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Photographic developer
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Photographic developers use chemicals, instruments, and darkroom photographic techniques in specialised rooms in order to develop photographic films into visible images.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Operating and monitoring equipment which makes photographic film and paper;
(b) Operating, monitoring and testing photographic processing and printing equipment, and maintaining operational standards;
(c) Preparing exposed film for different processing batches in dark rooms and dark chambers;
(d) Inspecting images, films and prints, and adjusting settings on printmaking equipment to produce required colour, brightness, contrast, number, size and type of prints;
(e) Adjusting settings and running automatic developing equipment;
(f) Operating equipment to transfer film to videotape or other electronic media;
(g) Performing photographic processing-related tasks;
(h) Operating automatic equipment (in retail establishments) to develop colour negatives, prints and slides;
Knowledge
- Audio-visual techniques and media production
- Wholesale and retail sales
- Chemistry
Digital competencies
- Operating audio-visual equipment
- Operating print and photographic production equipment
- Positioning materials, tools or equipment
- Working with machinery and specialised equipment
- Maintaining operational records
Digital competencies
- Using digital tools for processing sound and images
Personal competencies
- Working efficiently
- Demonstrating willingness to learn
Professional groups of the occupation
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers
Stationary plant and machine operators
Chemical and photographic products plant and machine operators
Photographic products machine operators
Other occupations of the professional group
Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?
Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Photographic products machine operators
60
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
49,18%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
53,85% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
56,67%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
20,00%
Part-time contracts
1,18% Turnover index
152
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
6%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Stationary plant and machine operators
68%
32%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Stationary plant and machine operators
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Chemical and photographic products plant and machine operators
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Photographic products machine operators
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
The vacancies published are for working in:
Job vacancies posted by county
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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