A professional who assembles components of cameras, camera magazines, camera shutters, movie projectors, and electronic photographic apparatus, such as exposure meters, using electric riveting press, punch press, soldering iron, and handtools. Responsibilities include:

• Screws, rivets, solders, and otherwise fastens and installs parts, following blueprints.
• Operates assemblies to test for specified functioning and adjusts mechanisms to attain specified functioning, using handtools, gauges, and meters.
• May be designated according to type of apparatus assembled as camera assembler; meter assembler; projector assembler; or according to part assembled as synchro assembler.