Motion Picture Projectionists
SOC Code: 39-3021
Motion Picture Projectionistss monitor operations to ensure that standards for sound and image projection quality are met. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 80.4/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Speaking.
AI-Proof Score: 80.4 — Very High
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Median Salary
$38,180
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Job Growth
-3.7%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Speaking
- •Operation and Control
- •Active Listening
- •Repairing
- •Troubleshooting
Common Tasks
- ✓Monitor operations to ensure that standards for sound and image projection quality are met.
- ✓Start projectors and open shutters to project images onto screens.
- ✓Open and close facilities according to rules and schedules.
- ✓Operate equipment to show films in a number of theaters simultaneously.
- ✓Perform regular maintenance tasks, such as rotating or replacing xenon bulbs, cleaning projectors and lenses, lubricating machinery, and keeping electrical contacts clean and tight.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation