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What a PHOTO LAB TECHNICIAN does:
Photo lab
technicians work for film
processing laboratories and
retail photofinishing
establishments. Photo lab
technicians and film processors
belong to the same working group
as X-ray processors and film
developers, analyzers,
enlargers, inspectors, cutters,
printers, and retouchers. Their
job is to process and finish
film for still photographs and
motion pictures. Processing and
finishing involves operating
different kinds of equipment.
For example, there is equipment
to develop negatives and slides
and print black and white or
colour photographs; photographic
enlarging equipment to produce
prints and enlargements from
negatives; equipment that
develops motion picture film;
and equipment that transfers
film to video tape. Photo lab
technicians retouch photographic
negatives or original prints to
correct defects, splice film and
mount film on reels, measure and
mix chemicals required for
processing, and inspect rolls of
photographic prints looking for
defects in developing and
printing. They also transfer
still photographs and motion
picture film to CDs or DVDs.
Successful photo lab technicians
enjoy the production end of
working with film. They pay
attention to detail, and can
handle repetitive tasks over
long periods of time.
Photo Lab
Technicians use Essential Skills for
many of the tasks they carry out
on a regular basis.
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Numeracy
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Problem Solving
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Computer Use
Click
the Essential Skills button
below to see how these skills
are used. Click a second time to
close the list.
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Writing |
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Numeracy |
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Oral
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Thinking Skills |
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Working With Others |
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Continuous Learning |
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Computer Use |
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Self-Management and
Self-Direction |
What do you need to be a
Photo Lab Technician?
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TRAINING |
REQUIRED |
MAY BE REQUIRED |
RECOMMENDED |
Literacy & Basic Skills
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Essential Skills |
X |
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Some
Credit Courses |
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Grade 12
diploma, OSSD |
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X
Usually required |
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Other
Training |
X
On-the-job training |
X
Film processing course |
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College
Diploma |
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Other
Requirements |
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The two charts
below illustrate the level of
skill you need to be successful
in this job. The two charts show
two different measurement scales - the
Essential Skills scale and the
Literacy and Basic Skills
Learning Outcomes Matrix. You
will see the numbers
are
different. Here's why.
The Essential
Skills scale uses levels one to
five to describe skills ranging
from beginner, at level one, to higher than a
post-graduate level at
university, level 5. The LBS Learning
Outcomes Levels also uses levels
one to five to describe skills
but the LBS range goes from
beginner, at level 1, to approximately Grade
9, (LBS level 5). This means that
skills at level
4 in LBS fall within the level
2 range on the Essential Skills
Scale. If this is confusing,
don't worry. The main thing is,
although the numbers are
different, they are actually
talking about the same level of
skill.
Essential Skills and Proficiency
Levels
for a
Photo Lab Technician:
ESSENTIAL
SKILLS |
Read
Text |
Document
Use |
Writing |
Oral
Communication |
Numeracy |
Working with
Others |
Continuous
Learning |
Thinking
Skills |
Computer
Use |
Essential
Skills Level |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
X |
X |
X |
X |
LBS
Learning Outcomes and Levels for
a Photo Lab Technician:
LBS
LEARNING
OUTCOMES |
Read
with
understanding for
various purposes |
Write
clearly to
express ideas |
Speak and
listen effectively |
Use
number sense and
computation |
Use
measurement for various
purposes |
Solve
geometric
problems |
Manage
data and probability |
Self
management and self
direction |
LBS LEVEL
REQUIRED |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
X |
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