Operate digital imaging equipment.

Operate digital imaging equipment. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 3 occupations and seen in 5 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Process digital or online data. in Working with Computers .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 5 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 5 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Operate scanners or related computer equipment to digitize negatives, photographic prints, or other images. · Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Operate special equipment to perform tasks such as transferring film to videotape or producing photographic enlargements. · Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Generate computer tapes of final layout design to produce layered photo masks or photo plotting design onto film. · Electrical and Electronics Drafters · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Set scanners to specific color densities, sizes, screen rulings, and exposure adjustments, using scanner keyboards or computers. · Prepress Technicians and Workers · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Copy drawings of printed circuit board fabrication using print machine or blueprinting procedure. · Electrical and Electronics Drafters · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
• Electrical and Electronics Drafters
• Prepress Technicians and Workers

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-operate-digital-imaging-equipment,
  title  = {Operate digital imaging equipment.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/operate-digital-imaging-equipment}
}