Motion Picture Projectionists

ANZSCO ID 711912

Overview

Snapshot

Employed
160
Future Growth
N/A
Weekly Earnings
N/A
Full-Time Share
36%
Female Share
21%
Average age
30

Summary

Motion Picture Projectionists operate film projection and related sound reproduction equipment.

Tasks

  • Splices and un-splices film.

  • Splices advertisements and movie trailers to feature length films.

  • Feeds films into the projector.

  • Plays films on a projector.

  • Adjusts the sound, focus and brightness of film during the playing of the film as necessary.

  • Packages the film after its been played and stores it appropriately in a cool, dry area.

  • Looks after the projection equipment.

  • May carry out minor repairs on films and projectors as required.

Characteristics

Job Type
Machinery Operators And Drivers
Skill Level
Lower skill
ANZSCO Occupation group
Unemployment Rate
n/a
Industries
Pathway(s)
  • Informal or on-the-job
Interests
  • Practical
  • Administrative
Physical Demand
  • Sedentary
  • Light

Outlook

Employment Outlook

JSA produces employment projections to show where likely future job opportunities may be. Employment projections data are only produced for occupations at the broad four digit Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) level. While data are not available for this occupation, projections data are available for the parent occupation, Other Machine Operators, under the outlook section.


Earnings and hours

Working arrangements

  • Around 36% of people employed as Motion Picture Projectionists work full-time hours, in all their jobs combined. This is 30 percentage points below the all jobs average (66%).

    Full-time workers work an average of 41 hours per week in their main job. This is similar to the all jobs average (44 hours per week).

    Sources:Full-time share and full-time hours: ABS, 2016 Census, customised report. Compared to the all jobs average.


Industries

Main industries

1
Information Media and Telecommunications
83.8%
2
Arts and Recreation Services
8.8%
3
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
1.9%
4
Administrative and Support Services
1.9%
5
Other industries
3.8%

Regions

Employment across Australia

NSW

31.0% All occupations: 31.6%

VIC

22.8% All occupations: 25.6%

QLD

22.8% All occupations: 20.0%

SA

6.3% All occupations: 7.0%

WA

15.2% All occupations: 10.8%

TAS

1.9% All occupations: 2.0%

NT

0.0% All occupations: 1.0%

ACT

0.0% All occupations: 1.9%

Employment by State and Territory (% Share)

State Motion Picture Projectionists All Jobs Average
NSW 31.0 31.6
VIC 22.8 25.6
QLD 22.8 20.0
SA 6.3 7.0
WA 15.2 10.8
TAS 1.9 2.0
NT 0.0 1.0
ACT 0.0 1.9


  • Around 42% of Motion Picture Projectionists live outside of capital cities, compared with the all jobs average of 38%.

    Western Australia has a large share of employment relative to its population size.

    Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Share of workers across Australian states, territories and regions, in this job compared to the all jobs average.


Worker profile

Age and gender

Age In Years
30
All Jobs Average is 40
Female Share
21%
All Jobs Average is 48%
  • The median age of Motion Picture Projectionists is 30 years. This is younger than the all jobs average of 40 years.

    A large share of workers are aged 20 to 24 years.

    Females make up 21% of the workforce. This is 27 percentage points below the all jobs average of 48%.

    Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile and gender share compared to the all jobs average.

Age Profile (% Share)

Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Age Bracket Motion Picture Projectionists All Jobs Average
15-19 10.2 5.0
20-24 25.3 9.3
25-34 23.5 22.9
35-44 19.9 22.0
45-54 9.6 21.6
55-59 4.8 9.0
60-64 2.4 6.0
65 and Over 4.2 4.2
Median Age 30 40

Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.


Employment Pathways

Education, training and experience

Formal qualifications are not usually required to work as a Motion Picture Projectionist.

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Highest Level of Education (% Share)

Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
Type of Qualification Motion Picture Projectionists All Jobs Average
Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 2.2 10.1
Bachelor degree 17.0 21.8
Advanced Diploma/Diploma 10.4 11.6
Certificate III/IV 11.1 21.1
Year 12 50.4 18.1
Year 11 4.4 4.8
Year 10 and below 4.4 12.5

Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.


Skills and Knowledge

Employers look for Other Machine Operators who are hardworking, can work well with others and are reliable.

