Production Management for Production Coordinators Module 3: H&S, Risk, Stunts and Legals 20.02.16

Production Managing is challenging, exciting and a critical role for any production. Making the step up to PM can be daunting for any PC as you hone your already excellent organisational and logistical skills further and develop your managerial and leadership abilities. Whatever genre you work in, this modular course will furnish you with a thorough knowledge base of the critical skills necessary to become an excellent and effective PM. Using interactive seminars, practical exercises, workshops and industry examples, you will come away a strong foundation with which to build your career further and excel as a PM.

* Limited travel bursaries available. On booking your ticket, please send an email to enquire *

Course content: The course will break down into 5 modules to be run across 5 Saturdays. Course participants can pick and choose the number of modules to attend, but it is recommended for those with minimal expereince to book the Introduction Module 1.

Module 3 - 20th February 2016

Health and Safety

• Interactive seminar on importance of health and safety and the responsibility of a Production Manager
• Why it matters - case studies of accidents on set
• Practical exercise determining health and safety requirements across various scenarios
• Review and critique of exercise
• Q and A

Risk Assessing

• What is a risk assessment – interactive seminar with industry examples
• How to assess and write one
• Hazards and risks
• Control measures and personal responsibility
• Group work to assess several filming scenarios, identify the associated hazards and risks and to put in place practical steps and control measures to minimize risk of accident/injury
• Review and critique of work
• Accident/Near miss reporting – how to do it and why it matters
• Q and A

Stunts, one-offs and events

• Seminar on key considerations when filming a stunt based on real life examples
• Group work to identify hazards and risks associated with various scenarios
• Review and critique of work
• Interactive session on key responsibilities of the Production Manager
• Introduction to filming techniques employed to work safely and still make the scenario/stunt look “dangerous”
• Rain bars/wind turbines/working on or in water/Driving sequences/Drones/Working at Height/Helicopters/Trains/Fight sequences/Night sequences/Location and abroad filming – interactive session using real-life industry examples on the basics of working safely and resources available.
• Q and A

Legal Requirements and insurance

• Group exercise to ascertain why insurance is critical
• Introduction to core legal requirements for a production
• Seminar on key issues and how to deal with insurance claims