Photo enlarger

Photographic products machine operators operate and monitor machines and equipment for producing photographic film and paper, processing exposed photographic film, and developing photographs.

• 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