f youcombine aninterest inelectronic engineeringwith a fascination for applying thatknowledge to entertaining and informing Contents peopleintheir millions - you could find anexciting, technically challenging and personallyrewarding career inBBC StrCIAI-ISTDEPffiTIWEMTS engrneenng. - Research 2 TheBBC is widely regarded as a world leader - Designand Equipment 3 inradio and television broadcasting, notleast - TransmitterProlects Group 4 {orits advanced engineering andtechnical standards. - CommunicationsProjects Group 4 - - Throughour network oflocal, regional, Planningand Installation Television 5 nationaland external services we broadcast - RadioCapital Proiects 5 over3,500 hours of programmeseach week - providinginformation andentertainment - ExternalServices Prolects 5 + throughoutthe , aswell as to i aworldwide audience which considers the OPENANOMLENGINEEBING BBCto be the voice of Britain Most of these programmes- per - - almost90 cent wemake Television 6 0ursetves. - (Domestic Radio & External) I 0urengineers provide the technical facilities I - RegionalCentres I - CommunicationsOoerations l0 - Transmitter0perations l0

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Frontcover: TheBBCI Vtlorld is fully electronic using the latest anti-aliassing digitaltechniques. Toproduce the overall effect twofull EPR0M based single frame stores are used.One is theloreground store which holds the highlighted gold shell and theother is thebackground store for the shaded blue disc and the captions. 'sequence" Themain store of thesystem is the memory.This holds the compresseddata for the map of theworld for each of the 600 fields which are displayedsequentially asthe world appears torotate. The data is compressed usinga codingsystem which combines the benefits of traditional runJength codingwith the advantages ofpixel definition. fur thisapplication a field of datais stored in lessthan 8 kbytesof memory as opposed toover 400 kbytes forafull field store. requred for the product 0n and translt ssron reayed lrom thc other s deof thc vror d r,,aa Furthcrmore,because equlptnent s c0stiy rt 0four sound and television l)rogramntes qc0statronarysatellite over thc etquator orthe musthave a longlife 0ur eng neers are daily It/uchof the r lvorks atthe firelrolt oi physrcale{fort ol reach nq a sf0\,/llo!nd usnq the latest micro processor techno ogy - broadcastngtechnology rlcludrncl the transmrtterhgh on an solated rn0orland to srdeby-srde wrth more traditronai equtpment digrtastorage and processrnq oftelcr.r s on rernedyafault 0ur engtneers rlust work Thebreadth ofour technology offers pctur0s l0 g vespe|j al effeots sate I te cl0selywrth productron staff - perhapsto extraordnary varety c0mnruntcattonstneelectrontc preparation of createthe special effects used rn Top of the televs on graph cs d gtal tralsm ss on of Popsor rn routrnq the s qnas lromseveral Itis hardly surprising that 6 000of the soundand vrsron, and experrnrentai workon outsrdebroadcasls fora compiex sports 26000 staff have engrneer ngor Hgh Def init on Televisron (HDTV) programrneltmay requrre considerable technicalresponsibilities, andinclude about tcchncal and physica rrqenutty t0set up 2 000eng neers of whom over 500 are However,wenever lose s ghtof the fact that prolessronallyqualif outsrdebroadcasts covering events such as a redGraduates form a allour technology isd rected to makritg largeproportion ofour annual ntake pr0grar|mesafd getttngthose programmes rockclrmb on a remote sea cliff a party polrtical ofeng neers loour audience 0ur engineers goto qreat conference,theWor/d Cup or the srmultaneous lengthstoensure in the finest shovr busrness stereoradio and television Inthe following pages we descr be the work o1 transrnss tradtron, that whatever may happen the onof the last night of the Pr0ms 0urspecral stdepartments. ouroperationai broadcastmust go on - engineerinodepartments, which are Wedevclop sontp of our own equipnelr 'espo^siblc rnuchof wh y fo'sourd and lplpr s o^ Theproblems ofgetttltq aproqramnre onthc chsubsequent s made aId so d underlrcence bycommcrcial manulacturers broadcastrnqatstudr0 cenlres, oulsrde arrare often {ormidable ltmay tnvolve the broadcastsandlinking them with transmitting techfcal complex ties of setting up the l-loweverweare c0ncelted not only w th statons. the qual t es we seek n graduates. equiprnentandcircu ts for the lransmrssion of rnnovationbutalso with reliabi ity A techn cal andthe rewards which are available toyou as a ivestereo symphony concert dtg tal y fa uremay switch off an audrence ofnrrllrons anengrneer U) +J BESEABCH - I I heResearch Department isresponsible for TheRadio-Frequency Groupis concerned F{ L,levolvingand assessing new techniques and withthat part of the