Louise, 35, joined RDS when the network first went on the air,
in August 1989. She thrives on the variety she encounters every
day on the job. "I work on all the programs, especially the sports
news."
Louise's five-page
single-spaced job description details a wide range of responsibilities.
The Technical Producer is responsible for planning, directing,
organizing and overseeing the management of technical and human
resources assigned for the production and broadcast of TV programs.
As the head of the technical team, the Technical Producer is in
charge of discipline and quality control. Physical and psychological
stress is a given, what with logging long hours in the control
room and hauling heavy equipment when covering outside events.
The job involves
a smorgasbord of skills. "You need to have a global view of how
television works. A lot of what I do is troubleshooting. I walk
around with a cordless phone. When a call comes in, off I run
to solve the problem," she says.
Louise is
constantly darting back and forth between the technical side of
her job and the "people" part. "Personnel management can be quite
delicate. We give feedback and prepare annual evaluations. Machines
can be more straight-forward to deal with than people!"
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