Part-time Sound Technician pay?

[[Admin] osborn4]

I'd love to find someone that could do a good quality training on the LS9 in South Central WI.

[Gracetech]

Originally Posted by osborn4

I'd love to find someone that could do a good quality training on the LS9 in South Central WI.

If you have high-speed internet at your church and a computer connected to your LS9 i have done over 12 remote trainings all over the world.

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[Brad Weber]

Originally Posted by ncrawford3

I was thinking around $125/wk for those 2 services... is that unreasonable, considering church's limited budget?

It depends on what you are looking for. While their skill and experience is one thing there may be other aspects to consider. Are you asking for, and making, a commitment for every service for a certain number of weeks or months or would the commitment be service-by-service? Do you really think their effort would be limited to 7 hours or might there be times you want them available for longer periods or at other times for rehearsals, holiday pageants, etc. or might there be time spent on preparation and coordination outside the actual services? Are you expecting them to obtain an equally qualified replacement if they cannot make a service or will you handle that? Are there any issues regarding their being considered an employee versus independent contractor? If something were to happen related to them while on site are there any issues in terms of Workers Comp, liability insurance and so on? How would payment and taxes be handled? To whom will they be reporting and how do they communicate with them? Would you be expecting them to work with and/or train others? The general issue is that other than being there to mix for 5 hours on Sunday and 2 hours on Wednesday, what terms and conditions might apply?

This can affect both sides. Might someone invest time and effort well beyond the 7 hours getting to know your people, the system, etc. or pass up other opportunities only to be told after one week that it just isn't working out? Might they call on Friday saying they got a better gig that week and can't be there for the next two services?

Another aspect to possibly consider is whether it will work to have someone for whom it is a job or that does not share the church's or worship team's vision? There are obvious factors to this but also less obvious ones such as relationships with other worship team members. A church is often more a family or community than are many workplaces and sometimes you need to be realistic on whether someone who does not want it to be anything more than a job can work from your side. If not, then it may indeed be better to keep looking within and maybe pursuing training for people already part of that community.