preparing microphone plots and managing audio input sources
  • Self-management: Follows workplace protocols and safety procedures; Applies knowledge of audio concepts and principles to set-up and operation of audio equipment and accessories
  • Teamwork: Works collaboratively to determine and complete requirements
  • Technology: Uses standard applications when updating audio documentation

Unit content sourced from training.gov.au — © Commonwealth of Australia, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Auditori is not affiliated with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

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What does an assessment tool for CUASOU412 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CUASOU412 needs to address all 36 unit components: 3 elements with 12 performance criteria, 5 performance evidence requirements, 11 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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