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training scheme. The training is designed for heads of department and other staff in management positions and is adapted to the needs of specific individuals in a company. It is free to companies paying into the high-end TV Skills fund. Contributors to the fund include leading production companies such as Sister, Mammoth Screen, Sid Gentle and Hartswood. The training covers “a breadth
Leadership skills
ScreenSkills Leadership and management training ScreenSkills, which administers the HETV levy, works with a variety of industry partners to deliver training, but also runs its own schemes. The ScreenSkills trainee finder is one major initiative, finding over one hundred
entry level trainees each year and matching them with placements in the industry. There’s also ScreenSkills Make a Move scheme which provides training and structures mentoring for those ready to step up to a higher grade. SkillSet also offers a
leadership and management
of areas for a manager to be aware of and to create a more supportive environment,” says Kaye Elliott, Director of high- end TV at ScreenSkills. “It’s not just about doing your job well, you have to be good at people management.” Areas that are covered include team management and dynamics, crewing up effectively, unconscious bias and inclusion
and dealing with bullying and harassment. “It feels that productions are crying out for how to better support teams, with Covid and mental health issues,” adds Elliott. The leadership and
management training has been running for two years, with just under 300 taking part last year, over half of which were women and over 40 per cent from the nations and regions. “Diversity and inclusion is baked into everything we do…It’s important that people don’t feel a barrier,” says Elliott. She is also keenly aware that there are no quick fixes when it comes to cpd and training people to be ready for new roles. “You can’t rush it. You can’t magic them, it takes time, for people to move into those roles and flourish and progress successfully.”
Development Strategy and to help provide skills in their seven regional hubs. The programme is supported by PGGB’s Mission Inclusion scheme which aims to improve diversity and inclusion behind the camera. The Production Secretary
Number crunching
The Production Guild of Great Britain: Production Secretary Training Programme The Production Guild of Great Britain (PGGB) has been running production accounting courses for over a decade. It is now focused on three key training areas – production accounting, location management
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and production co-ordination. These align with ScreenSkills’ latest analysis into grade shortages. Its Production Secretary Training
Programme is one of a series of initiatives that it’s running in partnership with the British Film Commission, in order to support the UK Stage Space Support
Training will run over July and September of this year, with between twelve and fifteen participants in each cohort. The course is designed for recent production graduates, experienced runners, producers’ secretaries and production secretaries. It is geared to give trainees the skills needed for both domestic and international productions and for the PGGB to offer ongoing support through its online community and resources. The course programme covers a
range of core skills, including dealing with clearances, health and safety issues and production paperwork. There’s also an introduction to US
studios. The course tutor Emma Mallett has 20 years of experience working in film and TV; most recently she was production manager on upcoming Apple series Invasion. Recently, the PGGB has been
working with Netflix to provide placement training for production accounting assistants, addressing the huge demand for production accountants and giving opportunities to people with accounting backgrounds to find work in the TV and film industries. “Retraining and harnessing transferrable skills will become even more important in servicing the industry’s needs,” says Lyndsay Duthie, ceo of the PGGB. Further courses in partnership
with the BFC are launching this Summer, for production co- ordinators and senior location managers. “All our courses are underpinned by our diversity and inclusion initiatives,” adds Duthie.
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