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94153.00 – Photographic and film processors

Photographic and film processors process and finish still photographic film and motion picture film.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Darkroom technician
  • Film developer
  • Film printing machine operator
  • Film processor
  • Photofinisher
  • Photograph developer
  • Photograph inspector - photographic processing
  • Photographic processor

Core competencies

  • Equipment and Tool Selection to select the right equipment to ensure film or photographic prints have the desired sharpness, colour accuracy and overall image quality
  • Operation Monitoring of Machinery and Equipment to ensure film and photographs are processed correctly, maintaining the desired quality
  • Colour Perception to ensure colours in developed photos or film accurately reflect the original scene
  • Near Vision to inspect motion picture film for defects in developing and printing
  • Attention to Detail to copy information, measure and mix chemicals required for processing negatives, prints and slides
  • Knowledge in Chemistry to understand the chemical reactions that are essential for developing, fixing and producing images on film or photographic paper

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Operate equipment to develop negatives and slides, and to print black and white and colour photographs
  • Operate photographic enlarging equipment to produce prints and enlargements from negatives
  • Operate equipment to develop motion picture film
  • Tend automatic equipment in retail establishments to develop colour negatives, prints and slides
  • Operate equipment to transfer film to video tape
  • Retouch photographic negatives or original prints to correct defects
  • Splice film and mount film on reels
  • Measure and mix chemicals required for processing
  • Inspect rolls of photographic prints for conformance to specifications; or motion picture film to detect defects in developing and printing.

Additional information

  • Progression is possible from automatic machine tenders in retail establishments to laboratory processing occupations.
  • There is mobility among occupations within laboratory processing operations.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

9 – Occupations in manufacturing and utilities

TEER

4 – Occupations usually require a secondary school diploma; or several weeks of on-the-job training

Major group

94 – Machine operators, assemblers and inspectors in processing, manufacturing and printing

Sub-major group

941 – Processing and manufacturing machine operators and related production workers

Minor group

9415 – Printing equipment operators and related occupations

Unit group

94153 – Photographic and film processors

Occupational profile

94153.00 – Photographic and film processors

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