Skills

Skills can be improved through training or experience.

  • 46%

    Active listening

    Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

  • 43%

    Operation monitoring

    Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

  • 43%

    Reading comprehension

    Reading work related information.

  • 41%

    Operation and control

    Controlling equipment or systems.

  • 41%

    Quality control analysis

    Doing tests and checking products, services, or processes to make sure they are working properly.

  • 39%

    Critical thinking

    Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

  • 39%

    Monitoring

    Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.

  • 37%

    Equipment maintenance

    Maintaining equipment and deciding what maintenance will be needed in the future.

  • 37%

    Speaking

    Talking to others.

  • 37%

    Troubleshooting

    Figuring out why a machine or system went wrong and working out what to do about it.

  • 37%

    Writing

    Writing things for co-workers or customers.

  • 36%

    Time management

    Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.

  • 36%

    Coordination with others

    Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

  • 36%

    Serving others

    Looking for ways to help people.

  • 34%

    Complex problem solving

    Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

  • 34%

    Repairing

    Fixing machines or systems.

  • 34%

    Judgment and decision making

    Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.

  • 32%

    Active learning

    Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.

  • 29%

    Social perceptiveness

    Understanding why people react the way they do.

  • 29%

    Equipment selection

    Deciding on the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.


Knowledge

These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.

  • 50%

    Mechanical

    Machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

  • 42%

    Customer and personal service

    Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.

  • 41%

    Computers and electronics

    Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

  • 38%

    Education and training

    Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

  • 36%

    Administration and management

    Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.

  • 30%

    English language

    English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

  • 29%

    Public safety and security

    Use of equipment, rules and ideas to protect people, data, property, and institutions.

  • 27%

    Communications and media

    Media production, communication, and dissemination. Includes written, spoken, and visual media.

  • 27%

    Mathematics

    Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.

  • 26%

    Engineering and technology

    Use engineering, science and technology to design and produce goods and services.

  • 24%

    Clerical

    Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.

  • 23%

    Personnel and human resources

    Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.

  • 23%

    Production and processing

    Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and ways of making and distributing goods.

  • 19%

    Telecommunications

    Transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

  • 19%

    Psychology

    Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.

  • 17%

    Physics

    The physical laws of matter, motion and energy, and how they interact through space and time.

  • 16%

    Sales and marketing

    Showing, promoting, and selling including marketing strategy, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

  • 16%

    Chemistry

    Chemical composition, structure, and properties. How chemicals are made, used, mixed, and can change.

  • 10%

    Law and government

    How our laws and courts work. Government rules and regulations, and the political system.

  • 9%

    Economics and accounting

    Economics and accounting, the financial markets, banking and checking and reporting of financial data.


Abilities

Workers use these physical and mental abilities..

  • 52%

    Far vision

    See details that are far away.

  • 52%

    Oral comprehension

    Listen to and understand what people say.

  • 50%

    Near vision

    See details that are up-close (within a few feet).

  • 48%

    Oral expression

    Communicate by speaking.

  • 48%

    Arm-hand steadiness

    Keep your hand or arm steady.

  • 46%

    Colour discrimination

    Notice differences between colours, including shades of colour and brightness.

  • 46%

    Control precision

    Quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.

  • 46%

    Finger dexterity

    Put together small parts with your fingers.

  • 45%

    Sorting or ordering

    Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

  • 45%

    Written comprehension

    Read and understand written information.

  • 43%

    Problem spotting

    Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.

  • 43%

    Categorising

    Come up with different ways of grouping things.

  • 43%

    Manual dexterity

    Quickly move your hand to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

  • 41%

    Deductive reasoning

    Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.

  • 41%

    Inductive reasoning

    Use lots of detailed information to come up with answers or make general rules.

  • 41%

    Reaction time

    Quickly move your hand, finger, or foot when a sound, light, picture or something else appears.

  • 39%

    Auditory attention

    Pay attention to a certain sound when there are other distracting sounds.

  • 39%

    Hearing sensitivity

    Tell the difference between sounds.

  • 39%

    Speech clarity

    Speak clearly so others can understand you.

  • 39%

    Speech recognition

    Identify and understand the speech of another person.


Activities

These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.

  • 74%

    Handling and moving objects

    Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, moving and manipulating objects.

