Name of qualification Name of qualification: Asistent/asistentka zvokaAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Sound assistant
Type of qualification Type of qualification: National vocational qualification, SQF level 5
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Vocational Qualification
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • The minimum requirement is completed elementary school and three years of work experience in the field of sound;
  • Instead of the required years of work experience, candidates may claim the above with evidence of work done for at least three demanding sound projects (video clip, film, studio album, concert, theatre project, etc.) with objective proof of participation in such projects confirmed by the producer/person responsible. The projects must not be older than 5 years.
ISCED field Field:
Arts and humanities
ISCED subfield subfield: audio-visual techniques and media production
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 5
EQF Level: EQF 4

Learning outcomes:

The candidates will be able to:

  • Plan and organise their own work in the team with co-workers;
  • Communicate and establish a cooperative relation with colleagues and team members;
  • Use modern information-communications technology;
  • Perform their work in accordance with the regulations on occupational health and safety, fire safety and environmental protection;
  • Develop ambition in traits, skills and behaviour, fostering also their personal professional development;
  • Carry out simple audio recordings and sound amplification arrangements;
  • Assist the sound designer in demanding sound projects;
  • Prepare and edit the recorded audio;
  • Archive audio recordings.

Evaluator:

Verification and assessment are carried out by committees for the verification and validation of national vocational qualifications, appointed by the National Examination Centre (NEC). Committee members must be licensed by the National Examination Centre. Licences may be found here.

Assesment and completion:

VALIDATION

During the guidance process the candidate prepares a portfolio, which is evaluated by a committee. If the candidate has submitted authentic, valid and relevant proof of knowledge, skills and competences from the operational standard, the committee may:

  • validate the contents of the occupational standard in full,
  • validate the contents of the occupational standard in part and define the knowledge, skills and competence to be verified,
  • refuse to validate any of the contents of the occupational standard because the candidate has not provided proof of any of the knowledge, skills and competences under the occupational standard, in which case it will verify the occupational standard in full.

ASSESSMENT METHOD

The candidates will first prepare and then defend at the assessment session their professional project assignment to be handed over to the commission in an appropriate format (DVD,USB; electronic portal, etc.). The professional assignment must include:

  • Up to 10 minutes of audio footage to submit to the commission,
  • The description of the process for the selected field of work: term and technical plan (microphone placement, connections between audio devices, etc),
  • The justification of the choice of equipment (microphones, cables, recording technology),
  • The description of how the regulations on occupational health and safety, fire safety and environmental protection were adhered to.

Asistent/asistentka zvoka

SQF 5

EQF 4

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

Candidates demonstrate attainment of the knowledge, skills and competences defined in the catalogue of standards of vocational knowledge and skills.

Awarding body:

Providers of procedures for identifying and validating NVQs are entered in a register of providers maintained in the collection of the national information centre for vocational qualifications. These are: vocational schools, businesses, B2B training centres, adult education centres and chambers of commerce.

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