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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Photographic Processing Machine Operators. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.
Importance*More Info
1.Controlling Machines and Processes69
2.Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material67
3.Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships66
4.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates64
5.Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings63
6.Developing and Building Teams61
Handling and Moving Objects61
8.Getting Information60
9.Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work58
10.Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment57
* Importance out of 100

Score Key
  Importance for success in this profession
  Level of proficiency needed

Job Activity Scores

Controlling Machines and Processes
Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
69
52
Operate a cash registerOperate a drilling rigOperate a precision milling machine
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
67
53
Check that doors to building are lockedInspect equipment in a chemical processing plantInspect a nuclear reactor
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
66
62
Exchange greetings with a coworkerMaintain good working relationships with almost all coworkers and clientsGain cooperation from a culturally diverse group of executives hostile to your company
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
64
56
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
63
52
Check to see if baking bread is doneTest electrical circuitsCheck the status of a patient in critical medical care
Developing and Building Teams
Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
61
40
Encourage two coworkers to stick with a tough assignmentLead an assembly team in an automobile plantLead a large team to design and build a new aircraft
Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
61
59
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line
Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
60
39
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
58
52
Organize a work schedule that is repetitive and easy to planPlan and organize your own activities that often changePrioritize and plan multiple tasks several months ahead
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.
57
45
Use knobs to adjust a television pictureMake repairs by removing and replacing circuit boardsUse complex test equipment to calibrate electronic equipment