Camera & Photographic Equipment Repairers

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High: $71,750.00
Average: $46,870.00
Hourly
Average: $22.53

What they do:

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

On the job, you would:

  • 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.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

85% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
74% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
73% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
70% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
69% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
68% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
67% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
67% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
66% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

100% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
61% Investigative  -  Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.
61% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

72% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
69% Visualization  -  The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
66% Finger Dexterity  -  The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Install electrical components, equipment, or systems.
Calibrate equipment to specifications.
Disassemble equipment for maintenance or repair.
Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance.
Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order.
Lubricate equipment to allow proper functioning.
Measure distances or dimensions.
Test mechanical equipment to ensure proper functioning.
Inspect mechanical equipment to locate damage, defects, or wear.
Order materials, supplies, or equipment.
Read technical information needed to perform maintenance or repairs.
Interpret blueprints, specifications, or diagrams to inform installation, development or operation activities.
Fabricate parts or components.
Assemble mechanical components or machine parts.
Document test results.
Lay out work according to specifications.
Advise others on issues related to repairs, installation, or equipment design.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

94% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
91% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
91% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
85% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
85% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
85% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
79% Spend Time Sitting  -  How much does this job require sitting?
71% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
68% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
67% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

78% Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment  -  Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.
68% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
67% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Getting Started

Education:
32%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
28%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

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