broadcasting chain systems,drawing upon the latest betweentransmitter input and home receivers, technologicaladvances toimprove equipment dealingwith; modulation systems, U overthe whole field of broadcasting. ltalso interference,transmitters, aerials, propagation e1 supportsour colleagues inthe other andreception. The group also anticipates ts engineeringdepartments andin programme futureneeds, for example, theproblems F{ production,providing technical advice based associatedwith digital stereo sound for +.J ontheoretical studies and experiments televisionand aspects ofdirect broadcasting The240 staff, including 80qualified engineers fromsatellites into the home $-{ andscientists, occupy arange ol modern TheTransmission Group deals with methods buildingsand an old mansion, Kingswood ofconveying signals over long distances by c Warren,setin parkland 20miles South West cable,optical fibre, radio link or off-air I KingswoodWanen ofLondon. The scientists andengineers work rebroadcastingtechniques. Digital coding, inthree technical groups, supported bya datacompression andmodern integrated circuittechniques playan ever increasing part rangeofservices including atechnical library .i & drawingoffice, amodel shop which can ofthis work. Other communicatrons problems I producedevices ranging from complex aerial involvingdigital systems such as , arraystosophisticated printed circuits and a RDS(Radio Data System) and other data l-l photographicandprinting section. They also signalsare also studied havethe use of extensive computer facilities. TheStudio Group isresponsible forproblems Manyof our staff prefer to write their own encounteredinstudio centres, such as the P programmes,butour computer and generationandreproducti0n ofsignals. The ct) mathematicalunitis always available toassist subjectsinclude lenses, camera tubes, CCD arrays,film .F{ Weencourage thepublication scanners,both analogue and ofnew work. digital,recording, F-J OurResearch Reports, which signalstorage and delay have photometrymicrophones, loudspeakers, considerablyenhanced theBBC s reputation amongst acousticsand stereophony bothfor radio and cd otherbroadcasting organisations, television .F{ areproduced byour printing unit for worldwidedistribution. Graduatetrainees gain the widest possible O experiencethrough attachments toeach group.Having proved their research potential, U theybecome aresearch assistant after about 18months, later progressing to A. researchengineer. CN

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Experimentalflatplate antennafor satellite reception DESIGNAND EQUIPMENT DEPABTMENT f I hisDepartment isresponsible forthe I.,1|design,and development formanufacture, ofa wide range ofspecialist equipment used in bothtelevision and radio broadcasting. Theprojects undertaken bythe department, throughits Design Group and support services,enc0mpass alltechnical aspects 0f broadcastingandcover the latest techniques {oundinelectronic engineering. Digital signal processinganddigital techniques ingeneral arebeing increasingly applied. Much of the workis software based and involves microprocessorcontrolled systems. TheDesign Group comprises four sections whichspecialise indifferent areas of broadcastingtechnology: TheVideo Section covers all television work forstudios and signal distribution. TheAudio Section has responsibility for soundapparatus development inall areas. TheControl Section deals with control aoolicationsinthe widest sense. TheRadio Frequency Section are design specialistsinsignal propagation and transmission.Recent designs include digital videomixing equipment incorporating sophisticatedspecial effects; control, supervisoryandsynchronising facilities for videotape editing; and television standards converters.0nthe transmission side, there hasbeen work on measuring methods and equipmentandautomatic monitoring and controlsystems for the broadcasting network. Prototypefilter adjustment in RF section TheDesign Group issmaller than the ResearchDepartment but again about half are qualifiedengineers andtechnicians, the remainderprovide the support services The DesignGroup ofthe Design and Equipment Departmentisbased atChiswick inWest L0nd0n Graduatetrainees who prove their worth gain promotionwithin the Group inabout ayear,

