Operate photographic processing machines, such as photographic printing machines, film developing machines, and mounting presses.

• Color-Printer Operator
• Computer-Controlled-Color-Photograph-Printer Operator
• Contact Printer, Printed Circuit Boards
• Contact Worker, Lithography
• Developer, Automatic
• Developer, Printed Circuit Board Panels
• Film Developer
• Film Laboratory Technician
• Film Laboratory Technician II
• Film Printer
• Microfilm Processor
• Mounter, Automatic
• Photo Mask Pattern Generator
• Photo Mask Processor
• Photo Technician
• Photographic Aligner, Semiconductor Wafers
• Photographic Processor, Semiconductor Wafers
• Print Developer, Automatic
• Printer Operator, Black-and-White
• Rectification Printer
• Step-and-Repeat Reduction Camera Operator
• Take-Down Sorter
• Utility Worker, Film Processing

• Clean and maintain photoprocessing equipment, using cleaning and rinsing solutions and ultrasonic equipment.
• Fill tanks of processing machines with solutions such as developer, dyes, stop-baths, fixers, bleaches, and washes.
• Insert processed negatives and prints into envelopes so that they can be returned to customers.
• Inspect film or circuit patterns on photographic plates to locate any defects; discard defective products or repair them, using cleaning solutions and hand tools.
• Load circuit boards, racks or rolls of film, negatives, and/or printing paper into processing or printing machines.
• Maintain records such as quantities and types of processing completed, rate of materials usage, and customer charges.
• Measure and mix chemicals to prepare solutions for processing, according to formulas.
• Monitor equipment operation to detect malfunctions.
• Operate special equipment to perform tasks such as transferring film to videotape or producing photographic enlargements.
• Place film in labeled containers, or number film for identification, by hand or by using numbering machines.
• Read work orders and examine negatives and film in order to determine machine settings and processing requirements.
• Remove completed work from equipment.
• Retouch photographic negatives or original prints to correct defects.
• Set and adjust machine controls, according to specifications, type of operation, and material requirements.
• Sort film to be developed according to criteria such as film type or completion date.
• Splice broken or separated film, and mount film on reels.
• Start and operate machines to prepare circuit boards and to expose, develop, etch, fix, wash, dry, and print film or plates.

• adjust production equipment/machinery setup
• apply cleaning solvents
• attach or mark identification onto products or containers
• clean equipment or machinery
• develop film or other photographic medium
• examine products or work to verify conformance to specifications
• load or unload material or workpiece into machinery
• load, unload, or stack containers, materials, or products
• maintain consistent production quality
• maintain production or work records
• measure, weigh, or count products or materials
• mix paint, ingredients, or chemicals, according to specifications
• mix photographic chemicals
• monitor production machinery/equipment operation to detect problems
• operate cameras
• operate graphic reproduction equipment
• perform safety inspections in manufacturing or industrial setting
• process photographic prints
• read work order, instructions, formulas, or processing charts
• understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
• use hand or power tools