How to become a video camera operator
Official title: Video camera operator
Also called: Sports video camera operator, Video cameraman, Video camerawoman, Videographer, Videographer
Video camera operator sets up, prepares, checks and maintains equipment in order to provide optimal projected image quality for a performance. He/she cooperates with road crew to unload, set up and operate video equipment and instruments.
Main tasks
- Applying knowledge of principles and practices of image and sound recording and editing in order to identify and solve problems
Ways in
- Polytechnic or ITE: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec). Related ITE courses: Higher Nitec in Film & Video Production. Peernovo matched these from course names; ITE does not publish which jobs each course leads to.; Polytechnic diploma. Related diplomas: Diploma in Film, Sound & Video (Ngee Ann Polytechnic). Peernovo matched these from course names; polytechnics do not publish which jobs each course leads to.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $65,208 a year. The middle half earn $46,800 to $82,104 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Media/Broadcasting operations technician
- Television/Motion picture camera operator
- Radio/Television studio equipment operator
- Sound engineering technician
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Questions people ask
How do I become a video camera operator?
Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec); Polytechnic diploma.
How much does a video camera operator earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $65,208 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $46,800 to $82,104.
Will AI change the work of a video camera operator?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026