They also clean projector lenses, oil moving parts of equipment, and make minor repairs to the projector. Motion Picture Projectionists is in the Engineering, Science, and Technologies Career Cluster. Occasionally use fingers to feel the shape or texture of objects, as when repairing film Occasionally need to tell the difference between colors Work Setting Motion picture projectionists work indoors in a projection booth of a theater or screening room. Projectionists work four to six hours each day depending on whether a theater shows a daily afternoon matinee. Weekend work is usually ten hours each day.
Projection booths can be noisy.
Wages vary with level of training, experience and location. Entry level wages may be lower. Pay varies with the employer and the workers experience. There were 170 people employed as motion picture projectionists in Indiana in 1998. It is estimated that between 1996 and 2006, about 5 jobs per year will need to be filled in this occupation.