Broadcast and Media Systems Engineer Degree Apprenticeship - Level 6 - Wood Norton
Depending on where you are based, you will work on the front line, supporting TV and Radio Production networks, systems and devices that are behind our flagship services. You will be trained and developed to support our TV & Radio studios and infrastructure and our master control rooms.
Role
As a Broadcast Engineering apprentice (EAS27), this is brilliant opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute – you will:
- Develop your understanding of how live content is acquired and presented to studios, recording areas, playout facilities and distribution platforms in the formats they each require.
- You will learn how we manipulate audio and video and grow to understand the challenges faced in servicing a large broadcasting organisation.
- Develop operational and engineering skills, learning how to use a variety of tools and systems, as well as how they work and what we do when things go wrong.
- Develop teamworking and communication skills, working as part of a varied team providing services, and talking directly to other departments across the BBC.
Training
You’ll study for your industry recognised apprenticeship qualification, learning both on and off the job. This means undertaking blended learning through a series of online and face to face teaching blocks at Birmingham City University, including:
- Audio and Vision Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- IP Networks
- Computer Science
- Broadcast Technology
- Database Technology
- Engineering Mathematics
Junior Operations Engineer
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Broadcast and media systems engineer (integrated degree) (level 6)
- Training Provider
- BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY
- Working Week
- Full time, 35 hours per week
- Expected Duration
- 3 Years
- Positions Available
- 1
- Closing Date
- Tuesday, 24th November 2026
- Start Date
- Tuesday, 7th September 2027
Desired Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
Qualifications
- English GCSE, grade 4/C (Essential)
- Maths GCSE, grade 4/C (Essential)
- Maths A Level, grade Pass (Essential)
- UCAS Points UCAS, grade Minimum of 112 (Essential)
About the Employer
BBC Public Service
We are a leading early careers employer and hire more than 250 apprentices each year. We are committed to skills and talent development both inside and outside the BBC and, as one of the world’s most creative and technologically-advanced organisations for the last 100 years, a career at the BBC means learning from the best. We want people who show potential to join us at the BBC. Don’t worry if you don’t have extensive experience, it’s your passion and values we are interested in.