8-VSB Specialist (8-VSB, Broadcast Engineer)
- Exam
- Third-party exam
- Education
- Not reported
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- None
Specialist Certifications To establish a benchmark of individual strengths, the National Certification Committee created the concept of Specialist Certifications. To apply for a specialist certification, you must currently hold certification on the Broadcast Engineer, Senior Broadcast Engineer or Professional Broadcast Engineer Certification level. Exams are three hours and consist of 50 multiple-choice questions. One essay-type question will be selected for each designation. Each essay question is worth 20 points. 8-VSB Specialist (8-VSB) The SBE Program of Certification designed the 8-VSB Specialist Certification to help evaluate an individual's ability to perform the necessary tasks to keep facilities operating properly. The exam will cover these areas of competency: transport stream, audio (AC-3), video (MPEG-2), PSIP, DTV standards documents and transmission systems.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Federal license
- Exam
- Third-party exam required
- Certification
- Certification required
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
- Physical requirement
- No physical requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- The Society of Broadcast Engineers, Inc.
- Address
- 9102 North Meridian Street Suite 150 Indianapolis, IN 46260
- Phone
- (317) 846-9000
- Agency website
- http://www.SBE.org
- Licence page
- https://www.sbe.org/sections/Specialist_Cert.php
- Last updated
- May 1, 2021
Occupations (O*NET)
- 8-VSB Specialist (8-VSB, Broadcast Engineer) 27-4012.00
Source and verification
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