Broadcast and Media Systems Technical Operator Apprenticeship - Level 3 - Norwich

Join the BBC as an apprentice to kick-start your career in broadcast and media systems. You will learn on-the-job, developing your knowledge and skills while working towards an apprenticeship qualification.

This is an exciting entry-level opportunity to join the BBC as a Technical Operator, working with journalists and programme makers to ensure broadcast equipment and technology runs smoothly. You will gain practical experience in sound and/or vision across various areas including newsroom ingest hubs, galleries, studios, post-production, and outside broadcasts.

Your Key Responsibilities and Impact

As a Broadcast Technical Operator apprentice, you will:

• Gain practical experience in live and recorded broadcasting, including camera operations, studio technical roles, directing, lighting, editing, and graphic design for regional and national BBC programmes.
• Contribute to high-quality content delivery using advanced broadcast technologies like satellite trucks and IP systems for outside broadcasts.
• Develop a strong understanding of how technical production, editorial decisions, and audience engagement shape content across TV, digital, and online platforms.

You will study for an industry-recognised apprenticeship qualification with the National Film and Television School, covering skills in:

• Camera Operations
• Floor Management
• TV Vision Mixing
• Sound Operations
• Technical Directing
• Shoot and Edit Multi-Skilled Operator
• Picture and Audio Editing
• Ingest and Library functions.

Travel to in-person learning blocks and other apprenticeship-related activities will be required.

Your Skills and Eligibility

We are looking for passion for the BBC and enthusiasm for delivering world-class content and operational excellence. We value potential and transferable strengths over formal qualifications.

We encourage you to apply if you have:

• Passion for media content and its technical production.
• Ability to work calmly under pressure.
• Fascination with how things work.
• Brilliant organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Enthusiasm, flexibility, and adaptability to out-of-hours working.

This scheme is aimed at non-graduates. If you have a degree, please explore other opportunities on the BBC careers site.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for this apprenticeship, you must:

• Be 18 years old or over by September 2027.
• Have lived in the UK continuously for the last three years prior to the apprenticeship start.
• Be legally eligible to work full-time in the UK for the entire apprenticeship duration.
• Not currently be enrolled in another apprenticeship.
• Not already hold a qualification in the same subject area at level 3 or above.
• Not have completed or hold qualifications in the apprenticeship subject at level 3 or above.
• Not have completed or hold an extended BTEC or degree in media, television, film, audio or radio production.
• Have little or no work experience in the subject area.
• For candidates under 19 on 7 September 2027: You must have achieved Maths and English GCSE at Grade 4/C or equivalent by the end of the apprenticeship. If not achieved by the start, you will need to achieve Functional Skills Level 2.

How to Apply

Click ‘Apply Now’ to create a candidate profile and answer a few questions. No CV or cover letter is needed.

Relocation financial support is available subject to meeting financial eligibility criteria.

This is a fixed-term apprenticeship for 25 months. Upon completion, you can apply for suitable vacancies at the BBC or in the wider creative industry. You will be supported with career development, employability training, and networking opportunities.

Disabled applicants who apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and meet the minimum criteria will normally be progressed to the next stage.