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As an example of a working department
at Hill Gore, the section below covers the structure of TV Engineering.
It should be noted that the Head Office Staff structure was called
Technical Services while the NSW State structure was TV Engineering.
Technician staff were multiskilled in that they installed, operated
and maintained the broadcasting facilities.
For other designations of staff at
Head Office and Gore Hill see Staff
- Classifications and Rates of Pay.
TV Engineering
Station Staff Complement in 1959
Three Supervising
Technicians Grade C assigned to Studios, Central Equipment and Outside
Broadcast Facilities.
Eleven Supervising
Technicians Grade B assigned to Training, Master Control, Telecine,
Telerecorder, Technical Producers Pool, Outside Broadcast Planning
Fourteen Supervising
Technicians Grade A assigned to Master Control/Telecine, Outside
Broadcast Van, Links, Studio Lighting and Maintenance.
Twenty Senior
Technicians assigned to all operational areas.
Twenty seven
Technicians assigned to all operational areas.
Various Technician
Assistants assigned to Studio lighting rigging, camera crane operation,Telercorder
film processing, Outside Broadcast Van, Links and Maintenance.
VideoTape using the AMPEX two inch quad machines was yet to become
operational.
Training was
a one man operation by John Watson.
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