# Tasks & work activities — photojournalist

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 51-9151.00 (Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 3431; the official ESCO crosswalk has no entry for this ESCO occupation.

## Task statements

- **[Core]** Create prints according to customer specifications and laboratory protocols.
- **[Core]** Examine developed prints for defects, such as broken lines, spots, or blurs.
- **[Core]** Fill tanks of processing machines with solutions such as developer, dyes, stop-baths, fixers, bleaches, or washes.
- **[Supplemental]** Immerse film, negatives, paper, or prints in developing solutions, fixing solutions, and water to complete photographic development processes.
- **[Core]** Insert processed negatives and prints into envelopes for delivery to customers.
- **[Core]** Load circuit boards, racks or rolls of film, negatives, or printing paper into processing or printing machines.
- **[Core]** Load digital images onto computers directly from cameras or from storage devices, such as flash memory cards or universal serial bus (USB) devices.
- **[Core]** Maintain records, such as quantities or types of processing completed, materials used, or customer charges.
- **[Core]** Measure and mix chemicals to prepare solutions for processing, according to formulas.
- **[Core]** Monitor equipment operation to detect malfunctions.
- **[Core]** Operate scanners or related computer equipment to digitize negatives, photographic prints, or other images.
- **[Core]** Operate special equipment to perform tasks such as transferring film to videotape or producing photographic enlargements.
- **[Supplemental]** Place sensitized paper in frames of projection printers, photostats, or other reproduction machines.
- **[Core]** Produce color or black-and-white photographs, negatives, or slides, applying standard photographic reproduction techniques and procedures.
- **[Core]** Read work orders to determine required processes, techniques, materials, or equipment.
- **[Core]** Reprint originals for enlargement or in sections to be pieced together.
- **[Supplemental]** Retouch photographic negatives or original prints to correct defects.
- **[Core]** Review computer-processed digital images for quality.
- **[Core]** Select digital images for printing, specify number of images to be printed, and direct to printer, using computer software.
- **[Core]** Set or adjust machine controls, according to specifications, type of operation, or material requirements.
- **[Core]** Clean or maintain photoprocessing or darkroom equipment, using ultrasonic equipment or cleaning and rinsing solutions.
- **[Supplemental]** Examine drawings, negatives, or photographic prints to determine coloring, shading, accenting, or other changes required for retouching or restoration.
- **[Supplemental]** Examine quality of film fades or dissolves for potential color corrections, using color analyzers.
- **[Supplemental]** Produce timed prints with separate densities or color settings for each scene of a production.
- **[Supplemental]** Splice broken or separated film and mount film on reels.
- **[Supplemental]** Thread filmstrips through densitometers or sensitometers and expose film to light to determine density of film, necessary color corrections, or light sensitivity.
- **[Supplemental]** Upload digital images onto Web sites for customers.

## Detailed work activities

- Apply decorative coloring to photographs or printed materials.
- Clean production equipment.
- Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
- Immerse objects or workpieces in cleaning or coating solutions.
- Inspected printed materials or other images to verify quality.
- Load digital images onto computers or websites.
- Load materials into production equipment.
- Maintain production or processing equipment.
- Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
- Mix substances to create chemical solutions.
- Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
- Operate digital imaging equipment.
- Operate photographic developing or print production equipment.
- Position raw materials on processing or production equipment.
- Prepare outgoing mail.
- Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
- Record operational or production data.
- Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
- Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.