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Career Details :: Photoengravers
Description
Photograph copy, develop negatives, and prepare photosensitized metal plates for use in letterpress and gravure printing.
Experience
A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Tasks
- Studies and compares film negatives or positives with originals or design, to determine photographic requirements and verify reproduction.
- Washes rollers and plates preparatory to etching or to remove resistant solution and photographic emulsion, using water, cleaning solution, and brush.
- Develops and prints negatives, positives, film, or plates by controlled exposure to light, using exposure equipment, chemical baths, and vacuum.
- Modifies or repairs plates or film, using etching and artist's brush, acid, and hand tools.
- Transfers images, designs, or patterns onto rollers, plates, or film, using photographic or pantographic equipment and techniques, and hand tools.
- Brushes protective solution and powder on plate and starts machine to distribute acid or photosensitizing solution over plate or rollers.
- Computes camera machine settings for film exposure or reproduction, using equipment meter, computer, worksheets, and standard formulas and tables.
- Mixes caustic or acid solutions.
- Positions, loads, or mounts copy, plates, film, or rollers and secures into place.
- Matches colors with original to produce balanced color values or intensity design.
- Examines developed film, proof, or engravings, using magnifier, chalk, or charcoal to evaluate quality and detect errors.
- Etches designs on metal rollers and plates, using etching machines, hand tools, and acidic chemicals, to produce printing plates and rollers.
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Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
- Evaluating Information Against Standards
- Processing Information
Important Skills
- Product Inspection
- Operation and Control
- Equipment Maintenance
- Equipment Selection
- Problem Identification
Frequent Work Context
- Indoors
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Degree of Automation
Related Majors
| Major | Add to XapPack |
|---|---|
| Electronic Publishing/Imaging |  [ add ] |
| Graphic Arts Technology | [ add ] |
| Graphic Communications Management | [ add ] |
| Graphic Communications Technology | [ add ] |
| Graphics Technology | [ add ] |
| Printing | [ add ] |
| Printing Management | [ add ] |
| Printing Technology | [ add ] |
| Printing/Applied Computer Science | [ add ] |
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