Broadcast Engineer Review

Working in the BSC (Broadcast Support Centre) monitoring radio transmission for all english regions. This involves maintenance of current equipment as well as providing support and assistance when ever there are errors. Working with external companies such as Arqiva and BT who provide the broadcast telecommunication infrastructure the BBC use.

For the role I have had to learn skills such as: -Programming: This was done both at university and on placement and included python and html. -Networking: At university I did networking modules that can be transfer on to everyday work. -Electronics - Developed my communication skill for organising projects between teams.

The BBC is a very forward thinking and accepting employer, which has been a joy to work for. And I've created great relationships with the people on my course over the last 3 years and far exceed my expectations. Enjoyed both the university and the placements over the 3 years.

Over the 3 years, I have completed 6 placements and 6 terms at university. It seemed like the right balance of both and was organised that well that it allowed me to try working at other companies on my placements. The organisation was near perfect however, due to it being at BCU for the first time ever there were some slight issues.

A lot of support was received from the BBC. I was technically employed by the BBC academy and had support whenever it was needed. I had at least 3 people I could get in touch with at any time and they also arranged extra revision sessions when needed. The support was also provided from the uni when needed.

Over the 3 years we had one overall manager at BCU and varying lectures for all the other modules. For the most part the support and the communication was fantastic but there were a small minority lectures that didn't provide as much support as I would have liked. Uploads of content to moodle provided most of the support.

It provided all the necessary training I have needed for work. With modules in electronics, networking and programming and broadcast technology all of which are used on a daily basis. Onto of this it provided many in depth modules for all aspects of the transmission stream which greatly assisted under standing.

There are many types of supports groups in the BBC they provide great help for many employees even though I haven't used one myself. We were provided with a trip to Amsterdam to attend the IBC a broadcasting convention with allowed us to see next/available alternate technologies and it was great fro networking.

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It has been a great experience and I gained a lot from it. With 3 years industry experience as well as a first class honours degree. Met some great people and I am looking forward to a good career with them and all the opportunities they provide in the future.

It is an involved application process so be prepared for tests and multiple interviews, the interviews are relatively relaxed so don't stress about them and just doing some reading up before hand and have some idea of what you are going to say. The onboarding process is great and you'll be really well looked after.