Generic Job Description Photographer I Grade B

Representative Duties:

Photographs objects, materials and human subjects to produce black and white prints. Uses darkroom techniques.

Arranges lights, equipment and objects.

Prepared darkroom solutions.

Maintains photographic equipment. Orders equipment and maintains inventory of supplies.

Performs additional functions incidental to photography activities.

Family: Technical Support
Job Code: 734 Date: 2/89

The job duties listed above are representative and characteristic of the duties required and the level of the work performed in the job title. The duties will vary from incumbent to incumbent in the job title.

Yale University Clerical and Technical Job Description
Job: 734 Photographer I Grade B

Required Knowledge:

General knowledge, high school level; detailed but narrow knowledge in one or several work-related areas; general acquaintance with broader filed of knowledge.

Journey- level knowledge of craft or trade.

Limited acquaintance with business, accounting or commercial procedures.

Limited acquaintance with University organizational policies and procedures.

Required Skills:

Copies data from standard or easily understandable formats.

Uses a dictionary.

Files already labeled material using a straightforward alphabetical, or chronological system.

Understands non-routine notes, written instructions, and general policy statements.

Writes simple internal memoranda, fills out complex forms.

Regular, skilled use of more complex machines including word processors or personal computers.

Responsible for basic troubleshooting and repair or manipulation of data using published software.

Performs one or several simple laboratory or scientific procedures that require some training, but that can be reversed or duplicated inexpensively; records results as necessary.

Office and Administrative Skills:

Schedules and coordinates appointments.

Experience, Education and Formal Training:

Two years of related work experience and a high school level education, or an equivalent combination of experience and education.

Complexity and Organization:

Limited variety of job tasks requiring coordinating steps/procedures.

Interpersonal Relations:

Some involvement outside immediate unit.

Offers or obtains specialized information or provides assistance on general matters.

Understands and conveys more complex messages and instructions and takes action accordingly.

Supervisory Guidelines:

Work is subject to general review on an occasional basis.

Supervisor and incumbent plan, assign and schedule work jointly.

Instruction provided only in new situations, methods and procedures that are not clearly related to existing tasks and duties.

Independent Judgment:

Established procedures/policies govern many work situations.

Occasional exercise of independent judgment or initiative.

Problems solved by using established procedures.

Leadership Responsibility:

Occasionally provides general orientation to routine procedures/policies.

Impact and Consequence of Error:

Work affects outside immediate work unit, but rarely outside the University.

Errors are somewhat difficult to recognize and correct and can cause harm or financial loss to individuals, departments, and the University or to other individuals and groups.

Working Conditions:

Ongoing possibility of safety risks.

Occasional conflicting demands, time pressures, deadlines or emergencies.

Regular sustained concentration.

Considerable physical effort or a high degree of fine finger or hand dexterity.