Repair and adjust cameras and photographic equipment, including commercial video and motion picture camera equipment.
Duties and Tasks:
1) Examine cameras, equipment, processed film, and laboratory reports to diagnose malfunction, using work aids and specifications.
2) Disassemble equipment to gain access to defect, using hand tools.
3) Adjust cameras, photographic mechanisms, and equipment, such as range and view finders, shutters, light meters, and lens systems, using hand tools.
4) Calibrate and verify accuracy of light meters, shutter diaphragm operation, and lens carriers, using timing instruments.
5) Measure parts to verify specified dimensions/settings, such as camera shutter speed and light meter reading accuracy, using measuring instruments.
6) Test equipment performance, focus of lens system, alignment of diaphragm, lens mounts, and film transport, using precision gauges.
7) Fabricate or modify defective electronic, electrical, and mechanical components, using bench lathe, milling machine, shaper, grinder, and precision hand tools according to specifications.
8) Recommend design changes or upgrades of micro-filming, film-developing, and photographic equipment.
9) Requisition parts and materials.
10) Record test data and document fabrication techniques on reports.
11) Clean and lubricate cameras and polish camera lenses, using cleaning materials and work aids.
12) Lay out reference points and dimensions on parts and metal stock to be machined, using precision measuring instruments.
13) Install film in aircraft camera and electrical assemblies and wiring in camera housing, following blueprints, using hand tools and soldering equipment.
14) Assemble aircraft cameras, still and motion picture cameras, photographic equipment, and frames, using diagrams, blueprints, bench machines, hand tools, and power tools.
15) Read and interpret engineering drawings, diagrams, instructions, and specifications to determine needed repairs, fabrication method and operation sequence
Activities:
1) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
2)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.
3) Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material— Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
4) Handling and Moving Objects— Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
5) 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.
6) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events— Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
7) Controlling Machines and Processes— Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
8) Communicating with Persons Outside Organization— Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
9) Analyzing Data or Information— Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
10) Making Decisions and Solving Problems— Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
11) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings— Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Abilities:
1) Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
2) Wrist-Finger Speed — The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
3) Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
4) 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.
5) 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.
6) Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
7) 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 there is a problem.
8) 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).
9) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Knowledge
1) Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
2) Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.