NOC 2021 · 52113 · TEER 2
Audio and video recording technicians
Unit group 52113 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Audio and video recording technicians operate equipment to record, mix and edit sound, music and videotape, for motion pictures, television and radio programs, videos, recordings and live events. They are employed by multimedia companies, film, video and concert production companies, sound recording firms, theatre and dance companies, educational establishments, clubs, hotels, bands, radio stations, television networks and video production and editing companies.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- assistant sound editor
- audio engineer - recording studio
- audio operator
- audio operator assistant
- audio recording studio operator
- audio technician
- audiovisual (AV) technician
- colour timer - video
- digital effects specialist
- dubbing machine operator
- electronic news gathering (ENG) editor
- electronic video graphics operator
- film technician
- film technician - motion picture
- imagery technician - Canadian Armed Forces
- master record cutter
- multimedia sound technician
- multimedia sound-effects supervisor
- music editor - recording studio
- music mixer
- music or sound mixer
- playback operator
- postproduction technician
- production sound recordist
- public address (P.A.) operator
- public address (P.A.) system operator
- radio recorder
- radio technician
- recording engineer
- recording studio technician
- re-recording mixer
- sound cutter
- sound editor
- sound effects editor
- sound effects specialist
- sound engineer
- sound engineer (except professional engineers)
- sound engineer assistant
- sound keyer
- sound librarian - audio-recording
- sound mix engineer
- sound mixer
- sound operator
- sound recorder
- sound recording engineer
- sound recording supervisor
- sound recordist
- sound technician
- sound-recording and video-recording reproduction equipment operator
- sound-recording equipment operator
- stereo tape editor
- video and sound recorder
- video editor
- video recorder
- video recording technician
- video sound mixer
- video technician
- video-editing equipment operator
- video-recording equipment operator
- videotape editor
- videotape postproduction editor
- videotape recording (VTR) editor
- videotape recording (VTR) operator
- videotape technician
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.