How do they match: Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators

Perform work involved in developing and processing photographic images from film or digital media. May perform precision tasks such as editing photographic negatives and prints.

Create prints according to customer specifications and laboratory protocols.
Examine developed prints for defects, such as broken lines, spots, or blurs.
Fill tanks of processing machines with solutions such as developer, dyes, stop-baths, fixers, bleaches, or washes.
Immerse film, negatives, paper, or prints in developing solutions, fixing solutions, and water to complete photographic development processes.
Operate special equipment to perform tasks such as transferring film to videotape or producing photographic enlargements.
Operate machines to prepare circuit boards and to expose, develop, etch, fix, wash, dry, or print film or plates.
Select digital images for printing, specify number of images to be printed, and direct to printer, using computer software.
Set automatic timers, lens openings, and printer carriages to specified focus and exposure times and start exposure to duplicate originals, photographs, or negatives.
Set or adjust machine controls, according to specifications, type of operation, or material requirements.

Operate photographic developing or print production equipment.
Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.

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16 Alternate Occupation Titles