Camera Operator

CAMERA OPERATOR

LEVEL I

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE

TRAINING DURATION: 600 HOURS

QUALIFICATION AWARDED: PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE DESCRIPTION

This professional has developed the skills to work in a wide range of settings as a camera operator responsible for capturing images with a free camera or with a camera mounted on technical equipment. They check lighting conditions and arrange the appropriate accessories and equipment to create specific lighting systems.

The professional qualification is essential for employment in companies in the sector.

TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

CORE MODULES:

• Promotion of equal opportunity conditions in the workplace and relevant legislation

• Introductory notions of ecology and the environment, sustainable development, and any relevant sector-specific legislation

• Computer science and the web: theoretical knowledge and practical use of tools

• Prevention and protection regulations in the workplace (Legislative Decree 626/94 and subsequent amendments and additions)

• Introductory notions of legislation on workers' rights and duties, including reference to the terms and characteristics of standard and non-standard employment contracts. Collective bargaining

• Introductory notions of the current tax system

• Introductory notions of project financing: incentive laws, structural funds, self-employment

SPECIALIZATION MODULES:

• Relevant legislation

• Television, cinema, figurative arts: history, knowledge of the technologies in use

• Shooting techniques, control of framing, pans, and lighting: characteristics, intervention methods, ability to identify the most suitable shooting points, classification, verification

• Shooting equipment, with particular reference to the free camera and the camera mounted on mechanical means: characteristics, differentiation, and specific features of the two types