CUASOU414 — Manage wireless audio operations
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What an assessment for CUASOU414 must cover
58 assessable components: 5 elements (25 performance criteria), 6 performance evidence and 16 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 11 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 wireless audio operations
- 1.1Identify factors impacting operation of wireless audio equipment in consultation with required personnel and with reference to production documentation
- 1.2Identify technical, performance and regulatory requirements for using wireless audio equipment
- 1.3Document wireless audio equipment requirements prior to production and in required format
- 1.4Confirm availability of equipment and accessories according to production requirements
2 Set up wireless equipment
- 2.1Establish suitable location for equipment and technician work area in consultation with required personnel
- 2.2Run audio lines from wireless equipment to stage box or patch point and make connections according to plot
- 2.3Run standby microphone cables as required, and have wired and wireless standby equipment on hand
- 2.4Identify wireless frequencies in use within range
- 2.5Identify wireless instrument and in-ear monitor frequencies for use by performers and musicians associated with performances
- 2.6Plot proposed and currently used frequencies and compare with legal and available frequencies
- 2.7Allocate frequencies to people or departments as required
- 2.8Prepare required documentation where multiple use of same frequency for different performers or segments is required
- 2.9Establish backup channels with required personnel and set up other contingency management measures
3 Fit wireless audio equipment
- 3.1Confirm wireless audio equipment meets labelling and working requirements prior to fitting
- 3.2Confirm frequency setting on microphones and transmitters matches and complete tuning
- 3.3Identify required position for equipment based on performance and technical issues
- 3.4Fit radio microphones and transmitter packs to performers using attachment techniques
- 3.5Explain technical operation issues to performers
- 3.6Review and adapt gain structure to meet production requirements
4 Monitor wireless audio equipment systems
- 4.1Confirm wireless audio equipment signal is received by sound desks
- 4.2Confirm and crosscheck equipment is working with performers
- 4.3Identify problems and take required action to rectify as required
5 Complete work operations
- 5.1Retrieve wireless equipment from performers
- 5.2Clean and arrange or store wireless equipment for next user or performance
- 5.3Evaluate effectiveness of wireless operations and note areas for future improvement in consultation with required personnel
Performance evidence
- operate wireless audio systems on two different occasions according to production requirements.
- apply knowledge of regulatory and technical issues affecting use of wireless audio technologies
- determine how to use wireless audio technology according to production requirements
- identify and respond to problems relating to wireless audio equipment system
- work collaboratively with performers and others involved in productions
- meet privacy protocols when working with performers and fitting wireless equipment.
Knowledge evidence
- key factors, purpose and procedures relating to industry terminology: wireless and sound technologies
- key factors, purpose and procedures relating to industry terminology: audio consoles
- key factors, purpose and procedures relating to industry terminology: digital signal processing
- key factors, purpose and procedures relating to industry terminology: cable rolling
- key factors, purpose and procedures relating to industry terminology: internet protocol (IP) networking
- key factors, purpose and procedures relating to industry terminology: signal flow operation and delivery
- performance factors impacting use of wireless audio technology
- care and management of a range of rechargeable battery types
- procedures for using different types of wireless audio equipment in different production contexts
- how common frequencies used with wireless audio equipment may be reserved or affected by local television or radio transmitters
- features of different antennae and how they are used in wireless audio operations
- techniques and protocols for fitting radio equipment to performers
- Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) requirements for allocating frequencies for wireless audio equipment
- procedures for establishing different practical and available channels at given location
- safety requirements for use of wireless audio equipment
- how to address common issues and challenges of managing wireless audio operations
Foundation skills
- Learning: Determines how to meet wireless audio requirements using information on wireless audio technology
- Numeracy: Allocates frequencies for wireless audio equipment
- Oral communication: Obtains information by listening and questioning Contributes information and expresses requirements using clear language Discusses ideas and solutions in relation to audio operations
- Reading: Obtains information from different written sources
- Writing: Prepares and updates workplace documentation using language required for intended audience
- Teamwork: Determines requirements and completes tasks in collaboration with others
- Initiative and enterprise: Meets work deadlines Organises and operates radio microphones and transmitter packs using knowledge of wireless audio concepts and principles Manages wireless and audio operations using methodical and logical approach
- Planning and organising: Plans for contingencies
- Problem solving: Recognises and takes responsibility for addressing problems during audio operations
- Self-management: Follows workplace protocols and safety procedures Fits radio microphones and in-ear wireless monitors to performers according to required protocols and privacy requirements
- Technology: Uses required software applications to prepare production documentation
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