Arts, Audio-visual Technology and Communication
Designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia contents, including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services.
Careers in this category are linked to the humanities, including performing and visual arts and communication. People in this careers cluster share emotions, ideas, information and innovations with others, through their works and performances.
They have great sense of aesthetics. Careers in this cluster include, but are not limited to those in creative writing, landscape architecture, dance, drama, editing, film, fine art, graphic arts, journalism, comedy, fashion design, public speaking, products design, music, photography, radio presenter, and telecommunication.
There is now more demand for professional personnel with creativity, communication and entertainment skills to work in the mushrooming media houses for quality service. There are innumerable fm radio stations and also television stations being licensed annually and these offer great opportunities for employment.
Uganda has also seen the wave of need in events management, ushers services, public relations and other products and service promotion. All these call for creative people, who are able to meet the diverse needs of potential clients.
More businesses being licensed means that competition is getting stiffer by the day for those businesses. Business executives are now, therefore, spending more money than ever before in promotional activities, including corporate social responsibility functions. This means that there is increased demand for advertising services in the country.
For instance, the boom in the mobile telecommunication sector and the rapid growth in the banking sector. This is putting pressure on them to be innovative, in a manner that will attract and retain customers for their services, hence increased spending in advertisement and promotional activities
Manufacturing industries are also being set up in big numbers. These factories offer opportunities for those with creative skills and knowledge in product design that appeal to the taste and psychology of the consumers. For instance, textile industries for fabric patterns and designs; publishing industries for graphic designers while housing industries for interior and landscape designers.
Appropriate Combinations at 'A' Level:
HEG/, HED, HEL, HEG/ART, DEG/ENT, HEG/Any Language, HLD, HEG/ENT plus General Paper
Subjects at 'O' Level:
History, Fine Art, Maths, Commerce, Entrepreneurship, Literature, CRE/IRE, Political Education, Geography, English together with one indigenous language and one other foreign language, other than English.
Courses and Career Development Prospects
• Telecommunication Engineering
• Population Studies
• Tourism
• BA. Economics
• Law
• Mass Communication
• Human Resource Management
• Education
• Music, Dance and Drama
• Leisure & Hospitality Management
• Office & Information Management
• Social Work
• Sociology
• Social Science
• Industrial and Occupational Psychology
• Fine Art
• Library and Information Science/Information Technology (BLIS)
• Bachelor of Adult and Community Education
• Computer Science
Occupations in the Arts, Audio-visual Technology & Communication
Broadcaster: Works for radio and television studios. Usually specializes in a specific field such as music, talk-shows, story telling, continuity announcing, news reading, making and reading adverts, traffic control, sports reporting or weather announcing.
Camera Operator: Holds and directs the camera during filming.
Casting Director: Works with the producer and director of the casting of the production which involves choosing the most suitable actors for the roles.
Choreographer: Creates original dances or new interpretations of traditional dances.
Decor Designer: Designs television, film and theatre sets.
Model Builder (TV): Responsible for most of the models on the television or on stage, especially those used in children's programmes.
Motion Picture: Projectionist Operates and adjusts equipments necessary for showing films.
Performing Arts: Technician Assists in the design, fabrication and construction of stage sets in theaters.
Play Wright: Writes scripts for stories such as comedians, mysteries, thrillers, musicals, tragedies and dramas in theatres.
Programme Director Ensures that everything runs smoothly in the filming/recording/broadcasting of television and radio programmes.
Lightening Technician/Gaffer Sets up and operates lamps, lights, and other lighting equipments to provide light and special effects in theaters, film or television productions.
Radio and TV Announcer Introduces recorded music, presents news and comments on matters of local interest.
Radio and TV Mechanic Repairs and maintains radios, television sets and other devices.
Radio Programme Writer Takes news from wire services and edits or rewrites news stories for local broadcasters. Also produces story scripts and documentary scripts.
Researcher (Film Gathers facts for documentaries and films Industry)
Script Writer Creates stories that are interesting and capture and hold the attention of the viewers or listeners.
