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Operate audio-visual equipment

This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.

Part of Operate audiovisual or related equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Controlling Machines and Processes. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 8 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Start projectors and open shutters to project images onto screens.Stays human Motion Picture Projectionists
• Operate equipment to show films in a number of theaters simultaneously.Stays human Motion Picture Projectionists
• Set up and adjust picture projectors and screens to achieve proper size, illumination, and focus of images, and proper volume and tone of sound.Stays human Motion Picture Projectionists
• Coordinate equipment operation with presentation of supplemental material, such as music, oral commentaries, or sound effects.Stays human Motion Picture Projectionists
• Observe projector operation to anticipate need to transfer operations from one projector to another.Stays human Motion Picture Projectionists
• Install and connect auxiliary equipment, such as microphones, amplifiers, disc playback machines, and lights.Stays human Motion Picture Projectionists

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Set up and inspect curtain and screen controls.Stays human Motion Picture Projectionists
• Remove full take-up reels and run film through rewinding machines to rewind projected films so they may be shown again.Stays human Motion Picture Projectionists