Photographic Developers and Printers

Key Tasks

• •Cropping images and adjusting colour, brightness and contrast
• •Preparing exposed film for different processing batches in dark rooms and dark chambers
• •Adjusting settings and running automatic developing equipment
• •Inspecting prints and adjusting settings on print-making equipment to produce required number, size and type of prints
• •Scanning images onto electronic media
• •Checking and replenishing chemicals and water supply for chemical and water baths required to produce negative and positive prints
• •Monitoring and testing photographic processing and printing equipment, and maintaining operational standards
• •May prepare chemical solutions for different techniques and effects
• •May develop black and white images by separate processes and operate enlargers
• •May develop motion picture film

Employment Projections to 2034