Set Designer Designs appropriate sets for theater, television and film.
Special Effects Artist Creates effects that will enhance the feel, emotion or setting of a particular production.
Theater Technician Responsible for the smooth running of theatrical performances as far as technical aspects are concerned.
Variety Artist Creates performance routines and sometimes plays various characters within the performance.
Video Auditor Edits, for example TV programmes and creates the graphics for the introduction and credit sequences.
Developer (Multimedia) Designs and develops programs for multimedia products, combining sound images and texts (e.g., web sites on the internet that have images moving across the page coordinated with music or sound).
Game Designer Creates computer games.
Interactive Writer Creates multimedia presentations.
Multimedia/Game writer Writes or edits scripts, information articles and narrates for multimedia products or games, including what the background or setting for the game will be and what game characters will say.
Multimedia Producer Manages multimedia development team and overall functioning of the creation and production of multimedia projects.
Sound Designer (Multimedia) Designs the sound component of the multimedia project
Audio-visual Specialist Produces and maintains audio-visual materials and operates audio-visual equipments at presentations and entertainment venues
Book Binder: Binds books
Carton and Die Maker Produces the cutting dies/patterns for cutting out the box shapes for cardboard boxes.
Gravure Machine Minder Cleans the inking systems and oil printing machines
Letter Setter Sets the letters of printing machine
Letter Press Machine Minder Operates and maintains letterpresses and printing machines
Lithographer Performs a wide range of duties in the printing industries
Media Planner Helps clients to maximize the impacts of their advertising campaigns through the use of a range of media
Photogravure Engraver Responsible for the reproduction of all materials on a copper plate, which is used in the deep printing process.
Photo-Lithographer Responsible for the photographic work in connection with the lithographeric printing process
Printmaker: Produces high quality prints for various uses e.g. multiple copies for an artist's art work from plates or blocks.
Print Mechanic Repairs and services prints
Technical Writer Simplifies technical and scientific information so that the man in the common man can understand
Careers in this category are linked to the humanities, including performing and visual arts and communication. People in this careers cluster share emotions, ideas, information and innovations with others, through their works and performances.
They have great sense of aesthetics. Careers in this cluster include, but are not limited to those in creative writing, landscape architecture, dance, drama, editing, film, fine art, graphic arts, journalism, comedy, fashion design, public speaking, products design, music, photography, radio presenter, and telecommunication.
There is now more demand for professional personnel with creativity, communication and entertainment skills to work in the mushrooming media houses for quality service. There are innumerable fm radio stations and also television stations being licensed annually and these offer great opportunities for employment.
Uganda has also seen the wave of need in events management, ushers services, public relations and other products and service promotion. All these call for creative people, who are able to meet the diverse needs of potential clients.
More businesses being licensed means that competition is getting stiffer by the day for those businesses. Business executives are now, therefore, spending more money than ever before in promotional activities, including corporate social responsibility functions. This means that there is increased demand for advertising services in the country.
For instance, the boom in the mobile telecommunication sector and the rapid growth in the banking sector. This is putting pressure on them to be innovative, in a manner that will attract and retain customers for their services, hence increased spending in advertisement and promotional activities
Manufacturing industries are also being set up in big numbers. These factories offer opportunities for those with creative skills and knowledge in product design that appeal to the taste and psychology of the consumers. For instance, textile industries for fabric patterns and designs; publishing industries for graphic designers while housing industries for interior and landscape designers.
Appropriate Combinations at 'A' Level:
HEG/, HED, HEL, HEG/ART, DEG/ENT, HEG/Any Language, HLD, HEG/ENT plus General Paper
Subjects at 'O' Level:
History, Fine Art, Maths, Commerce, Entrepreneurship, Literature, CRE/IRE, Political Education, Geography, English together with one indigenous language and one other foreign language, other than English.
