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Career Details : Motion Picture Projectionists

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Description

Set up and operate motion picture projection and related sound reproduction equipment.

Experience

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.

Education

These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.

Training

Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.

Tasks

  • Sets up and operates motion picture/projection and sound-reproducing equipment to project or produce pictures and sound effects on screen.
  • Inserts film into top magazine reel or threads film through the projector and onto automatic spool of projector.
  • Monitors equipment operation and changes projectors without interruption to showing.
  • Regulates and adjusts projection light and focus, volume, tone, and timing of projection equipment.
  • Operates special-effects equipment, such as stereopticon, to project pictures on screen.
  • Cleans lenses and maintains and performs minor repairs on projectors and equipment or notifies maintenance personnel to correct major malfunctions.
  • Inspects and repairs faulty sections of film and rewinds film onto reels automatically or by hand.
  • Coordinates equipment operation with presentation of supplemental material, such as music, oral commentary, or sound effects.
  • Positions, installs, and connects auxiliary equipment, such as microphones, amplifiers, and lights.

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    • Degree of Automation
    • Indoors
    • Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment
    • Sitting
    • Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls

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