Qualification Standard

Authorising body: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Group of fields: Printing and Paper Processing, Film and Photo
Occupation: Photography laboratory technician
Validity of standard: From 22/8/2023
Qualification level: 4

Qualification Standard

Vocational competence Level

Handling light-sensitive photographic material

 4

Manual processing of black and white photographic materials

 4

Processing negatives, slides and positive materials on automated and partially automated machines

 4

Processing photographs from a digital recording

 4

Preparation of photographic processing equipment for operation, including preparation of a printer

 4

Composition of colours in colour models

 4

Digitizing of analogue image inputs

 4

Carrying out colour correction and editing of digital images in graphics programs

 4

Sensitometric control of the developmental stages of photography

 4

Archiving image materials and digital data

 3

Keeping ecological requirements for using chemical substances and disposal of all photographic waste

 4

Following entities have contributed

The Vocational Qualification Standard was prepared by the National Institute of Education of the Czech Republic in cooperation with the National Council for Vocational Qualifications, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and experts from these entities: 

  • Asociace profesionálních fotografů ČR

The Vocational Qualification Standard was approved by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports.