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Job Description

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.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-9151.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 31,740.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 15.00
Currently, there are 26,430 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators”.

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Tasks for “Paper Processor”

Expose filmstrips to progressively timed lights to compare effects of various exposure times.
Produce color or black-and-white photographs, negatives, or slides, applying standard photographic reproduction techniques and procedures.
Upload digital images onto Web sites for customers.
Operate scanners or related computer equipment to digitize negatives, photographic prints, or other images.
Examine developed prints for defects, such as broken lines, spots, or blurs.
Immerse film, negatives, paper, or prints in developing solutions, fixing solutions, and water to complete photographic development processes.
Splice broken or separated film and mount film on reels.
Measure and mix chemicals to prepare solutions for processing, according to formulas.
Ink borders or lettering on illustrations using pens, brushes, or drafting instruments.
Clean or maintain photoprocessing or darkroom equipment, using ultrasonic equipment or cleaning and rinsing solutions.
Load circuit boards, racks or rolls of film, negatives, or printing paper into processing or printing machines.
Select digital images for printing, specify number of images to be printed, and direct to printer, using computer software.
Apply paint, using airbrushes, pens, artists' brushes, cotton swabs, or gloved fingers to retouch or enhance negatives or photographs.
Fill tanks of processing machines with solutions such as developer, dyes, stop-baths, fixers, bleaches, or washes.
Reprint originals for enlargement or in sections to be pieced together.
Insert processed negatives and prints into envelopes for delivery to customers.
Operate special equipment to perform tasks such as transferring film to videotape or producing photographic enlargements.
Set automatic timers, lens openings, and printer carriages to specified focus and exposure times and start exposure to duplicate originals, photographs, or negatives.
Maintain records, such as quantities or types of processing completed, materials used, or customer charges.
Set or adjust machine controls, according to specifications, type of operation, or material requirements.
Thread filmstrips through densitometers or sensitometers and expose film to light to determine density of film, necessary color corrections, or light sensitivity.
Examine drawings, negatives, or photographic prints to determine coloring, shading, accenting, or other changes required for retouching or restoration.
Retouch photographic negatives or original prints to correct defects.
Mount original photographs, negatives, or other printed material in holders or vacuum frames beneath lights.
Monitor equipment operation to detect malfunctions.
Color photographs to produce natural, lifelike appearances, using oil colors and airbrushes.
Shade negatives or photographs with pencils to smooth facial contours, soften highlights, or conceal blemishes, stray hairs, or wrinkles.
Examine quality of film fades or dissolves for potential color corrections, using color analyzers.
Read work orders to determine required processes, techniques, materials, or equipment.
Review computer-processed digital images for quality.
Dry prints or negatives using sponges, squeegees, mechanical air dryers, or drying cabinets.
Place sensitized paper in frames of projection printers, photostats, or other reproduction machines.
Operate machines to prepare circuit boards and to expose, develop, etch, fix, wash, dry, or print film or plates.
Produce timed prints with separate densities or color settings for each scene of a production.
Create prints according to customer specifications and laboratory protocols.
Load digital images onto computers directly from cameras or from storage devices, such as flash memory cards or universal serial bus (USB) devices.

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