Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers

What the job really is

Repair and adjust cameras and photographic equipment, including commercial video and motion picture camera equipment.

At a glance

• Sector: Installation, Maintenance & Repair
• O*NET-SOC code: 49-9061
• O*NET job zone: 3 — medium preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Requisition parts or materials.
• Adjust cameras, photographic mechanisms, or equipment such as range and view finders, shutters, light meters, or lens systems, using hand tools.
• Disassemble equipment to gain access to defect, using hand tools.
• Test equipment performance, focus of lens system, diaphragm alignment, lens mounts, or film transport, using precision gauges.
• Clean and lubricate cameras and polish camera lenses, using cleaning materials and work aids.
• Calibrate and verify accuracy of light meters, shutter diaphragm operation, or lens carriers, using timing instruments.
• Examine cameras, equipment, processed film, or laboratory reports to diagnose malfunction, using work aids and specifications.
• Read and interpret engineering drawings, diagrams, instructions, or specifications to determine needed repairs, fabrication method, and operation sequence.
• Measure parts to verify specified dimensions or settings, such as camera shutter speed or light meter reading accuracy, using measuring instruments.
• Fabricate or modify defective electronic, electrical, or mechanical components, using bench lathe, milling machine, shaper, grinder, or precision hand tools, according to specifications.
• Install electrical assemblies and wiring in aircraft camera housings and memory cards or film in cameras, following blueprints and using hand tools and soldering equipment.
• Assemble aircraft cameras, still or motion picture cameras, photographic equipment, or frames, using diagrams, blueprints, bench machines, hand tools, or power tools.

Tools and technology

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Word, Aperture testers, Battery cover removal tools, Bench lathes, Cleaning scrapers, Dial indicators, Dial vernier calipers, Digital light meters, Digital multimeters, Electric soldering irons

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
• Calibration Technologists and Technicians
• Motion Picture Projectionists
• Lighting Technicians
• Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
• Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
• Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
• Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 3 (medium preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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