// Unit group · 8132

Photographic Products Machine Operators

Photographic products machine operators operate and monitor equipment which makes photographic film and paper, and which processes exposed photographic film and makes prints.

8 Plant and Machine Operators, and Assemblers / 81 Stationary Plant and Machine Operators / 813 Chemical and Photographic Products Plant and Machine Operators / All level 4

// Working conditions

Air and dustChemicalsMachineryNoiseShift work

// Hand tools

No hand tools in this set.

operating and monitoring equipment which makes photographic film and paper

operating, monitoring and testing photographic processing and printing equipment, and maintaining operational standards

preparing exposed film for different processing batches in dark rooms and dark chambers

inspecting images, films and prints, and adjusting settings on printmaking equipment to produce required colour, brightness, contrast, number, size and type of prints

adjusting settings and running automatic developing equipment

operating equipment to transfer film to videotape or other electronic media

performing photographic processing-related tasks

operating automatic equipment (in retail establishments) to develop colour negatives, prints and slides

Included occupations

Examples of occupations classified here :
- Colour developer (film)
- Darkroom technician
- Developing machine operator (photography)
- Enlarging machine operator
- Photograph enlarger
- Photographic film machine operator
- Photographic film printer
- Photographic processor
- Photograph printer

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Photographer - 3431
- Photolithographer - 7321

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