Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 1991

• F - Occupations in Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport
• F1 - Technical Occupations in Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport
• F12 - Photographers, Graphic Arts Technicians and Technical Occupations in Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and the Performing Arts

F122 - Film and Video Camera Operators

Occupations in this unit group are primarily concerned with the operation of a variety of video and motion picture cameras and related equipment at movie studios, television broadcasting studios and at mobile locations.

• Example Titles

  • Assistant camera operator
  • Camera operator, except printing
  • Cameraman
  • Camerawoman
  • Electronic field production (E.F.P.) cameraman
  • Electronic news gathering (E.N.G.) camera operator
  • Motion picture cameraman
  • News-camera operator
  • Studio camera person
  • Television cameraman
  • Video camera operator
  • Video cameraman
  • Videographer

• Exclusion

  • Graphic art camera operators (See F123 Graphic Arts Technicians)
  • Photographers using still cameras to produce photographs (See F121 Photographers)