CADcircuit layout 1uaternarycoding for stereo SiS (t) LJ -TRAN SM IT TEB PNNECTS GBOU P COMMUNICATIONSPNUECT 11 t I hisGroup, which forms part of BBC pulsemodulation techniques arebeing GROUP isresponsible {orthe introduced. - )l ETransmission, Digitaltechniques arealso used I 1| hisGroup also forms part of BBC planning,specif ication, pr0curement, inthe extensive automatic controlsystem L,l Transmissionandis concerned withthe (J installationandcommissioning of fortransmitter andaerial switching. - planning,installation andcommissioning ofall transmissionsystems forthe BBC stelevision LFand MF transmitting stations, including formsof internal and inter-oremise ?1 andradio broadcasting services The Group is aerialsystems. - communications,aswell as the long{erm F currentlybased partly in Central London and Antennasystems including combining planning ){ partly of communicationnetworks used for atBrookmans Park, Hertfordshire which equipmentandfeeders. Graduates programmetransmission .'|-J issome 14 miles North of Central London. interestedinRF transmission lineand However,it isplanned tomove the Group, propagationproblems willfind plenty of Thegroup issplit into three main sections, $-{ withinthe next two years, t0 a new location in interestinthis section. TelecomSectron, Broadcast Communications theSouth Midlands which will become the - Electricitysupply systems, upto 11 Kv 3 Sectionand Monitoring andControl Section. c integratedHeadquarters forBBC phase,for alltransmitting andradio-relay Allthree are currently based in Central London transmission stationsthroughout theUK and overseas. although,with the intended move t0 a new headquartersforBBC Transmission, thelatter A-...TransmitterProjects Group issplit into 3 main Thework of the Transmitter Projects Group is twowill move, indue course, tothe South sectionsTransmitter Section, Antenna challengingandrewarding because itinvolves Midlandswith Telecom Section moving t0 the U SystemsSection and Power Systems Section. allaspects ofthe implementation of new I performed - CorporateHeadquarters beingbuilt at Therange ofwork bythe Group transmissi0nsystems not only the technical WhiteCity in West London. encompassessuchdiverse engineering tasks designand specification, butalso the financial l-1 AS: controlofprojects, including themanagement Ascan be aooreciated withStudio Centres - ofcontracts with manufacturers; followed by rangingfrom the North of Scotland tothe UHFtelevision andVHF radio transmission Westof Cornwall, theability totalk between systemsfor Main Stations together with acceptancetesting and on srte commissioning L, anywherewithin the UK and, sometimes, andpass both vision and high quality audio theassociated monitoring andcontrol signalsfrom Studio Centre toStudio Centre a network,The 0verseas. .F{ transmittingsystems are andStudio Centre toTransmitter isvital The designedtowork fully automatically Graduatesjoina Graduate Training Scheme. -{ workof CommunicationsProlects Group isto withoutthe attendance ofoperating staff, Thisincludes aninduction course and training plan - (both andintroduce equrpment andnetworks HFdevelopments in the UK and attachmentsto0perations Departments with usingtechniques (diqital analogue, multiplex c overseas)including multi-band aerials, theremaining period consisting ofon{he-job asappropriate) which enhance theoverall .F{ feeders and feeder-switching matrices. trainingcoupled with short, specialised powers efficiencyofthe BBC. The Group isalso Transmitterswithoutput upto 500 traininocourses. responsibleforthe provision, plannrng, U kWcovering the HF broadcasting bands installationandcommissioning ofsystems trom4-26 MHz which employ modern andequipment tocontrol the operation and O monitorthe oerformance ofthe tenestrial transmitterbroadcasting network Business A-..1 communicationssuchas electronic office systems,facsimile facilities and data networks ct) arealso part of the overall work of the Group. Alimited number ofgraduates arerecruited eachyear and, in a similarway t0 Transmitter ProjectsGroup, the training includes an

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500kW HF transmitter - Rampisham PLANNINGAND INSTAUATION DEPABTMENT TELEWSION hisdeoartment isresoonsible forthe planning,specif ication, contracting, proiect supervisionandcommissioning ofall new or modifiedtelevision facilities in the BBC. Many projectsare c0ntracted toequipment manufacturerstoinstall to our specification. TheDepartment isbased adiacent to TelevisionCentre in West London and is oart ofthe Television Service Althoughmainly involved with project work in WestLondon forthe television service, membersofthis Department mustbe preparedt0spend considerable periods of timeworking away from base when working onprojects inthe Regional Centres ThePlanning andInstallation Department recruitsGraduates direct from University into aGraduate Training Scheme This scheme includesaninduction course atthe EngineeringTraining Centre and on{he-job trainingHowever many vacancies are filled by peoplewho joined either as Direct Entry or TraineeEngineers, and who were promoted to PID-Televisionaftergaining experience in oneof the Televrsion operational engineering departments.

