Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
Repair and adjust cameras and photographic equipment, including commercial video and motion picture camera equipment.
Most important skills
- Troubleshooting
- Repairing
- Critical Thinking
- Equipment Maintenance
- Quality Control Analysis
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Complex Problem Solving
Key knowledge
- Mechanical
- Computers and Electronics
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Engineering and Technology
- Administrative
- Education and Training
- Sales and Marketing
What the work involves
- Calibrate and verify accuracy of light meters, shutter diaphragm operation, or lens carriers, using timing instruments.
- Disassemble equipment to gain access to defect, using hand tools.
- Adjust cameras, photographic mechanisms, or equipment such as range and view finders, shutters, light meters, or lens systems, using hand tools.
- Clean and lubricate cameras and polish camera lenses, using cleaning materials and work aids.
- Measure parts to verify specified dimensions or settings, such as camera shutter speed or light meter reading accuracy, using measuring instruments.
- Test equipment performance, focus of lens system, diaphragm alignment, lens mounts, or film transport, using precision gauges.
- Examine cameras, equipment, processed film, or laboratory reports to diagnose malfunction, using work aids and specifications.
- Requisition parts or materials.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Realistic, Conventional, Investigative.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) (32.3% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years (26.6%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (36%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 3: Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Very low | Lower on contact with others than 96% of occupations compared | 32% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Low | Lower on dealing with the public than 62% of occupations compared | 24% of surveyed respondents chose “Very important” |
| Teamwork | Very low | Lower on teamwork than 99% of occupations compared | 32% of surveyed respondents chose “Not important at all” |
| Freedom to make decisions | High | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 73% of occupations compared | 63% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Low | Lower on time pressure than 65% of occupations compared | 45% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a week or more but not every day” |
| Conflict situations | Very low | Lower on conflict situations than 84% of occupations compared | 40% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Low | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 75% of occupations compared | 58% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Consequence of error | High | Higher on consequence of error than 62% of occupations compared | 28% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: low
- Conflict situations: very low
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: low
- Consequence of error: high
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 6.75%
- Occasional contact with others: 23.7%
- Contact with others about half the time: 19.66%
- Contact with others most of the time: 18.13%
- Constant contact with others: 31.76%
n = 19, Incumbent 07/2015
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 17.41%
- Fairly important: 21.95%
- Important: 13.61%
- Very important: 24.4%
- Extremely important: 22.64%
n = 19, Incumbent 07/2015
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 31.79%
- Fairly important: 7.23%
- Important: 30.54%
- Very important: 21.51%
- Extremely important: 8.93%
n = 18, Incumbent 07/2015
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 5.62%
- Limited freedom: 11.86%
- Some freedom: 19.99%
- A lot of freedom: 62.53%
n = 19, Incumbent 07/2015
Time pressure
- Never: 6.75%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 0%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 30.46%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 44.85%
- Every day: 17.95%
n = 19, Incumbent 07/2015
Conflict situations
- Never: 27.97%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 40.33%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 16.63%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 4.17%
- Every day: 10.9%
n = 19, Incumbent 07/2015
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 13.44%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 58.19%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 17.48%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 0%
- Every day: 10.9%
n = 19, Incumbent 07/2015
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 17.19%
- Fairly serious: 19.94%
- Serious: 11.22%
- Very serious: 24.08%
- Extremely serious: 27.57%
n = 19, Incumbent 07/2015
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