Photographers
Tasks Include:
- Take pictures of individuals, families, and small groups, either in studio or on location.
- Adjust apertures, shutter speeds, and camera focus according to a combination of factors, such as lighting, field depth, subject motion, film type, and film speed.
- Use traditional or digital cameras, along with a variety of equipment, such as tripods, filters, and flash attachments.
- Create artificial light, using flashes and reflectors.
- Determine desired images and picture composition, selecting and adjusting subjects, equipment, and lighting to achieve desired effects.
- Test equipment prior to use to ensure that it is in good working order.
- Review sets of photographs to select the best work.
- Estimate or measure light levels, distances, and numbers of exposures needed, using measuring devices and formulas.
- Manipulate and enhance scanned or digital images to create desired effects, using computers and specialized software.
- Perform maintenance tasks necessary to keep equipment working properly.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +9.4%
National: +8.9%
Education
Some College Courses
Job Zone:
Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$40,170.00
State
$38,350.00
Regional
Photographers
Description
Career Cluster: | Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications |
Photograph people, landscapes, merchandise, or other subjects. May use lighting equipment to enhance a subject's appearance. May use editing software to produce finished images and prints. Includes commercial and industrial photographers, scientific photographers, and photojournalists.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Photographers
Education
Required Level of Education
- Some College Courses = 27.27%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 18.18%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 13.64%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 13.64%
- Bachelor's Degree = 13.64%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 9.09%
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. = 4.55%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 45.45%
- None = 13.64%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 9.09%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 9.09%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 9.09%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 9.09%
- Up to and including 1 month = 4.55%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 45.45%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 18.18%
- Up to and including 1 month = 13.64%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 9.09%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 9.09%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 4.55%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 27.27%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 22.73%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 22.73%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 18.18%
- None or short demonstration = 4.55%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 4.55%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Photographers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Take pictures of individuals, families, and small groups, either in studio or on location.
- Adjust apertures, shutter speeds, and camera focus according to a combination of factors, such as lighting, field depth, subject motion, film type, and film speed.
- Use traditional or digital cameras, along with a variety of equipment, such as tripods, filters, and flash attachments.
- Create artificial light, using flashes and reflectors.
- Determine desired images and picture composition, selecting and adjusting subjects, equipment, and lighting to achieve desired effects.
- Test equipment prior to use to ensure that it is in good working order.
- Review sets of photographs to select the best work.
- Estimate or measure light levels, distances, and numbers of exposures needed, using measuring devices and formulas.
- Manipulate and enhance scanned or digital images to create desired effects, using computers and specialized software.
- Perform maintenance tasks necessary to keep equipment working properly.
- Perform general office duties, such as scheduling appointments, keeping books, and ordering supplies.
- Determine project goals, locations, and equipment needs by studying assignments and consulting with clients or advertising staff.
- Select and assemble equipment and required background properties, according to subjects, materials, and conditions.
- Enhance, retouch, and resize photographs and negatives, using airbrushing and other techniques.
- Set up, mount, or install photographic equipment and cameras.
- Direct activities of workers setting up photographic equipment.
- Engage in research to develop new photographic procedures and materials.
- Mount, frame, laminate, or lacquer finished photographs.
- Transfer photographs to computers for editing, archiving, and electronic transmission.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Produce computer-readable, digital images from film, using flatbed scanners and photofinishing laboratories.
- Employ a variety of specialized photographic materials and techniques, including infrared and ultraviolet films, macro photography, photogrammetry and sensitometry.
- Set up photographic exhibitions for the purpose of displaying and selling work.
- Load and unload film.
- Develop visual aids and charts for use in lectures or to present evidence in court.
- License the use of photographs through stock photo agencies.
- Photograph legal evidence at crime scenes, in hospitals, or in forensic laboratories.
- Develop and print exposed film, using chemicals, touch-up tools, and developing and printing equipment.
- Write photograph captions.