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NADNCMffALNWECIS EXTENNALSENWCES PBWECTS AI,ID PL AN N IN G D E PffiTIYI EMTS hesedepartments in Radio Engineering andExternal Services Enoineerino respectivelyareresponsible forall new and modifiedengineering facilities within their fields. Thework is similar to P& lDTelevision covering allaspects ofplanning, project supervision, negotiationwith manufacturers 0ncontracts, installationandequipment modifications. RadioCapital Projects also provides engineeringsupport services for Radioas well asa consulting service for other areas of theBBC. Thesedepartments rarely recruit Graduate Trainees.Themajority oftheir vacancies are filledby engineers whohave gained operationalengineering experience ineither Radioor External Services. bo e1 perationalengineers are directly involved F{ withproducing andtransmitting .F{ pr0grammes.Theywork against strict deadlines,setting up, maintaining and L{ operatingthecomplex equipment when and whererequired and ensuring that it isworking O preciselyasit should, swiftly resolving problemsand faults as they occur, and U workingclosely with professional colleagues e4 inproduction depaftments, British Telecom F{ andin other broadcasting organisations .F{ Overseas. Thereis variety not only in the range of activity bo - butalso in the technical difficulty and pace of workAt times the work, although vital, will I t-1 besimple and repetitious, atother times your t F{ technicalknowledge andexperience willbe stretchedtothe limit. There may be periods of waiting,followed by hours of intense activity. frl Thetechnical variety, the constant changes of pace,and the ever-present awareness thatthe -{ showmust go on, come what may, stimulates anexcitement rare in engineering work. What c ismore, the immediacy ofseeing and hearing e4 thefruits of your labour provides intense F{o satisfaction. oF{ LJ c Cameraline-up $-{ O TEtflilSt0N s atelevision engineer inLondon you could 9. findyourself maintaining, modifying and operatingawide variety of audioand video equipment.Depending onyour individual aotitudes.and the vacancies that we have at v thetime, you could join one of a numberof deoartments. TelevisionRecording Services in TelevisionCentre, covers video tape recording andtelecine. The main duties undertaken by engineersarethe maintenance andsome operationalaspects ofvideo tape recorders, 16mm and 35 mm colour telecine equipment, andmagnetic sound reproducers. The majority ofthe engineers involved with video tape recordingwork closely with programme l productionstaff, needing to analyseand rectify complexsystem faults in a rapid and l. unflustered way assuring operati0nal reliability tothe production staff. TelevisionNetwork Department is responsibleforoperating andmaintaining equipmentinthe central apparatus r00m, Visionmixer under repair presentationstudios, network control rooms, theinternational control room and the standardsconverters inTelevision Centre Thisdeoartment isalso responsible for maintainingtheequipment andcomputers usedby the BBC's CEEFAX service. SludioEngineering, located inproduction BBCEnterprises isa separate limited studiosin Television Centre in West London, company,wholly owned by the BBC, located alignsand maintains thewide range of adiacenttoTelevision Centre. ltsrole is to equipmentfound in a modern colour television marketBBC programmes, tapesand discs, studio- including camera channels, vision bothat home and overseas. This in turn often mixers,colour encoders anddecoders, meansaTV programme needs re-editing to monitors,sound desks and tape recorders, suita foreign customer orneeds tobe TelevisionNews engineers are responsible for suppliedwith a sound effects only track to maintainingequipment used to gather news enablethe customer todub into their own materialand to transmit itin news bulletins. language.Engineers inEnterprises needto Youmust achieve high technical standards dealwith the whole range of soundand vision frommaterial which, for stories of highnews editingequipment ina range offormats gathered premium togetherwith broadcast facilities tofeed value,is sometimes witha programmes onspeed rather than quality. The equipment bothlive and recorded tothe includeselectronic cameras (ENG), video tape BritishForces inGermany, recorders,film and telecine equipment, sound 0utsideBroadcasts, based atActon in West recordersandcommunications equipment. London,covers