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O*NET detailed work activityOperate still or video cameras or related equipment
Stays humanHands-on work
8 jobs12 tasks
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, 12 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Use traditional or digital cameras, along with a variety of equipment, such as tripods, filters, and flash attachments.
- Operate television or motion picture cameras to record scenes for television broadcasts, advertising, or motion pictures.
- Take pictures of individuals, families, and small groups, either in studio or on location.
- Take pictures or video, and process them for inclusion in a story.
- Use cameras in any of several different camera mounts, such as stationary, track-mounted, or crane-mounted.
- Operate zoom lenses, changing images according to specifications and rehearsal instructions.
- Photograph or videotape news events.
- Take photographs of displays or signage.
- Photograph layouts, using camera, to make layout prints for supervisors or clients.
- Produce films and other video products, regulate their distribution, and operate film library.
- Photograph objects, places, or scenes for reference material.
- Produce films and other video products, regulate their distribution, and operate film library.