94153 Photographic and film processors

What this occupation covers

Photographic and film processors process and finish still photographic film and motion picture film. They are employed in film processing laboratories and retail photofinishing establishments.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 9 main duties for this code.

• Operate equipment to develop negatives and slides, and to print black and white and colour photographs
• Operate photographic enlarging equipment to produce prints and enlargements from negatives
• Operate equipment to develop motion picture film
• Tend automatic equipment in retail establishments to develop colour negatives, prints and slides
• Operate equipment to transfer film to video tape
• Retouch photographic negatives or original prints to correct defects
• Splice film and mount film on reels
• Measure and mix chemicals required for processing
• Inspect rolls of photographic prints for conformance to specifications; or motion picture film to detect defects in developing and printing.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 9 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 94151 Camera, platemaking and other prepress occupations
• 72022 Supervisors, printing and related occupations

Excluded from this code

• Film stripper-assembler (See 94151 Camera, platemaking and other prepress occupations)
• Negative spotter - printing (See 94151 Camera, platemaking and other prepress occupations)
• Photographic and film processing supervisor (See 72022 Supervisors, printing and related occupations)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

chemical mixer - photographic processing · colour film analyzer - photographic processing · copy camera operator - photographic processing · darkroom technician · darkroom technician - photographic processing · developer-printer machine tender · developing machine operator - photographic processing · enlarger operator - photographic processing · film developer · film printing machine operator · film processing technician · film processor · film splicer - photographic processing · film-developing machine tender · film-printing machine tender · film-processing machine operator · motion picture film developer · motion picture film examiner - photographic processing · motion picture film printer · negative cutter - film processing · negative restorer - photographic processing · negative retoucher · negative spotter - film processing · negative-contact-frame operator

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• For employment in film processing laboratories, completion of a college or other specialized photography program or Extensive related experience is required.
• For employment as a film printing machine operator in retail outlets, on-the-job training is provided.