"Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operator"

Job Description - Part 1 - Duties and Tasks

 

Job Duties and Tasks for: "Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operator"

1) Create prints according to customer specifications and laboratory protocols.

2) Examine developed prints for defects, such as broken lines, spots, or blurs.

 

3) Fill tanks of processing machines with solutions such as developer, dyes, stop-baths, fixers, bleaches, or washes.

4) Immerse film, negatives, paper, or prints in developing solutions, fixing solutions, and water to complete photographic development processes.

5) Insert processed negatives and prints into envelopes for delivery to customers.

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6) Load circuit boards, racks or rolls of film, negatives, or printing paper into processing or printing machines.

7) Load digital images onto computers directly from cameras or from storage devices, such as flash memory cards or universal serial bus (USB) devices.

8) Maintain records, such as quantities or types of processing completed, materials used, or customer charges.

9) Measure and mix chemicals to prepare solutions for processing, according to formulas.

10) Monitor equipment operation to detect malfunctions.

11) Read work orders to determine required processes, techniques, materials, or equipment.

 

12) Reprint originals for enlargement or in sections to be pieced together.

13) Operate machines to prepare circuit boards and to expose, develop, etch, fix, wash, dry, or print film or plates.

14) Operate scanners or related computer equipment to digitize negatives, photographic prints, or other images.

 

15) Operate special equipment to perform tasks such as transferring film to videotape or producing photographic enlargements.

16) Place sensitized paper in frames of projection printers, photostats, or other reproduction machines.

17) Produce color or black-and-white photographs, negatives, or slides, applying standard photographic reproduction techniques and procedures.

18) Retouch photographic negatives or original prints to correct defects.

19) Review computer-processed digital images for quality.

20) Select digital images for printing, specify number of images to be printed, and direct to printer, using computer software.

21) Set automatic timers, lens openings, and printer carriages to specified focus and exposure times and start exposure to duplicate originals, photographs, or negatives.

22) Set or adjust machine controls, according to specifications, type of operation, or material requirements.

23) Apply paint, using airbrushes, pens, artists' brushes, cotton swabs, or gloved fingers to retouch or enhance negatives or photographs.

24) Clean or maintain photoprocessing or darkroom equipment, using ultrasonic equipment or cleaning and rinsing solutions.

25) Color photographs to produce natural, lifelike appearances, using oil colors and airbrushes.

26) Dry prints or negatives using sponges, squeegees, mechanical air dryers, or drying cabinets.

27) Examine drawings, negatives, or photographic prints to determine coloring, shading, accenting, or other changes required for retouching or restoration.

28) Examine quality of film fades or dissolves for potential color corrections, using color analyzers.

29) Expose filmstrips to progressively timed lights to compare effects of various exposure times.

30) Ink borders or lettering on illustrations using pens, brushes, or drafting instruments.

31) Mount original photographs, negatives, or other printed material in holders or vacuum frames beneath lights.

32) Produce timed prints with separate densities or color settings for each scene of a production.

33) Shade negatives or photographs with pencils to smooth facial contours, soften highlights, or conceal blemishes, stray hairs, or wrinkles.

34) Splice broken or separated film and mount film on reels.

35) Thread filmstrips through densitometers or sensitometers and expose film to light to determine density of film, necessary color corrections, or light sensitivity.

36) Upload digital images onto websites for customers.

Job Description for "Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operator" continued here...

Part 1
Duties / Tasks Part 2
Activities Part 3
Skills Part 4
Abilities Part 5
Knowledge

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