Sound Engineering Technicians, task by task.

Every activity this job is made of, scored on how much of its output software can produce today and linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job.

SOC code
27-4014.00
Activities scored
6
Handed to agents
4
Grounded in
O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Sound Engineering TechniciansSOC 27-4014.00
Audio editing and mixingWhat can do this →
85% · agent
82% · agent
78% · agent
Equipment problem reportingWhat can do this →
75% · agent
35% · you keep
25% · you keep
The team4 agents · 4 need no setup
Audio mixing agent
Avid Pro Tools · Adobe Audition · Audio editing software
● No integration needed
Format conversion agent
Adobe Creative Cloud software · Audio editing software · Musical instrument digital interface MIDI software
● No integration needed
Session logging agent
Microsoft Excel · Microsoft Word · Docs
● No integration needed
Equipment monitoring agent
Microsoft Office software · Email · Chat
● No integration needed
You keep this
Make final creative decisions on sound design and production qualityOperate recording equipment during live sessions and performancesOwn accountability for technical production standards and deliverablesMaintain physical presence for equipment setup and teardown

Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.

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The most automatable work in this job, and what actually addresses it. Each one has a page of its own showing every occupation that does it.

Audio editing and mixing85% · judgment, authorisation and strategy · barely automatable
Recording session documentation78% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable