Camera & Photographic Equipment Repairers

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Job Outlook:
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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.
63% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
61% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
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.
58% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
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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.
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Values of the Work Environment

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.

Aptitude

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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.
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.
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.
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.
56% Written Comprehension  -  The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
53% Selective Attention  -  The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
53% Inductive Reasoning  -  The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
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).
53% Deductive Reasoning  -  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
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Skills | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

55% Repairing  -  Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
52% Equipment Maintenance  -  Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
52% Troubleshooting  -  Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

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.
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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% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
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?
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?
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?
59% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
59% Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions  -  How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
56% Consequence of Error  -  How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
54% Exposed to Contaminants  -  How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
53% Deal With External Customers  -  How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
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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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.
65% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
64% Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials  -  Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
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.
64% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
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.
61% Thinking Creatively  -  Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
57% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
51% Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People  -  Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.

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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