Courses and Career Development Prospects
• Telecommunication Engineering
• Population Studies
• Tourism
• BA. Economics
• Law
• Mass Communication
• Human Resource Management
• Education
• Music, Dance and Drama
• Leisure & Hospitality Management
• Office & Information Management
• Social Work
• Sociology
• Social Science
• Industrial and Occupational Psychology
• Fine Art
• Library and Information Science/Information Technology (BLIS)
• Bachelor of Adult and Community Education
• Computer Science
Occupations in the Arts, Audio-visual Technology & Communication
Broadcaster: Works for radio and television studios. Usually specializes in a specific field such as music, talk-shows, story telling, continuity announcing, news reading, making and reading adverts, traffic control, sports reporting or weather announcing.
Camera Operator: Holds and directs the camera during filming.
Casting Director: Works with the producer and director of the casting of the production which involves choosing the most suitable actors for the roles.
Choreographer: Creates original dances or new interpretations of traditional dances.
Decor Designer: Designs television, film and theatre sets.
Model Builder (TV): Responsible for most of the models on the television or on stage, especially those used in children's programmes.
Motion Picture: Projectionist Operates and adjusts equipments necessary for showing films.
Performing Arts: Technician Assists in the design, fabrication and construction of stage sets in theaters.
Play Wright: Writes scripts for stories such as comedians, mysteries, thrillers, musicals, tragedies and dramas in theatres.
Programme Director Ensures that everything runs smoothly in the filming/recording/broadcasting of television and radio programmes.
Lightening Technician/Gaffer Sets up and operates lamps, lights, and other lighting equipments to provide light and special effects in theaters, film or television productions.
Radio and TV Announcer Introduces recorded music, presents news and comments on matters of local interest.
Radio and TV Mechanic Repairs and maintains radios, television sets and other devices.
Radio Programme Writer Takes news from wire services and edits or rewrites news stories for local broadcasters. Also produces story scripts and documentary scripts.
Researcher (Film Gathers facts for documentaries and films Industry)
Script Writer Creates stories that are interesting and capture and hold the attention of the viewers or listeners.
Set Designer Designs appropriate sets for theater, television and film.
Special Effects Artist Creates effects that will enhance the feel, emotion or setting of a particular production.
Theater Technician Responsible for the smooth running of theatrical performances as far as technical aspects are concerned.
Variety Artist Creates performance routines and sometimes plays various characters within the performance.
Video Auditor Edits, for example TV programmes and creates the graphics for the introduction and credit sequences.
Developer (Multimedia) Designs and develops programs for multimedia products, combining sound images and texts (e.g., web sites on the internet that have images moving across the page coordinated with music or sound).
Game Designer Creates computer games.
Interactive Writer Creates multimedia presentations.
Multimedia/Game writer Writes or edits scripts, information articles and narrates for multimedia products or games, including what the background or setting for the game will be and what game characters will say.
Multimedia Producer Manages multimedia development team and overall functioning of the creation and production of multimedia projects.
Sound Designer (Multimedia) Designs the sound component of the multimedia project
Audio-visual Specialist Produces and maintains audio-visual materials and operates audio-visual equipments at presentations and entertainment venues
Book Binder: Binds books
Carton and Die Maker Produces the cutting dies/patterns for cutting out the box shapes for cardboard boxes.
Gravure Machine Minder Cleans the inking systems and oil printing machines
Letter Setter Sets the letters of printing machine
Letter Press Machine Minder Operates and maintains letterpresses and printing machines
Lithographer Performs a wide range of duties in the printing industries
Media Planner Helps clients to maximize the impacts of their advertising campaigns through the use of a range of media
Photogravure Engraver Responsible for the reproduction of all materials on a copper plate, which is used in the deep printing process.
Photo-Lithographer Responsible for the photographic work in connection with the lithographeric printing process
Printmaker: Produces high quality prints for various uses e.g. multiple copies for an artist's art work from plates or blocks.
Print Mechanic Repairs and services prints
Technical Writer Simplifies technical and scientific information so that the man in the common man can understand
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