many sporting, light TelevisionNews isbased inTelevision Centre entertainment,andceremonial events Headadiustment on 1"helical scan video taoe nachine Spur. throughouttheUnited Kingdom. Engineers Asimilar role is required ofthe engineers in maintain,set-up and align all the vision, CunentAftairs Production Centre where the sound,mixing, effects and other equipment; workingpattern encompasses thehours theyare also responsible forthe operation of requiredtoset uo and cover such visionand communications equipment. They programmesasBreakfast Time and maybe involved in considerable travelling and Newsnight. irregularhours, occasionally being away from basefor up to sixweeks. The normal entry to FilmEngineering Seruices'main baseis at OBsis either as a trainee engineer (school EalinginWest London and encompasses an leaver)or bytransfer after a numberof years extremelywide range ofequipment. Some ofengineering experience ina studio based 60mobile units used for location filming are department. basedatEaling, many use 16 mm film, providingsome 20% of BBCTelevision output, butan increasing number are Portable Single Camera(PSC) electronic units. The engineers areresponsible forthe base maintenance of thiswide range ofequipment including the completerange offilm and sound Basemaintenance - high band U-matic postproductionfaci lities.

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08engineers inmobile control room bo NAAO& EXIENNALSEBVICES t'1 [l to,oEngrneerrng Serurces marnrarn rne F{ lll equipmentused in and .F{ theother central London studios for the productionand distribution ofdomestic radio $-{ programmes.Although much of this equipmentiscurrently analogue, many U aspectsofdigital sound reproduction, mixing andrecording arealready inuse. Analogue and U digitalcoding equipment issited in the central t1 controlroom where signals are received and F{ routedfrom programme sources, both at .F{ homeand abroad, and are distributed to studiosand transmitters. Themain bo distributionsystem toall transmitters uses a 11 formof PCM. Multitrackline-up H TheBBC is developing anew Radio MONffONNGSENWCES Broadcastingcentre atWhite City in West London.Engineers, initially based in I 1| heBBC gathers both news and technical E] BroadcastingHouse, must be prepared to ll informationthrough itsspecialist moveto West London indue course. MonitoringService (part of External Services) atCaversham nearReading. Engineers are -{ ExternalServices Engineeilng, atBush concernedwiththe operation and House,Aldwych, London, maintain the studio, maintenanceofcomplex modern digitally d recording,control and distribution facilities synthesisedreceiving equipment (some t4 usingboth line and satellite feeds to our remotelycontrolled), including Satellite Earth F{ transmittersboth at home and abroad. These Stationsand the hardware ofthe areused for broadcasting around the clock, on computerisedtextdistribution system (similar shortand medium wavelengths, toaudiences tothe EDS). o allover the world. The work is similar to that in o rr{ RadioEngineering Services, however, TechnicalMonitoring also forms part of the Basemaintenance - fault findinl 0n cart L' engineersmay additionally beconcerned with workand includes frequency andfield machine therouting and control of incoming strengthmeasurements, broadcast band c programmesource signals and their surveillance,andidentification ofsources of distributiontothe various transmitters, using interferenceMonitoring covers all the $-{ sophisticatedcomputer c0ntrolled switching broadcastbands. apparatus. U LOCALNAAO Asoecialised section inExternal Services handlesthe engineering aspects ofthe ocalRadio Stations each employ few recruits.Therefore, engineers arenormally A. ElectronicDistribution System (EDS), which engineersand so cannot give the promotedinto Local Radio engineering after usesa Computerasa "store and forward" comprehensivetraining needed by our new severalyears experience inRadio, External messageswitching system, routing World Services,ora Regional Centre. v Servicenews material to language 'on-demand'allforeign servicesonan basisto over 200 peripheralterminals. This being a24 hour a dayfunction, engineers must have the hardwareskills to maintain near 100% reliabilityround the clock. The engineers maintainthe equipment and assist in developingthehardware and, at a later stage intheir career, the software tomeet changing requirements.

