Developer, copier
NKPD code: 81322012
Current information as of 2026-11-14
10th grade
Second degree of professional qualification and/or completed 10th grade
Labor Characteristics
Photographic products machine operators operate and monitor machines and equipment for producing photographic film and paper, processing exposed photographic film, and developing photographs.
Main Tasks
- operating and monitoring equipment for producing photographic film and paper;
- operating, monitoring and testing photo-processing and printing equipment in accordance with work standards;
- preparing exposed films for various processing stages in darkrooms;
- checking images, film and prints and adjusting printers to achieve the desired colour, brightness, contrast, number, size and type of prints;
- setting up and operating automatic film-developing equipment;
- operating equipment for transferring film to videotape or other media;
- performing tasks related to photographic processing;
- operating automatic photographic equipment (in retail photo shops) for developing colour negatives, prints and slides.
- Examples of occupations in this unit group:
- Developer, photographic plates
- Developer, colour negatives/positives
- Developer, colour films/prints
- Developer, black-and-white negatives/positives
- Developer, black-and-white films/prints
- Copier, film materials
- Printer, photographs
- Enlarger, photographs
- Machine operator, photographic paper production
- Machine operator, photo print copying
- Worker, darkroom film developing and photo printing
Not Included
- Photographer – 3431
- Photoengraver – 7321
Professions in "Photographic products machine operators"
Copier, film materialsLaboratory assistant, processing photosensitive materialsMachine operator, photo copy printingMachine operator, photographic paper productionMachine operator, photographic plate productionMachine operator, photographic film productionMachine operator, photographic material developingMachine operator, specialised microfilm deviceMachine operator, photographic productsPrinter, projections/imagesPrinter, filmsPrinter, photographsDeveloper, X-ray filmsDeveloper, photographic platesDeveloper, colour negatives/positivesDeveloper, colour films/photosDeveloper, black-and-white negatives/positivesDeveloper, black-and-white films/photosWorker, darkrooms for film developing and photo printingPhoto enlarger
Source: National Statistical Institute
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Copier, film materialsLaboratory assistant, processing photosensitive materialsMachine operator, photo copy printingMachine operator, photographic paper productionMachine operator, photographic plate productionMachine operator, photographic film productionMachine operator, photographic material developingMachine operator, specialised microfilm deviceMachine operator, photographic productsPrinter, projections/imagesPrinter, filmsPrinter, photographsDeveloper, X-ray filmsDeveloper, photographic platesDeveloper, colour negatives/positivesDeveloper, colour films/photosDeveloper, black-and-white negatives/positivesDeveloper, black-and-white films/photosWorker, darkrooms for film developing and photo printingPhoto enlarger