{"id":7430,"date":"2012-04-04T14:37:28","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T14:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=7430"},"modified":"2019-07-31T11:04:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T11:04:42","slug":"ask-the-expert-were-thinking-of-hiring-a-sound-operator-for-our-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/ask-the-expert-were-thinking-of-hiring-a-sound-operator-for-our-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask the Expert \u2013 We\u2019re thinking of hiring a sound operator for our church"},"content":{"rendered":"

At our live\u00a0Ask the Expert session\u00a0Mark Gillham asked<\/p>\n

\u201cA good responsible volunteer sound operator is hard to find. I am considering hiring someone for that position. If I need them for rehearsal as well as two services on Sunday, what would be a pay rate for that position?\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Andy Chamberlain, Musicademy:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before we get into pay rates – I think hiring someone really depends on your church local culture and of course financial situation. Here in the UK its not that common to hired a paid sound tech staff person but its very common in the States….<\/p>\n

Geoff Boswell, Audioplan:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Look at the heart first and then the people skills. These cannot be learned as easily as sound skills. Are they musical? etc etc<\/p>\n

Andy Chamberlain, Musicademy:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here in the UK I know a couple of churches in London that actually pay a PA person \u00a3100-\u00a3150 GBP per Sunday. Mostly these are people from the congregation that really do know what they are doing and have been or could be hired elsewhere for their sound tech services. The reason for paying is that it ends up a very long day \u2013 start at 8am for the morning service and finish at 10pm once the evening service is finished. Of course there is a 4 hour long break in the middle of the day between services but it still ends up being a full 8 hours work for someone. Therefore the church feels it honours and respects the sound techs time\u2026<\/p>\n

But this isn\u2019t a blue print\u2026 it does depend on your situation.<\/p>\n

Tim Horton , SFL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes I’m aware of Churches who do that too… I’m honestly not sure what they get for it though. Certainly we could expect to pay one of our freelance engineers \u00a3150-\u00a3250 for a day.<\/p>\n

Geoff Boswell, Audioplan:<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you need to hire and you find the right person \u00a3200 for a full on Sunday ? Seems reasonable – Thats the sort of rate for a decent sound tech in the UK<\/p>\n

Tim Horton , SFL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Regarding training up your volunteers,\u00a0I’m all for equipping a Church with people skills not just techie kit.<\/p>\n

Marie Page, Musicademy:<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Tim works for SFL \u2013 their\u00a0training courses<\/a> are detailed here:<\/p>\n

And Geoff runs\u00a0training as an independent engineer.<\/p>\n

Likewise Musicademy can put training together on PA as well as other aspects of musicianship.<\/p>\n

Musicademy published (a now somewhat dated) free guide to church sound which I know others have benefited from using. You can find it here https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/what-you-need-to-run-church-sound-free-survival-guide-handbook\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At our live\u00a0Ask the Expert session\u00a0Mark Gillham asked \u201cA good responsible volunteer sound operator is hard to find. I am considering hiring someone for that position. If I need them for rehearsal as well as two services on Sunday, what would be a pay rate for that position?\u201d Andy Chamberlain, Musicademy: Before we get into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":8246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,676],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWe\u2019re thinking of hiring a sound operator for our church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A good responsible volunteer sound operator is hard to find. I am considering hiring someone for that position. 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