NorthStar

Occupations/51-9151.00

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators

Perform work involved in developing and processing photographic images from film or digital media. May perform precision tasks such as editing photographic negatives and prints.

High school

Usually a high school diploma, plus some experience or short training.

AI automation risk

44%

Mixed exposure

Human characteristics

53%

Balanced human and task mix

Task orientation

62%

Mixed exposure

A day in this job

  • Mostly routine

    Set or adjust machine controls, according to specifications, type of operation, or material requirements.

  • Mostly routine

    Operate scanners or related computer equipment to digitize negatives, photographic prints, or other images.

  • Task

    Select digital images for printing, specify number of images to be printed, and direct to printer, using computer software.

The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

  1. 01Select digital images for printing, specify number of images to be printed, and direct to printer, using computer software.
  2. 02Create prints according to customer specifications and laboratory protocols.
  3. 03Produce color or black-and-white photographs, negatives, or slides, applying standard photographic reproduction techniques and procedures.
  4. 04Set or adjust machine controls, according to specifications, type of operation, or material requirements.
  5. 05Review computer-processed digital images for quality.
  6. 06Operate scanners or related computer equipment to digitize negatives, photographic prints, or other images.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks3.25
  • Degree of automation3.22
  • Time sitting2.47
  • Originality (ability)2.75
  • Conflict situations2.84
  • Hands-on objects/tools3.93
  • Outdoors / weather2.23
  • Disease exposure2.64
  • Decision freedom3.51

Top abilities

  • Near Vision3.75
  • Visual Color Discrimination3.62
  • Oral Comprehension3.62
  • Oral Expression3.50
  • Written Comprehension3.38
  • Selective Attention3.25
  • Information Ordering3.25
  • Flexibility of Closure3.25

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.25
  • Active Listening3.38
  • Writing2.75
  • Speaking3.25
  • Mathematics2.00
  • Science1.62
  • Critical Thinking3.12
  • Active Learning2.88
  • Learning Strategies2.50
  • Monitoring3.12

CIP matches

99.9999NO MATCH

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