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

  • Apply paint, using airbrushes, pens, artists' brushes, cotton swabs, or gloved fingers to retouch or enhance negatives or photographs.
  • Clean or maintain photoprocessing or darkroom equipment, using ultrasonic equipment or cleaning and rinsing solutions.
  • Dry prints or negatives using sponges, squeegees, mechanical air dryers, or drying cabinets.
  • Examine quality of film fades or dissolves for potential color corrections, using color analyzers.
  • Maintain records, such as quantities or types of processing completed, materials used, or customer charges.
  • Select digital images for printing, specify number of images to be printed, and direct to printer, using computer software.

  • Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.