  • 58%

    Controlling equipment or machines

    Operating machines or processes either directly or using controls (not including computers or vehicles).

  • 57%

    Monitoring people, processes and things

    Checking objects, actions, or events, and keeping an eye out for problems.

  • 57%

    Working with mechanical equipment

    Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment.

  • 52%

    Doing physically active work

    Use your arms, legs and whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling objects.

  • 49%

    Making decisions and solving problems

    Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.

  • 48%

    Working with electronic equipment

    Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing electronic devices and equipment.

  • 47%

    Checking for errors or defects

    Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials for errors, problems or defects.

  • 47%

    Communicating within a team

    Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.

  • 46%

    Building good relationships

    Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.

  • 46%

    Planning and prioritising work

    Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.

  • 43%

    Looking for changes over time

    Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.

  • 40%

    Keeping your knowledge up-to-date

    Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.

  • 39%

    Researching and investigating

    Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

  • 37%

    Working with the public

    Greeting or serving customers, clients or guests, and public speaking or performing.

  • 37%

    Training and teaching others

    Understanding the needs of others, developing training programs, and teaching or instructing.

  • 31%

    Assessing and evaluating things

    Working out the value, importance, or quality of things, services or people.

  • 29%

    Checking compliance with standards

    Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

  • 28%

    Documenting or recording information

    Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

  • 28%

    Estimating amounts, costs and resources

    Working out sizes, distances, amounts, time, costs, resources, or materials needed for a task.


Interests and demands

Learn about the daily activities, and physical and social demands faced by workers. Explore the values and work styles that workers rate as most important.

Interests

Interests are the style or type of work we prefer to do. All interest areas are shown below.

  • 95%

    Practical

    Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.

  • 71%

    Administrative

    Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.

  • 43%

    Analytical

    Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.

  • 24%

    Enterprising

    Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.

  • 19%

    Creative

    Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.

  • 14%

    Helping

    Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.


Values

Work values are important to a person’s feeling of satisfaction. All six values are shown below.
  • 57%

    Support

    Supportive management that stands behind employees. Workers are treated fairly by their company, they are supported by management, and have supervisors who train them well.

  • 38%

    Achievement

    Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.

  • 38%

    Independence

    Work alone and make decisions. Workers are able to try out their own ideas, make decisions on their own, and work with little or no supervision.

  • 33%

    Relationships

    Serve and work with others. Workers usually get along well with each other, do things to help other people, and are rarely pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.

  • 29%

    Recognition

    Advancement and the potential to lead. Workers are recognised for the work that they do, they may give directions and instructions to others, and they are looked up to in their company and their community.

  • 29%

    Working conditions

    Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.


Demands

The physical and social demands that workers face most often are shown below:
  • 96%

    Indoors, heat controlled

    Work indoors with access to heating or cooling.

  • 90%

    Time pressure

    Work to strict deadlines.

  • 87%

    Being exact or accurate

    Be very exact or highly accurate.

  • 82%

    Using your hands to handle, control, or feel

    Spend time using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls.

  • 81%

    Face-to-face discussions

    Talk with people face-to-face.

  • 80%

    Telephone

    Talk on the telephone.

  • 76%

    Repeating same tasks

    Repeat the same tasks or activities (e.g., key entry) over and over, without stopping.

  • 74%

    Pace of work set by equipment

    Pace of work depends on the speed of equipment or machinery.

  • 74%

    Contact with people

    Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.

  • 73%

    Impact of decisions

    Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.

  • 73%

    Making repetitive motions

    Spend time making repetitive motions.

  • 72%

    Freedom to make decisions

    Have freedom to make decision on your own.

  • 71%

    Frequent decision making

    Frequently make decisions that impact other people.

  • 70%

    Spend time standing

    Spend time standing at work.

  • 69%

    Unstructured work

    Have freedom to decide on tasks, priorities, and goals.

  • 67%

    Loud or uncomfortable sounds

    Be exposed to noises and sounds that are distracting or uncomfortable.

  • 65%

    Teamwork

    Work with people in a group or team.

  • 65%

    Walking and running

    Spend time walking and running.

  • 63%

    Automation of tasks

    Do tasks that are mostly automated.

  • 62%

    Responsible for outcomes

    Take responsibility for the results of other people's work.

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The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 39-3021.00 - Motion Picture Projectionists.


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