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

  • Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators

  • Set Up Operator
  • Developing Machine Operator
  • Film Developing Machine Operator
  • Film Drying Machine Operator
  • Photo Machine Operator
  • Photographic Processing Machine Operator
  • Print Machine Operator
  • Reproduction Machine Loader

  • Set or adjust machine controls, according to specifications, type of operation, or material requirements.
  • Set automatic timers, lens openings, and printer carriages to specified focus and exposure times and start exposure to duplicate originals, photographs, or negatives.
  • Examine drawings, negatives, or photographic prints to determine coloring, shading, accenting, or other changes required for retouching or restoration.
  • Fill tanks of processing machines with solutions such as developer, dyes, stop-baths, fixers, bleaches, or washes.
  • Load circuit boards, racks or rolls of film, negatives, or printing paper into processing or printing machines.
  • Operate machines to prepare circuit boards and to expose, develop, etch, fix, wash, dry, or print film or plates.
  • Place sensitized paper in frames of projection printers, photostats, or other reproduction machines.
  • Produce timed prints with separate densities or color settings for each scene of a production.