Photographic products machine operators
Photographic-products machine operators operate and monitor equipment which makes photographic film and paper, and which processes exposed photographic film and makes prints.
Skill level: Semi-skilledCheck your pay
- Salary range for the majority of workers in Photographic products machine operators - from ₹20,951 to ₹27,794 per month - 2025.
- A Photographic products machine operators typically earns between ₹20,951 and ₹49,481 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between ₹23,394 and ₹58,471 per month for a working week of 48 hours.
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Job Responsibilities
- Operating and monitoring equipment which makes photographic film and paper
- Operating, monitoring and testing photographic processing and printing equipment, and maintaining operational standards
- Preparing exposed film for different processing batches in dark rooms and dark chambers
- Inspecting images, films and prints, and adjusting settings on printmaking equipment to produce the required colour, brightness, contrast, number, size and type of prints
- Adjusting settings and running automatic developing equipment
- Operating equipment to transfer film to videotape or other electronic media
- Performing photographic processing-related tasks
- Operating automatic equipment (in retail establishments) to develop colour negatives, prints and slides