motion picture film developertophotographic developer
A motion picture film developer already meets 76% of what the photographic developer role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
76%
27.1/ 100
1 Share of the photographic developer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the motion picture film developer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A photographic developer role treats 12 of its required skills as things a motion picture film developer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- cut photographic film
- develop film
- handle chemicals
- identify customer's needs
- monitor film development baths
- mount photographic film in processing machine
What stands in the way is 2 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A photographic developer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a motion picture film developer background worth leading with.
- already held cut photographic film working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held monitor film development baths handling and moving
- already held mount photographic film in processing machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held remove film negatives from processing machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held remove photographic film from camera handling and moving
- already held clean negatives handling and moving
All 22 carried skills, including the 12 the photographic developer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held enlarge negatives required
- optional, not held scan negatives optional
- optional, not held calibrate laboratory equipment optional
- optional, not held manage offset printing process optional
- optional, not held prepare offset printing machine optional
- optional, not held supply machine optional
- required, not held apply safety procedures in laboratory required
- optional, not held edit negatives optional
- optional, not held edit photographs optional
- optional, not held manage stocked company material optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a photographic developer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 enlarge negatives skill · occupation specific
- 02 apply safety procedures in laboratory skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 22 skills that carry over
- already held cut photographic film skill
- already held develop film skill
- already held handle chemicals skill
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held monitor film development baths skill
- already held mount photographic film in processing machine skill
- already held photographic processing techniques knowledge
- already held post-processing of photographs knowledge
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held remove film negatives from processing machine skill
- already held remove photographic film from camera skill
- already held store negatives skill
- already held chemistry knowledge
- already held clean negatives skill
- already held dry photographic film skill
- already held mix chemicals skill
- already held monitor automated machines skill
- already held repair photographic film skill
- already held rinse photographic film skill
- already held soak film in water skill
- already held test chemicals in development baths skill
- already held test film processing machines skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held edit negatives optional
- optional, not held edit photographs optional
- optional, not held scan negatives optional
- optional, not held calibrate laboratory equipment optional
- optional, not held manage offset printing process optional
- optional, not held manage stocked company material optional
- optional, not held prepare offset printing machine optional
- optional, not held supply machine optional
6 held skills the photographic developer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assist multimedia operator skill
- not needed by the target role create subtitles skill
- not needed by the target role holography knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform image editing skill
- not needed by the target role perform video editing skill
- not needed by the target role use a telecine skill
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.