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.

Tasks and duties

• 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 the 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