- Send film to photofinishing laboratories for processing.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Photographers
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
92.00 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
87.00 | Sales and Marketing | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
79.50 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
71.50 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
68.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
68.25 | Communications and Media | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
63.75 | Fine Arts | Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture. |
62.50 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
61.25 | Administrative | Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
59.00 | Psychology | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
57.25 | Economics and Accounting | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
68.75 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
68.75 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
56.25 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
53.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
53.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
53.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
53.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
53.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
53.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
72.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
72.00 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
72.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
72.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
65.50 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
65.50 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
59.50 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
56.25 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
56.25 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
56.25 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
53.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
53.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
50.00 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Photographers
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
92.00 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
89.75 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
86.25 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
83.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
81.75 | Selling or Influencing Others | Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions. |
79.50 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
77.25 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
77.25 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
77.25 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
76.25 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
76.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
73.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
69.25 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
64.75 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
64.75 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
63.75 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
63.75 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
63.00 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
60.75 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
60.75 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
60.25 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
59.00 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
57.25 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
56.75 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
56.00 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
55.75 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
55.75 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
54.50 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
53.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
52.50 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
52.25 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
95.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
94.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
91.00 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
84.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
83.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
80.75 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
80.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
80.75 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
73.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
72.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
72.75 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
70.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
69.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
68.25 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
63.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
55.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
66.67 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
61.17 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
55.50 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
99.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
97.20 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
89.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
88.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
86.40 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
84.80 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
82.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
81.80 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
78.20 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
78.20 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
78.00 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
76.40 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
76.40 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
70.00 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
67.20 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
67.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
66.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
66.40 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
65.80 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
65.40 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
65.40 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
61.00 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
61.00 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
59.00 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
58.20 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
55.40 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
54.60 | Outdoors, Under Cover | How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)? |
51.00 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
50.00 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Photographers
Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $26,990.00 | $40,170.00 | $59,750.00 |
Virginia | $24,400.00 | $38,350.00 | $49,210.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | $30,868.54 | $44,764.88 | $66,983.25 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $25,282.79 | $35,675.46 | $53,994.50 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $25,892.35 | $38,593.46 | $53,533.43 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $29,030.51 | $37,630.83 | $53,225.02 |
Hampton Roads | $31,032.61 | $45,434.67 | $57,663.29 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $23,760.45 | $30,493.66 | $41,545.73 |
Northern Virginia | $31,649.44 | $44,091.98 | $72,522.27 |
Piedmont Workforce | $27,297.36 | $37,580.98 | $61,817.03 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | $28,274.52 | $43,798.10 | $58,617.61 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 125,600 | 136,800 | +8.9% |
Virginia | 1,821 | 1,992 | +9.4% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Military Training
The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Information and Education, General
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: Defense Manpower Data Center. (Using onet28)
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Titles
- Advertising Photographer
- Aerial Photographer
- Apprentice Photographer
- Biological Photographer
- Biomedical Photographer
- Cameraman
- Commercial Photographer
- Crime Scene Photographer
- Digital Photographer
- Fashion Photographer
- Finish Photographer
- Food Photographer
- Forensic Photographer
- Freelance Photographer
- Industrial Photographer
- Marine Photographer
- Medical Photographer
- Nature Photographer
- News Photographer
- Newspaper Photographer
- Newspaper Photojournalist
- Ophthalmic Photographer
- Photo Editor
- Photo Journalist
- Photo-Optics Technician
- Photographer
- Photographer Assistant
- Photographic Specialist
- Photojournalist
- Portrait Photographer
- School Photographer
- Scientific Photographer
- Sports Photographer
- Still Photographer
- Street Photographer
- Studio Photographer
- Underwater Photographer
- Wedding Photographer
- Wild Life Photographer
- Wildlife Photographer
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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- Averett University
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- Bluefield University
- Bridgewater College
- Brightpoint Community College
- Central Virginia Community College
- Christopher Newport University
- Danville Community College
- Eastern Mennonite University
- Emory & Henry College
- George Mason University
- Hampton University
- J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
- James Madison University
- Laurel Ridge Community College
- Longwood University
- Mary Baldwin University
- Mountain Empire Community College
- Norfolk State University
- Northern Virginia Community College
- Old Dominion University
- Patrick Henry Community College
- Piedmont Virginia Community College
- Radford University
- Regent University
- Roanoke College
- Shenandoah University
- Southern Virginia University
- Sweet Briar College
- The Art Institute of Virginia Beach
- Tidewater Community College
- University of Lynchburg
- University of Mary Washington
- University of Virginia-Main Campus
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Virginia Peninsula Community College
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Virginia State University
- Virginia Wesleyan University
- William & Mary
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