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Credits 37
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the functions of sound equipment used in racing broadcasting; prepare a digital sound desk for racing broadcasting, and describe matrix and mix systems; select vision and sound sources according to raceday requirements; set up XD format video tape according to raceday requirements and organisational procedures; set up K2 format video tape; record, mix, and play back vision and sound; replay segments of recently recorded material for transmission according to raceday requirements and organisational procedures; mix and lay sound according to raceday requirements and organisational procedures; make a programme compilation of the day, and carry out end-of-day activities according to organisational procedures; and follow safe working practices in accordance with the NZ Racing Board Health and Safety Procedures
Manual.
Subfield Equine
Domain
Status
Status date
Date version published
Racing Broadcasting
Registered
15 January 2010
15 January 2010
Planned review date
Entry information
31 December 2013
Open.
Accreditation Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB) Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0018
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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Special notes
1 Assessment
Assessment must be carried out using a large outside broadcasting (OB) truck.
The racemeeting must have a presenter on course.
2 Definitions
VT refers to video tape.
Raceday requirements refer to the sound set-up and testing procedures required for a particular race club venue and raceday.
Organisational procedures refer to the verbal and written procedures for vision and sound set-up, recording, editing, replay and problem solving, and racing broadcasting etiquette.
3 References
The NZ Racing Board Health and Safety Procedures Manual is available from the NZ
Racing Board, PO Box 38899 Wellington Mail Centre 5045, or phone 04 576 6999, refer to Human Resources.
Francis Rumsey and Tim McCormick, Sound and Recording is available from senior sound operators at the N Z Racing Board’s regional offices, phone 04 576 6999 for contact details.
Element 1
Describe the functions of sound equipment used in racing broadcasting.
Performance criteria
1.1 Sound equipment used in racing broadcasting is described in terms of its functions.
Range includes but is not limited to
– microphones, amplifiers, speakers, recording equipment, mixing and track laying equipment, audio level meter, replay equipment.
Element 2
Prepare a digital sound desk for racing broadcasting, and describe matrix and mix systems.
Performance criteria
2.1 Equipment and sound desk are checked and set up according to raceday requirements.
2.2 Power source is established according to equipment and raceday requirements.
Range battery, equipment for mixing console.
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2.3
2.4
Audio output of OB truck is programmed according to raceday requirements.
Commentator and interview areas are set up with communications systems and microphone, and communications check is carried out and established according to raceday requirements.
Range communication established with
– independent fold-back, presenter, OB and studio directors, judge.
2.5 Recorded line-up is tested before recording commences according to organisational procedures.
Range signal-to-noise ratio, frequency response, absence of audible defects, phase relationship of line-up signals.
2.6 Tone is generated and lined up with broadcasting studio, and dropped as required according to raceday requirements.
2.7 Racing broadcasting etiquette is maintained according to organisational procedures.
2.8
Element 3
Matrix and mix systems are described in terms of distributing signals to different pathways.
Select vision and sound sources according to raceday requirements.
Performance criteria
3.1 Vision and sound source is selected via router, patch panel, and sound desk using the VT machine’s input and outputs.
3.2
Element 4
Sound sources are selected via router, patch panel, and sound desk using the sound desk inputs and outputs.
Set up XD format video tape according to raceday requirements and organisational procedures.
Performance criteria
4.1 Bars and tones are recorded at start of master tape.
4.2 Tape is lined up at the required start point.
Range 00 001 30 00, 01 00 00 00.
4.3 Video and audio inputs are changed as required.
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6.6
6.7
Element 5
Set up K2 format video tape.
Performance criteria
5.1
5.2
Applications are launched according to manufacturer’s specifications.
Working bin is created according to raceday requirements.
5.3 VT channels are assigned to the working bin according to raceday requirements.
5.4
Element 6
Playback is carried out as requested by the OB director or studio director, and in accordance with master control (MCR) requirements.
Record, mix, and play back vision and sound.
Performance criteria
6.1 Recording capacity of selected medium meets the time requirements of the performance recorded.
6.2 Material is recorded and checked in accordance with organisational procedures and manufacturer’s specifications.
6.3 Any problems arising during recording are addressed in accordance with organisational procedures.
Range sound defects, system failures, mechanical breakdowns, equalisation, compression.
6.4 Selected material is edited according to organisational procedures.
Range timing of inpoints and outpoints of cuts, rhythm and flow of story, continuity of sound.
6.5 Audio and video levels are mixed throughout operation according to organisational procedures.
Recorded line-up contains identifying information necessary for its reproduction.
Recorded sound is monitored and confirmed to meet raceday requirements.
Range run-up time, quality of recording, absence of audible defects, background sound, format, level.
6.8 Playback is carried out as requested by the OB director or studio director.
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6.9
Element 7
Identification and logging of recordings is completed according to organisational procedures, and raceday requirements.
Replay segments of recently recorded material for transmission according to raceday requirements and organisational procedures.
Performance criteria
First frame of required segment is cued prior to replay. 7.1
7.2 Segment or clip is prepared for replay with amount pre-roll determined.
7.3
7.4
Segment or clip is played down at the speed specified by the OB director.
Segment or clip is frozen as required until another source is transmitted.
7.5 Communication with colleagues allows effective and efficient transmission.
Element 8
Mix and lay sound according to raceday requirements and organisational procedures.
Performance criteria
8.1 Sound levels are achieved without interference to dialogue or action.
8.2 Sound is mixed.
8.3
8.4
8.5
Additional sound is synchronised with the action.
Sound continuity is maintained throughout the broadcast.
The mixing and laying of sound is completed according to the OB director’s requirements.
8.6
Element 9
Emergency use of audio and satellite is described in terms of the situations where they should be used, and the procedures for activation and operation.
Make a programme compilation of the day, and carry out end-of-day activities.
Performance criteria
9.1 Programme compilation is completed in accordance with organisational procedures.
9.2 Equipment is packed down and secured for travel according to organisational procedures.
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9.3 Any faults are identified, recorded, and verbally reported to the engineer according to organisational procedures.
9.4 Equipment is cleaned according to organisational procedures.
Element 10
Follow safe working practices in accordance with the NZ Racing Board Health and Safety
Procedures Manual.
Performance criteria
10.1 Safe working practices are demonstrated in terms of working with electricity.
Range alternating current (A/C) power, laying and securing cables, residual circuit device (RCD).
10.2 Safe working practices are demonstrated in terms of ensuring personal safety.
Range clothing, protective equipment, lifting, carrying, risk assessment, right to stop work.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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