Date: 19 March 2012
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This two week intensive course is designed to fast-track the careers of established Production, Floor and Location Runners and Junior Assistants to become Assistant Production Co-ordinators in feature film production within the United Kingdom.
This course will give freelancers access to coherent and ongoing training that will effectively and speedily provide them with the core and specialised skills demanded by the full job role. Training is delivered by current leading and experienced Line Producers, Production Managers and Production Co-ordinators through lectures, practical sessions, Q&A and visits to facilities and suppliers.
Supported by the Skillset Film Skills Fund, as part of A Bigger Future 2, the scheme will be held at the PG offices at Pinewood Studios for eight participants from 19th March – 30th March, 2012.
Please note that if you are not available for these dates, PG PROGRESS – ASSISTANT CO-ORDINATORS II will be run in November 2012 and please e-mail PG@ProductionGuild.com to register your interest.
The deadline for applications is Friday 9th March 2012. Completed application and diversity monitoring forms can be e-mailed to PG@ProductionGuild.com or posted to the address found within the application pack.
Download: Full Application Pack (PDF – 477 KB)
Download: Application and Diversity Monitoring Forms Only (Word Doc – 717 KB)
If you have any further questions, please e-mail Fran and Gareth on PG@ProductionGuild.com or call the office on 01753 651 767.
“The course enabled me to learn the basics of film production and explore relevant issues in depth. I now have a good understanding of the key processes involved in the production process and how they relate to the role of Assistant Production Co-ordinator.
Helen Swanwick, Assistant Production Co-ordinator”
Please click here to download the National Occupational Standards for Production.
Date: 09 January 2012
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This four week intensive course is designed to fast-track the careers of established production personnel to become production managers in feature film production in the United Kingdom.
This course will give freelancers access to coherent and ongoing training that will provide them effectively and speedily with the core and specialised skills demanded by the full job role. Training is delivered by experienced PM's, Line Producers and industry practitioners in the classroom through lectures and practical sessions, Q&A and visits to facilities and suppliers.
Supported by the Skillset Film Skills Fund, as part of A Bigger Future 2, the scheme will be held at the PG offices at Pinewood Studios for 10 participants from 9th January – 8th February, 2012. Please note that if you are not available for these dates, PG PROGRESS IV – PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT will be run in October 2012 and please e-mail PG@ProductionGuild.com to register your interest.
The deadline for applications is Friday 9th December 2011. Completed application and diversity monitoring forms can be e-mailed to PG@ProductionGuild.com or posted to the address found within the application pack.
Please click here to download the Application Pack or if you would like a word version of the forms please e mail PG@ProductionGuild.com.
“The PG Production Management course was fantastic. It managed to engage and educate students with a wide variety of experience and I think we prospective PMs all came away wiser, more capable and more self-assured.
Graduate- PG Production Management”
“All my questions were answered carefully and exhaustively....I came away with my confidence and competence in all aspects of production management dramatically increased
Ben Greenacre- PG Progress: Production Management II”
Date: 12 September 2011
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THE PRODUCTION GUILD is thrilled to announce that the new ASSISTANT DIRECTORS TRAINING SCHEME (ADTS) is now open for applications, continuing the tradition of producing highly effective industry led new entrant and continual professional development training schemes.
This 10 day training scheme is designed to enable participants to gain the necessary skills and knowledge in the most effective way to either make the move from 3rd Assistant Director to 2nd Assistant Director as smooth a transition as possible or further their experiences as newly established 2nd Assistant Director.
The course will be held at Pinewood Studios from 12th – 23rd September, 2011. 12 Applicants will be selected by a panel of leading Assistant Directors.
For further information and cost details, please click here to download the course guidelines.
To download the application form, please click here.
To download the diversity monitoring form, please click here.
The scheme is open to applications from 27th June to 19th August 2011. Please ensure that you send your completed Application and Diversity Monitoring Forms before the closing date of Friday 19th August.
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Recruitment Process to Begin Summer 2012
This intensive course scheduled over 4 weeks is designed to fast-track the careers of experienced Assistant and Key Assistant Accountants to become freelance Production Accountants in feature film and television dramas.
The course is designed through attending a series of short courses comprising nine modules and is mapped against the National Occupational Standards in Production Accounting.
Delegates will be taught by the PG and leading practitioners and will gain significant updating and extension of their skills to secure work as Production Accountants.
As well as training in the core functions of the Accountant role - budgeting, cost controlling, forecasting and cost reporting, emphasis will be placed on the Accountant's mutual role to the Producer, Financiers and Completion Bond Company; their management duties with the Accounting Department and their central role in ensuring legal, fiscal and corporate compliance within and on behalf of the production.
“It was a good consolidation of the many aspects of production accounting. It both reinforced knowledge I already had while also opening up areas of production accounting I hadn't previously been exposed to. Susanna was invaluable for pulling together all the strands and constantly reminding us to think about budget implications.
Kerry Smith- PG Production Accounting I”
“It was a well thought out and delivered programme. For myself, I believe the extra knowledge combined with support from existing accountants has left me in a good position to take my first job as an accountant.
Graduate- PG Production Accounting I”
“It provides the student with confidence of knowledge and to know that the T's have been crossed and the I's dotted is a great comfort.
John Udall- PG Production Accounting II”
Please click here to download the National Occupational Standards for Production Accountants.
Full application packs will be made available soon.
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Recruitment Process to Begin May 2012.
These two courses will provide participants with the nexessary skills and knowledge to progress Assistant and Key Assistant Accountants to specialised accountants positions of VFX and Construction and will lead to a continuing and progressive development of the skills and expertise of the UK's Production Accounting infrastructure.
Each section will be scheduled over 5 days and will be designed as a mixture of lectures, practical exercises and site visits with the opportunity for extensive Q&A sessions.
Please click here to download the National Occupational Standards for Production Accounting.
Full application packs will be made available soon.
The Production Guild. N & P Complex, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, SL0 0NH, United Kingdom. Tel: 01753 651 767