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SSLcomputer assisted mixing console REGIONALCENTNES ffi , ,rp,oya targe number ofengineers to IJI operateand maintain the latest television andradio broadcast equipment inour regional centres.This equipment canbe within the studiocentres. ormobile. asin outside broadcasts. Wehave major radio and television production centresatBelfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff,Glasgow andManchester, andsmaller studiocentres atAberdeen, Bangor, Edinburgh,Elstree, Inverness, Leeds, Newcastle,Norwich, Plymouth and Southamoton. Bristol- tapeline-up Thework in each of the Regional Centres is similarincontent tothe overall work carried outrn the ooerational deoartments in TelevisionCentre and Broadcasting House, aseach ofthe maior oroduction centres has fulltelevision, radioand outside broadcast productionfacilities However, thescale of a RegionalCentre means that over aperiod of time(especially during training)you would comeinto contact with all of the varied ranqe ofengineering activities, Aftersuitable training and experience. you couldsoecialise inoarticular activities. Forexample, youmight work in studios or regionaloutside broadcasts, giving you the opportunitytowork closely with programme productionstaffAlternatively, youcould find yourselfbetter suited tothe'in-depth' maintenanceanddevelopment ofthe wide rangeofmodern electronic devices used in Bristol- basemaintenance broadcasting,andthe adaption ofthis equipmenttomeet changing needs,

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t- Asa Transmitter Engineer you would be responsibleforthe operation and maintenance ofall the plant at a transmitting station, coveringawide range of technology In additiontothe transmitters thisincludes computerisedcontrol systems, SHF link equipment,receivers, stereo coders, pulse codemodulation equipment, lowand high voltageswitchgear, standby diesel generators, aerials,cooling systems and test equipment. Oneday you could be working on a computer PeterboroughBand ll transmitter controllinga large HF transmitter, the next 0n thehigh voltage switchgear feeding 11 kV to TNANSMITTEBOPEMTIONS theequipment. Theday after, itcould be a ransmitter0perations isresponsible coolingwater pump which needs attention, so t1 widebandanalogue video, up to 1 40 M bit forradiatrno all our domestic radio and varietyand interest are always present. F{ systems. televisionservices aswell as our external Youwould have the opportunity togain Communicationsengineers arealso services.Wehave over 1,000 transmitting experienceina wide range of analogue and concernedwith transmission systems stationsinthe UK, ranging from large digitaltechniques onboth valve and solid state 14 involvingthe Eurovision sound and television high-powerstations servrng millions of equipment,including highpower klystrons, networksand intercontinental satellite links. people,tolow power stations serving small travellingwave tube amplifiers, and complex -{ Satellitetransmissions, whichonly a few communities.Wealso operate several monitoringsystems using digital techniques. yearsago were rare, are now quite transmittingstations overseas for the External Services, Vacanciesoccasionally occur in the overseas cd commonplace.Because ofthe high charges stationsand these are staffed by engineers 11 involved,there is usually no time allowed for Engineersarebased at some 35 of our UK fromthe UK who undertake tours of duty F{ line-upand often a circuitfrom another transmittingstations, mostly in rural areas. continenthas to be made acceptable ina very At26 of them engineers work in small mobile shorttime. When dealing with transmissions teamsresponsible forthe maintenance of o to andfrom countries inother time zones, it is groupsofunattended stations. The other oF{ normallynecessary towork shifts and stationshave larger staffs, four being large L, occasionallythrough the night. shortwavetransmitting stations and the other Inaddition, engineers also maintaln awide fivemonitoring and information centres for all c rangeof service facilities. These include ourtransmissions. Atboth types of stations, $-{ nationwideinter-0ff icetelephone networks engineerswork shifts involving some night usingwideband carrier systems, telegraphy work,but also take their turn as mobile anddata networks based on computer maintenancestaff, looking after unattended U controlledmessage switching systems, stationswithin their area. monitoringand remote control systems. Aswe have transmitters spread throughout A-.. Britain,work at several locations islikely o especiallyduring your training period.

