Photographic Process Workers & Processing Machine Operators
Photo Lab Technician (Photographic Laboratory Technician), Photo Printer, Photo Specialist, Photo Technician
see titles from the Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, or Navy.
Combat Documentation/Production Specialist
Health Services Technician; Information System Technician; Public Affairs Specialist
Combat Graphics Specialist; Combat Photographer; Combat Videographer; Communication Strategy and Operations Chief
Hospital Corpsman; Mass Communications Specialist; Photographic Officer; Photojournalist Journeyman; Pictorial Editor
What they do:
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.
On the job, you would:
- Select digital images for printing, specify number of images to be printed, and direct to printer, using computer software.
- Create prints according to customer specifications and laboratory protocols.
- Produce color or black-and-white photographs, negatives, or slides, applying standard photographic reproduction techniques and procedures.
Business
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
Arts and Humanities
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Hand and Finger Use
- keep your arm or hand steady
- hold or move items with your hands
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Ideas and Logic
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People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Independence
- Self Control
- Cooperation
- Integrity
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You might use software like this on the job:
Graphics or photo imaging software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Camera Bits Photo Mechanic
Presentation software
Desktop publishing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
- Microsoft Publisher
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high school diploma/GED
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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In the military:
see titles from the Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, or Navy.
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