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Operate audiovisual or related equipment

Work activity · O*NET

Operate audiovisual or related equipment is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Controlling Machines and Processes. 27 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Operate still or video cameras or related equipment
  • Operate control consoles for sound, lighting or video
  • Operate surveillance equipment to detect suspicious or illegal activities
  • Operate audio recording equipment
  • Operate audio-visual equipment
  • Operate audiovisual equipment

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 77.5% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 37.5% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 60.2% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 37th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Motion Picture Projectionists 8
Sound Engineering Technicians 5
Audio and Video Technicians 3
Broadcast Technicians 3
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film 3
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 3
Disc Jockeys, Except Radio 2
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators 2
Intelligence Analysts 2
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists 2
Photographers 2
Security Guards 2
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys 1
Film and Video Editors 1
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators 1
Fundraising Managers 1
Graphic Designers 1
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 1
Library Technicians 1
Lighting Technicians 1
Media Technical Directors/Managers 1
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 1
Music Directors and Composers 1
Public Relations Managers 1
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 1
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service 1
Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education 1
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 25 occupations in occupations that perform Operate audiovisual or related equipment.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Motion Picture Projectionists First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers Sound Engineering Technicians Broadcast Technicians Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators Substitute Teachers, Short-Term Music Directors and Composers Film and Video Editors Intelligence Analysts Media Technical Directors/Managers Fundraising Managers Graphic Designers Public Relations Managers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Operate audiovisual or related equipment., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Operate audiovisual or related equipment." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/operate-audiovisual-or-related-equipment

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Operate audiovisual or related equipment. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/operate-audiovisual-or-related-equipment

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-operate-audiovisual-or-related-equipment,
  title  = {Operate audiovisual or related equipment},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/operate-audiovisual-or-related-equipment}
}

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