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f*{ ojoin us in Research, Design orour other Youmust be able to work effectively ina H SpecialistDepartments you will need a firsl varietyofenvironments. Muchof our work, ft orgood second class honours degree in particularlyinoperational engineering, isdone \c Electrical/ElectronicEngineering orin Applied wellaway from the laboratory or'control o lFm4 Physics(with ahigh electronic content). We room'.You may find yourself working inthe *,4 alsoprovide afew research opportunities for lessaccessible parts of a cramped and rrq PhDs.For other engineering posts you will overcrowdedbuilding, often with other \ \df needadegree, orequivalent, which would activitiesgoing on around you. You may be rh normallybeat least to the standard ofthe workinginall weathers 0na transmitter ata \d EngineeringCouncil Part 1examination, bleakand isolated hilllocation, orin similarly Inaddition toyour qualifications,inhospitableoutside broadcast situatrons, but academic thejob has its rffi youshould have akeen interest inelectronics, compensations. rw benormally resident inthe United Kingdom, Youwill be working asa member ofa F**4 andhave normal colour vision and hearing. specialistteam - intowhich each member Becausethe nature bringshis or her own expertise, andwithin of ofour broadcasting you responsibilities, operations,you must be willing to work which willhave individual ffi shifts and to personal orirregular hours when necessary You will be becalled upon makea Youmust paidadditional allowances forirregular and contribution, expecttocommand recognitionandrespect from the quality of unsocialhours. Duty rotas are based on a your your 42hour week inclusive ofmeal breaks. workand from expertise,rather than fromyour rank. you Althoughnormally mayexpect to workat you thelocation towhich you are initially posted, Finally musthave the flexibrlity, promotionsandother circumstances may imaginationandtechnical ingenuity toreact quicklyto k makeit necessaryfor you t0 moveelsewhere. situations.tomake correct prepared decisionsandimplement them swiftly. ln Youmust therefore be to serveat any you ofour UK locations if required. lf moved, you operationalengineering especially, must willusually receive special allowances beable to tolerate the occasional tedium of periodsofwaiting interspersed withstretches lfyou choose towork on transmitters, and offrenetic activity. Allyour technical becomepart of a mobile maintenance team, comoetenceandother aotitudes must be eitheroccasionally orfull{ime, you must be directedtoensuring that programmes are willingtotravel and have adriving licence, madeand transmitted tothe hiohest technical standards- and on time

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'{*F*- #--e '.4i# Fr € n joiningusyou will normally start with q uk# afamiliarisation course atour residential w-*ft EngineeringTraining Centre at Wood Norton, N" nearEvesham inWorcestershire. Youwillthen q,# startto work in the area for which you have beenselected, andreceive continuing training onthe job. In the transmitter group this involvesattachments todifferent types of transmitterstations. Towards the end of your firstyear of service, ifyou work in an operationaldepartment, youwill normally attendafurther residential course atthe EngineeringTraining Centre. WoodNorlon Hall Thetraining you receive ina number ofour Duringyour career with us you are likely to @ departments,mainly the specialist undertakefurther training, including special departments,isregistered with the Institution coursesat the Engineering Training Centre on w ofElectrical Engineers (lEE), and will qualify newengineering andoperational techniques tr youfor Corporate membership andChartered andalso courses run by manufacturers of ffi_ Engineerstatus when you have met the other specialisedequipment, There isalso likely to #, requirements.Inthe other departments you beincreasing emphasis onup-dating both a8 mayregister individually with the IEE or with fundamentalandtechnical knowledge asthe theInstitution ofElectronic and Radio paceof change continues toaccelerate. Apart ffi Engineers(IERE) - your training similarly fromabsorbing formal training to up-dateyour zz qualifyingyoufor membership and,in time, knowledge,wealso expect you to be w Charteredstatus - subject toyour having met motivatedto'self-learning' - improving your theother requirements. technicalexpertise 0n your own initiative, and takingevery opportunity tolearn from your year inmost ETCre s i de nti al accomm od ation '#f'z Yourfirst ofservice, as workexperience andthat of your colleagues. organisations,isprobationary Yourprogress *= willbe monitored regularly and providing your Howyour career with the BBC develops is Promotionisneither based on seniority nor is performanceissatisfactory y0ur app0intment dependantonyour interest and aptitudes it arbitrary.Selection ison a competitivebasis + willbe formally confirmed. Promotionopportunities are many and varied andthose who display p0tential can pr0gress Althoughyou would initially beappointed to veryquickly. oneof the areas described onthe preceding .