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

  • Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators

  • Film Cleaner
  • Film Color Tester
  • Film Cutter
  • Film Developer
  • Film Developing Machine Operator
  • Film Drying Machine Operator
  • Film Examiner
  • Film Inspector
  • Film Laboratory Technician
  • Film Mounter
  • Film Numberer
  • Film Printer
  • Film Process Operator
  • Film Processing Utility Worker
  • Film Processor
  • Film Reproducer
  • Film Splicer
  • Film Technician
  • Film Washer
  • Film Waxer
  • Camera Operator
  • Black and White Printer Operator
  • Color Printer Operator
  • Computer-Controlled Color Photograph Printer Operator
  • Copy and Print Associate
  • Copy Camera Operator
  • Developing Machine Operator
  • Digital Printer Operator
  • Drum Operator
  • Imaging Operator
  • Mini-Lab Operator
  • Motion Picture Film Examiner
  • Photo Machine Operator
  • Photographic Processing Machine Operator
  • Photostat Operator
  • Print Machine Operator
  • Set Up Operator
  • Step and Repeat Reduction Camera Operator

  • 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.

  • Operate machines to prepare circuit boards and to expose, develop, etch, fix, wash, dry, or print film or plates.
  • Operate scanners or related computer equipment to digitize negatives, photographic prints, or other images.
  • Operate special equipment to perform tasks such as transferring film to videotape or producing photographic enlargements.
  • Examine quality of film fades or dissolves for potential color corrections, using color analyzers.
  • Immerse film, negatives, paper, or prints in developing solutions, fixing solutions, and water to complete photographic development processes.
  • Load circuit boards, racks or rolls of film, negatives, or printing paper into processing or printing machines.
  • Load digital images onto computers directly from cameras or from storage devices, such as flash memory cards or universal serial bus (USB) devices.
  • Monitor equipment operation to detect malfunctions.
  • 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.
  • Splice broken or separated film and mount film on reels.
  • Thread filmstrips through densitometers or sensitometers and expose film to light to determine density of film, necessary color corrections, or light sensitivity.

  • Operate digital imaging equipment.
  • Operate heating or drying equipment.
  • Operate photographic developing or print production equipment.
  • Record operational or production data.
  • Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
  • Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.