PHOTOGRAPHY AND MULTIMEDIA TECHNICIAN NEW!!!
PHOTOGRAPHY AND MULTIMEDIA TECHNICIAN DEALS WITH:
recording, processing and publishing images
creating and publishing graphic and multimedia projects
taking all types of photographs, e.g.: occasional, portrait, advertising, reportage
preparation of photographic sets
capturing and preparing digital material for media publication.

WORK:
own service business
employment in a photographic company
employment in institutions using photography and multimedia solutions in their activities, e.g.: press agencies, advertising agencies, television, police, libraries, museums, scientific-technical institutions and archives, e-services sector.
During the course of study, the student passes two examinations confirming the qualifications of the profession:
AUD.02 Recording, processing and publishing of images.
AUD.05 Implementation of graphic and multimedia projects.
Theoretical vocational subjects:
Occupational health and safety,
Technical drawing,
Vocational foreign language,
Image composition,
Aesthetics in photography,
Theory of the photographic image,
Photographic equipment workshop,
Digital multimedia technologies
Vocational subjects organised in the form of practical classes:
-Photographic techniques,
-Digital image processing
-Preparation of digital materials,
-Multimedia workshop.

DIRECTIONAL OBJECTIVES OF THE PROFESSION
The directional objectives of the profession should reflect the needs of the labour market and take into account technological and technical progress in the process of taking photographs:
organising the photographic set and selecting the method and technique of recording photographic work,
capturing images using various photographic techniques in accordance with the principles of composition and aesthetics,
taking outdoor, studio and technical photographs,
performing digital and chemical processing of photographic materials,
copying, processing and visualising images on photographic materials using analogue and digital methods, 6,
maintaining photographic and lighting equipment as well as equipment for image reproduction and processing
preparing and archiving documentation on the organisation and execution of photographic work,
use of computer-assisted photographic process technology,
9.preparation of digital materials for graphic design projects,
10.making and publishing multimedia projects.

Description of the course
Photography and multimedia technician is a profession dealing with recording, processing, duplicating and publishing images using available techniques and image carriers, making graphic and multimedia projects. He/she takes photographs for documents, occasional, portrait, advertising or reportage. He/she records and prepares digital materials for publication in the media, makes and publishes web-based multimedia projects. The photography and multimedia technician may run his/her own service business, work in a photographic company or in institutions using photography in their activities: advertising agencies, television, newspaper editorial offices. The photography and multimedia technician uses analogue or digital equipment with varying degrees of technical sophistication in their work.
There are now many small and medium-sized photographic companies. The labour market is looking for qualified employees who perform professional tasks in the field of photography and multimedia projects with commitment and expertise.
An analysis of job vacancies, based on Internet portals, indicates that photography and multimedia technicians are among the employees in demand. The labour market needs qualified employees with knowledge of traditional and modern methods of taking photographs, methods of creating multimedia projects.
Photography and multimedia technicians are employed in jobs that involve photography and the processing of photos and graphics, as well as in jobs that involve multimedia projects.
The arguments in favour of opening a degree course in photography and multimedia technician are:
1) the rapid growth of the visual services market, related to photography, photo processing and multimedia projects
2) clientele requiring professional and modern photographic and multimedia services
3) rapid technological progress and the associated ability to operate modern electronic equipment
4) linking the field of photography and multimedia technician with related professions
5) numerous job offers in the voivodship – WUP (we spent 30 minutes to find the job offers listed below):
computer graphic designer and multimedia – Kielce, Tarnowskie Góry
product photographer – Zawiercie
production worker for large-format photography – Małopolskie
computer graphic designer / photographer – Bielsko -Biała
business presentation graphic designer with English – Poznań
graphic designer / UV printer operator – warmińsko-mazurskie
photographic equipment salesman – lubelskie
The direction is also intended for people with physical disabilities
Today, a photography and multimedia technician is not just a photographer ‘snapping’ more or less successful pictures. Today, when everyone has access to a mobile phone camera, the discerning customer expects perfect and modern service in all areas – from food, fashion, television and social media to family celebrations. This is why there is huge potential in the profession of photography and multimedia technician.

Why us?

Staff – teachers with specialist training

Experience – pedagogical innovation ‘Computer graphics and photography’, classes in ‘Computer graphics and photography’ within the project ‘Competitiveness of students of the ZSB in Rybnik on the labour market’.

Base – 6 computer labs, modern Wacom graphics tablets, Nikon digital SLR cameras, compact cameras, interchangeable lenses, photographic tripods, flashes, licences for Adobe Photoshop CS6 graphics software (total approx. PLN 100,000)
Equipment and software is obtained partly from our own funds and to a greater extent from EU projects. Currently implemented ‘Competitiveness of students of ZSB in Rybnik on the labour market’ (Project implementation period: 01.09.2018 – 31.08.2021, Source of funding: Regional Operational Programme of the Silesian Voivodeship 2014-2020 (European Social Fund). Funding value: 1,198,107.60 PLN

Cooperation with employers – the school cooperates with employers in the implementation of apprenticeships and has signed letters of intent with them – Lion Production Żory,zerwionka-Leszczyny