Many of these programmes support individuals who, after classroom training, are looking for placements which will positively impact on these shortage roles in the future by growing capacity and empowering trained and skilled crew.
Placement based funds provide additional funds that you can claim from the High-end TV Skills Fund to upskill crew in shortage areas on top of your 60% take out from your contribution and can cover both shadowing and salary costs.
To find out who our funded participants are and see CVs contact Nicky Ball.
Please click here to apply for open courses. Explore all the courses and placements available below.
- Understanding post production delivery: an online course for production secretaries and coordinators covering an overview of all aspects of the basics of post-production delivery requirements.
- Step up to production coordinator training - applications closed for 22/23
- Accounts industry transfer programme: training and placements to convert accountants from other industries to start a career in the screen industry.
- Step up/over to line producing programme: training and placements for professionals who are ready to step up to the role of line producer.
- Introduction to location management - applications closed for 22/23
- Second AD training: training on all aspects of the role of 2nd AD to include crowd seconding.
- Return to work in craft and tech: training and placements focused on craft and tech roles to include orientation re-training days, individual career coaching, CV and portfolio design and ‘soft skills’ training.
- Resilience workshop: series of workshops covering all aspects of developing personal and team resilience, including how to look after yourself, how to manage expectations from your team, ensuring a good work life balance and encouraging good working practice in your teams.
- Start a career in costume: training and placements for people at new entrant level, out of fashion courses or for those working in fashion roles outside the screen industries and want to transfer their skills into a career in screen.
- The guiding principles of departmental budgeting: training to help individuals become comfortable approximating material and labour costs for the purpose of setting an initial budget.
- Step up to 1st AD: training and placements for 3rd and 2nd ADs on all aspects of moving into the role of 1st AD.
- Negotiating client relationships in post and VFX: the course offers key ideas, tips and resources to help participants handle challenging situations and negotiations.
- Leading remote and hybrid teams in post and VFX: programme on how to work effectively with your teams remotely or part-remotely.
- Moving to Avid 2021
- Avid to Resolve: convergence course for editors.
- Post production sound trainee pilot
- Masterclasses for freelance assistant editors, post
- Step up to production coordinator training - applications closed for 22/23
- Accounts industry transfer programme: training and placements to convert accountants from other industries to start a career in the screen industry.
- Introduction to location management - applications closed for 22/23
- Intern runner programme - applications closed for 22/23
- Virtual production training – multiple programmes to support various levels and grades across HETV designed to understand how VP impacts roles
- Accounts industry transfer programme training to convert accountants from other industries to start a career in the screen industry.
- Early entrants pathways: follow on training to support the existing cohort of Bectu Visions’ Hit the Ground Running programme.
- Intern runner programme: up to six-months of paid work placement experience for people from outside the central belt and/or from underrepresented socio-economic backgrounds, on a high-end TV production or in a production studio facility in Scotland.
- Resilience workshop series of workshops covering all aspects of developing personal and team resilience, including how to look after yourself, how to manage expectations from your team, ensuring a good work life balance and encouraging good working practice in your teams.
- ACES training: for people working in post-production / visual effects in Scotland.
- Production accountant transfer training: training programme to convert accountants from other industries to start a career in high-end TV in Northern Ireland
- Production secretary transfer programme: training to convert individuals working in organisational/administrative roles outside the TV industry or in non-scripted to start a career in high-end TV in Northern Ireland
- Standby props trainee programme: training and placements for entry level standby prop trainees, new to high-end TV.
- Developing local HODs: placements for Heads of Department working in comedy or in continuing drama in Wales to help them develop key skills and obtain credits on larger high-end TV productions in Wales.
- Script editor programme: six-month script editor placement opportunity for assistant/trainee script editors on high-end TV productions in Wales.
- Accounts industry transfer programme: training to convert accountants from other industries to start a career in the screen industry.
- Access coordinator training
- Return to work in production: re-training programme with placements for people who are ready to return to work in production manager roles
- Job share programme
- New writers mentoring programme
- Industry hair and make-up programme - applications closed for 22/23