Training — skills guides

What the Games actually hire for

Two buildings run the broadcast of the 2028 Games in Los Angeles, and they hire two different workforces. These guides set out what each one asks for — the skills, the certifications you can go and earn, and the routes in — so that a decision to spend a year preparing is made with the job description in front of you.

COMPILED GUIDANCE — NOT OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. These guides are compiled from publicly posted LA28 and Olympic Broadcasting Services recruitment material, college and certifying-body pages, and press coverage of the Games’ broadcast plans, as posted at time of writing. LA28, Olympic Broadcasting Services, the IOC, the IPC, Warner Bros. Discovery, the Society of Broadcast Engineers and the colleges named have not supplied, reviewed, approved or endorsed them. Requirements change — always check the live official source. Nothing here is an offer, a placement, or a promise of either.

Guide 01 · PDF

Skills guide

Main Press Center · Hollywood Park, Inglewood

The operations building — where the world’s written and photographic press works. Live event operations, venue planning and workforce flows, show-calling, and the three routes in, including the paid student route most people miss.

01What this is, and what it isn’t
02Hard skills — what the job actually asks for
03Soft skills, and the work at the MPC
04Three ways in
05Where Dakar Live fits

Download — PDF, 5 pages ↓ Guide 02 · PDF

Skills & certifications

International Broadcast Center · Warner Bros. Discovery Ranch lot, Burbank

The engineering building — where the host feed is made. IP broadcast infrastructure, replay and media handling, cloud production — and the certifications that prove it, from SBE CBT and CVE to Dante, CCNA and EVS.

01What this is, and what it isn’t
02Technical skills — the craft the IBC runs on
03Certifications you can go and earn
04Pipelines — where the crew comes from
05Two buildings, two workforces

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Further guides are added here as they are compiled. Both guides were compiled 20 August 2026.