Job Family: 51-0000 Production

Occupational Group: 51-9130 Production

OCCUPATION PROFILE

JOB FAMILY: PRODUCTION

OCCUPATIONAL GROUP: PRODUCTION

OCCUPATION: PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION TECHNICIANS

51-9131

BROADBAND LEVELS: Level 1 – Pay Band 002

DESCRIPTION

This is work duplicating materials to produce prints on sensitized paper, film, or microfilm using photographic equipment.

EXAMPLES OF WORK

Computes amount of light intensity needed to compensate for density of film, using standardized formulas.

Exposes filmstrip to progressively timed lights to compare effects of various exposure times.

Examines developed filmstrip to determine optimal exposure time and light intensity required for printing.

Reads gauges on sensitometer to determine film's sensitivity to light.

Threads film strip through densitometer and exposes film to light to determine density of film.

Threads film strip through sensitometer and exposes film to light.

Records test data and routes film-to-film developer and film printer for further processing.

Prints professional quality black and white photographs using negatives varying in size from 35mm to 4x5.

Prints digital color images using appropriate imaging software.

Operates Rotary, Planetary, and 35mm cameras and film processors, in order to produce photographs and or microfilm.

Operates microfilm cameras, digital cameras and other micrographic and photographic equipment

Operates jacket loaders in order to produce Microfiche.

EXAMPLES OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS

Handling and Moving Objects / Using one's own hands and arms in handling, installing, forming, positioning, and moving materials, or in manipulating things, including the use of keyboards.
Getting Information Needed to Do the Job / Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Controlling Machines and Processes / Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
Estimating Needed Characteristics
/ Estimating the characteristics of materials, products, events, or information: Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities, or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
Monitor Processes, Materials, and/or Surroundings / Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, often to detect problems or to find out when things are finished.
Inspecting Equipment, Structures and/or Materials / Inspecting or diagnosing equipment, structures, or materials to identify the causes of errors or other problems or defects.
Processing Information / Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, verifying, or processing information or data.
Evaluating Information Against Standards / Evaluating information against a set of standards and verifying that it is correct.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events / Identifying information received by making estimates or categorizations, recognizing differences or similarities, or sensing changes in circumstances or events.

EXAMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Equipment Maintenance / Performing routine maintenance and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed
Product Inspection / Inspecting and evaluating the quality of products
Mathematics / Using mathematics to solve problems
Operation and Control / Controlling operations of equipment or systems
Reading Comprehension / Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents
Operations Analysis / Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design
Production and Processing / Knowledge of inputs, outputs, raw materials, energy, waste, quality control, costs, and techniques for maximizing the efficient manufacture and distribution of goods and services
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

EFFECTIVE: 07/01/2002

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