Operate audio-visual equipment.

Operate audio-visual equipment. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 1 occupations and seen in 8 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Operate audiovisual or related equipment. in Controlling Machines and Processes .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 8 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 1 (13%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Start projectors and open shutters to project images onto screens. · Motion Picture Projectionists · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Operate equipment to show films in a number of theaters simultaneously. · Motion Picture Projectionists · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Set up and adjust picture projectors and screens to achieve proper size, illumination, and focus of images, and proper volume and tone of sound. · Motion Picture Projectionists · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Set up and inspect curtain and screen controls. · Motion Picture Projectionists · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Remove full take-up reels and run film through rewinding machines to rewind projected films so they may be shown again. · Motion Picture Projectionists · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Install and connect auxiliary equipment, such as microphones, amplifiers, disc playback machines, and lights. · Motion Picture Projectionists · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Observe projector operation to anticipate need to transfer operations from one projector to another. · Motion Picture Projectionists · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Coordinate equipment operation with presentation of supplemental material, such as music, oral commentaries, or sound effects. · Motion Picture Projectionists · importance 3.7 · direct LLM exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Motion Picture Projectionists

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-operate-audio-visual-equipment,
  title  = {Operate audio-visual equipment.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/operate-audio-visual-equipment}
}