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Photographic products machine operators
Salary range for the majority of workers in the selected occupation - from R30,29 to R118,82 per hour - 2020.
Photographic-products machine operators operate and monitor equipment which makes photographic film and paper, and which processes exposed photographic film and makes prints.
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Duties and tasks
- Preparing exposed film for different processing batches in dark rooms and dark chambers
- Operating and monitoring equipment which makes photographic film and paper
- Adjusting settings and running automatic developing equipment
- Performing photographic processing-related tasks
- Operating equipment to transfer film to videotape or other electronic media
- Operating automatic equipment (in retail establishments) to develop colour negatives, prints and slides
- Inspecting images, films and prints, and adjusting settings on printmaking equipment to produce the required colour, brightness, contrast, number, size and type of prints
- Operating, monitoring and testing photographic processing and printing equipment, and maintaining operational standards
