Camera & Photographic Equipment Repairers

Personality

Job Aptitudes

Who's Hiring

Video coming soon

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Job Outlook:

None

Education: High school diploma or equivalent Details

Education Details

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)

13%

Less than a High School Diploma

11%

Some College Courses

Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)

Bachelor's Degree

Work From Home

Salary

High: $71,750.00

Avg: $46,870.00

Hourly Average

$22.53

Does This Career Fit Your Personality? Find Out Here Career Test Career's AI Replacement Score: MEDIUM

Summary of What they do:

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

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.

Tasks On The Job

Adjust cameras, photographic mechanisms, or equipment such as range and view finders, shutters, light meters, or lens systems, using hand tools.
Assemble aircraft cameras, still or motion picture cameras, photographic equipment, or frames, using diagrams, blueprints, bench machines, hand tools, or power tools.
Calibrate and verify accuracy of light meters, shutter diaphragm operation, or lens carriers, using timing instruments.
Clean and lubricate cameras and polish camera lenses, using cleaning materials and work aids.
Disassemble equipment to gain access to defect, using hand tools.
Examine cameras, equipment, processed film, or laboratory reports to diagnose malfunction, using work aids and specifications.
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.
Lay out reference points and dimensions on parts or metal stock to be machined, using precision measuring instruments.
Measure parts to verify specified dimensions or settings, such as camera shutter speed or light meter reading accuracy, using measuring instruments.
Read and interpret engineering drawings, diagrams, instructions, or specifications to determine needed repairs, fabrication method, and operation sequence.
Recommend design changes or upgrades of microfilming, film-developing, or photographic equipment.
Record test data and document fabrication techniques on reports.
Requisition parts or materials.
Test equipment performance, focus of lens system, diaphragm alignment, lens mounts, or film transport, using precision gauges.

AI and This Career

Replacement risk:

Why this score

Bench tools can build diagnostic cards, attach parts lookups and stage repair log sheets. They do not disassemble and calibrate cameras by hand.
No license usually protects the role, but shops still need a technician accountable for calibration before gear goes back to a client.
Beyond the logs, the work is disassembling bodies, calibrating sensors and lenses and diagnosing odd faults on the bench.
Demand is shrinking fast, with jobs projected to fall about 16% over the decade as gear gets disposable and repair volume drops.
What actually happens: AI helps with diagnostics and parts lookups, and repairers focus on disassembly, calibration and bench fixes.

How AI helps

Work-plan tools can build bench diagnostic cards options and attach parts lookups; repair log sheets stay human-checked.

What stays human

Hands-on disassembling and calibrating cameras on the bench stay with the repairer.

How we rated it: By our count, 2 of the 15 tasks O*NET lists for this job are mainly records, admin, or robot-ready physical work, for a replaceable share of about 13%. Exposure means AI could speed parts of the job; replacement means AI could take over most of it. Sources: O*NET OnLine 49-9061.00 tasks (2026); Eloundou et al., "GPTs are GPTs" (2023): exposure score 0.24 of 1 (the middle of 923 jobs is 0.36); ILO Working Paper 140 (2025): ISCO 7311 rated "not exposed" (task score 0.21 of 1); Camera/photographic equipment; nearest Precision-instrument Makers. BLS Employment Projections 2025-35 (Table 1.2 / nationalMatrix, https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm): projected employment change -15.5%.

Personality Strengths:

Determined by your work personality assessment.

Strength:

Determined by your Aptitude Aversion Assessment (A3).

Caution:

Potentially negative impact as a result of your A3.

Warning:

Likely negative impact as a result of your A3.

Potential Strength:

A characteristic you could perform competently, but may not come naturally.

PERSONALITY

KEY:

Personality Strengths

Strength

Caution

Warning

Potential Strength

Your Assessment Results		CAREER CHARACTERISTICS Importance


? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	85%	Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	74%	Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	73%	Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	70%	Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	69%	Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	68%	Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	67%	Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	67%	Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	66%	Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	63%	Innovation - Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	61%	Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	59%	Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	58%	Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.

Your Assessment Results		IMPORTANT STRENGTHS Importance


? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment		99%	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.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment		64%	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.

Your Assessment Results		WORK VALUES Importance


? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment		56%	Independence - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

APTITUDES

KEY:

Personality Strengths

Strength

Caution

Warning

Potential Strength

Your Assessment Results		ABILITIES \| SKILLS Importance


? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	72%	Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	69%	Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	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.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	60%	Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	60%	Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	56%	Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	56%	Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	55%	Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	53%	Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	53%	Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	53%	Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	53%	Selective Attention - The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	52%	Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	52%	Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Your Assessment Results		TASKS \| ACTIVITIES Importance


? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	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.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	68%	Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	67%	Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	65%	Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	64%	Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials - Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	64%	Working with Computers - Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	64%	Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events - Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	62%	Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment - Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	61%	Thinking Creatively - Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	58%	Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	51%	Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People - Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.

Your Assessment Results		CONTEXT \| ATTRIBUTES Importance


? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	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?
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	91%	Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	91%	Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in an environmentally controlled environment (like a warehouse with air conditioning)?
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	85%	Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	85%	Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams - How frequently does your job require face-to-face discussions with individuals and within teams?
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	85%	Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals - How much freedom does the worker have in determining the tasks, priorities, or goals of the job?
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	79%	Spend Time Sitting - How much does this job require sitting?
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	71%	E-Mail - How frequently does your job require you to use E-mail?
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	68%	Telephone Conversations - How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	67%	Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	61%	Contact With Others - How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	59%	Frequency of Decision Making - How often is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	59%	Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions - How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	56%	Consequence of Error - How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not easily correctable?
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	54%	Exposed to Contaminants - How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	53%	Deal With External Customers or the Public in General - How important is it to deal with external customers (as in retail sales) or the public in general (as in police work) in this job?
? ? ? ? Begin Career Assessment	51%	Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results - What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?

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