-2 tobroaden their experience, "e8 pages,opportunities forpromotion can arise in Forthose seeking theBBC operates anattachments scheme themany other areas ofthe BBC throughout gain * theUK wherebystaff can additionalexpertise in, possrbly,atottlly different area ot the BBC & 0pportunitiescanalso arise for some form of Attachmentscan be for periods up to 6 @ specialisationwithinan operational months,your own position being held open for engineeringdepartment, orfor projects yourreturn. Attachments areusually filled on a % engineeringinone of our capital proiects competitivebasis, but provide both career departmentsasdescribed 0npages 4and 5. enrichmentand enhancement Mostooerational deoartments have asmall e* sectionwhich provides aspecialist back-up to Apartfrom high job interest and excellent f"4 theday{o-day operational engineering opportunitiesforadvancement wealso activities. providecompetitive salaries and a rangeof r 7x{ Above& below:Recreationalfacilities atETC jobs otherbenefits. Subject to satisfactory Mostmore senior needadetailed performance,you operation willreceive annual salary 14 knowledgeandexperience ofour maximumfor your scale is andare normally filled by promotion from increasesuntil the reached.Further increases come 0n * !*4 withinthe Corooration promotiontohigher scales. Where applicable, TrainingProgression for DirectEntry Engineers youwill also receive allowances forworking trs shiftsand irregular hours. r &*{ Wehave an excellent contributorv oension h@ BROADCAST scheme. t! INDUCTION PRINCIPLES *r_ & PRACTICE Thereare good staff restaurants at,or near, all ourmain premises At a very small cost you W mayioin the BBC Club, which has branches in Londonand the provinces, and which wz provides # awide range of social, sporting, ,4? artisticand other specialised activities. Webelieve inkeeping our staff informed of ?-, eventsand changes taking place in the BBC, 'Ariel' andpublish aweekly staff journal Aparl fromnews and features, this journal provides detailsof all vacancies forwhich you may be eligibleEngineering staff are also served by a 'Eng Meelsthe lra nrn! fequ renrenl quarterlyjournal of their own Inf' ON-STATIONTRAINING lorpolefl al recoqn t on as Consolidatingmalef ial covered T Engor C Efg anddeveloping expenence To r".coq r your ProgressivelyunderLaking lheIull N0TE oblarf rl o ol yornrusl keep log record rangeol engineer dulies lrarnrng a b00k 0lthe enlrr€ lw0 year (mrnrmum) peil0d 11 t-'{ I n J I t tnetecfrnical challenge and excitement of v !l ourwork interests you, and you are .Fd confidentthat you have the qualifications we haveoutlined, we would very much like to hear {-"{ fromyou. c Vacanciesexist all the year round so you may applyto us at any time. You can get an applicationform from your university or Q polytechnic a ?rlr{ CareersAdvisory Service, orby writingtoour Recruitment 0ffice at the r{ addressbelow In your own interest we stronglyurge you to completeyour application formfully and carefully Remember, thiswill be thebasis for our initial shortlisting stage and allthat we know about you will be what you havetold us on the form. Alternativelyifyou are in your final year of studyat one of the many universities or polytechnicswevisit during the Lent Term eachyear, you can ask your appointments t-{ secretaryfordetails ofour campus interviews. Anumber of thingshappen when you meet us atinterview. most imoortant ofall we both needtodecide whether weare right for each other.0n our side we will explain what you can expectfrom the BBC, now and in the future. 0nyour side, you will obviously want to demonstrateyourknowledge ofengineering andperhaps what you have found out about broadcasting.Butwe will also be interested in yourideas, hobbies, interests andbackground Finalselection from shortlisted candidates is madeby a selection board. TheBBC s personnel policies are based on equalopportuntties forall. This applies to externalrecruitment, internal appointments, termsof employment, conditions ofservice andopportunities fortraining and promotion, irrespectiveofsex, marital status, creed, coloutrace or ethnic origin and the BBC is connittedto the development and promotion ofsuch equality of opportunity. Headof Engineering andTechnical 0perationsRecruitmenl BBC BroadcastingHouse LondonW1A 1AA Leafletsand information about non-Engineeringopportunities canbe obtained from: CorporateRecruitment Service (AppointmenlsDepartment) BBC BroadcastingHouse LondonWlA 1M