COURSE CODE: 8754

Audio Production and Recording II

SCED Code: 05123
Virginia Extended Description: IIA
Suggested Grade Level: 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
Hours: 280
Credits: 2
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: SkillsUSA

This second year course builds on Audio Production and Recording I to emphasize recording, mixing, and mastering sound, with an additional focus on marketing, production, and many other pivotal aspects of music and audio production. Students will understand the physics of sound, learn about job opportunities in audio production, and navigate the legal workings of the music and sound business. The course will provide hands-on experience in digital recording, and many other aspects of music and sound production. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

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Virginia’s High Demand Occupations and Apprenticeable Occupations

Section § 2.2-2472 of the Code of Virginia requires the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (VBWD) to publish a list of jobs, trades, and professions for which a high demand for qualified workers exists or is projected.  The Virginia Office of Education Economics (VOEE) collaborated with the VBWD and related stakeholders to develop the high demand occupations list. VOEE’s mission is to leverage data to inform educational programming, policy, and workforce partnerships across the Commonwealth.  See also the Virginia 2024 High Demand Occupations Dashboard

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code, Occupation Description, and Active Apprenticeable Occupation status (Yes/No per the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry). 

SOC Code Occupation Description Apprenticeable Occupation
274011 Audio and Video Technicians No
272012 Producers and Directors No
272041 Music Directors and Composers No

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
A/V Technology & Film
  • Sound Engineering Technicians
  • Audio and Video Technicians
  • Broadcast Technicians
Performing Arts
  • Producers and Directors
  • Music Directors and Composers

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