Photographic Processing Machine Operators - 51-9132.00

O*NET-SOC Description

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

DOT Titles Included in this O*NET-SOC Code

  • 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

Sample of Occupations in this SOC Family

51-9111.00 Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
51-9121.00 Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
51-9122.00 Painters, Transportation Equipment
51-9123.00 Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
51-9131.00 Photographic Process Workers
51-9132.00 Photographic Processing Machine Operators
51-9141.00 Semiconductor Processors
51-9191.00 Cementing and Gluing Machine Operators and Tenders
51-9192.00 Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
51-9193.00 Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
51-9194.00 Etchers and Engravers
51-9195.00 Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
51-9195.03 Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
51-9195.04 Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers
51-9195.05 Potters, Manufacturing
51-9195.07 Molding and Casting Workers
51-9196.00 Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
51-9197.00 Tire Builders
51-9198.00 Helpers--Production Workers
51-9199.99 Production Workers, All Other

Related Occupations

Tasks

  • 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.

Detailed Work Activities

  • 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