TV and Film Production H&S Advisor

The course will enable the learner to:

Define current legal requirements and duties, including key H&S legislation and how this is applied within a production;

Identify where to access authoritative sources of production safety advice, both internally and externally;

Describe who's who on productions, including common job titles, roles and responsibilities;

Describe typical production H&S policies, management systems and arrangements;

Define the principles of sensible risk management as applied to productions;

Describe the roles and responsibilities of a production health and safety advisor, balancing the advisor/ inspector/police/enabler functions;

Describe the principles of H&S law (criminal versus civil) in the UK, EU, `North America and elsewhere;

Identify specific legislation which require risk assessment and the key differences in requirements (e.g. Management Regs, DSE, PPE, CoSHH, Work at Height, PUWER, LOLER, EAW, First Aid etc.)

Identify key examples of production industry accidents, causation, investigation, enforcement action and lessons learnt;

Demonstrate an understanding of, and be able to, undertake hazard identification in a studio/location environment. Also to provide a suitable and sufficient assessment (using PETE and the 5Cs) for a range of production scenarios;

Demonstrate a thorough understanding of H&S procedures and processes in relation to client advice, onsite support, safety issue escalation procedures and responses to accidents and incidents.