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The structure of the television, film and video industries has changed rapidly in the past decade and programme/film makers are having to react to these changes. Producers, for example, are starting to take a more directorial role in programme making. New developments and changes in working practices have created more mobility and increased entry into the industry, but have also resulted in more job insecurity. Staff need to be flexible, increasingly multi-skilled and able to move across traditional jobs, so it is advisable to develop as many skills in as many different environments as possible.
Training is provided mainly on the job by employers and a range of short courses is also available.
Skillset (Sector Skills Council for the Audio Visual Industries) is the government and industry-funded organisation responsible for ensuring that workers in the audio visual industries are appropriately trained. In conjunction with industry employers and training providers, it runs free and subsidised training programmes including the Audio Visual Industries Induction Programme (a 'new entrants' programme) for those with a a few months' experience. Its website also has links to non-Skillset-funded training programmes run by broadcasting and independent production companies.
FT2 - Film & Television Freelance Training provides training for people seeking to establish a freelance career in production and technical areas of the UK film and television industry. Information on training schemes can be found on their website.
Some independent television companies have graduate training schemes which operate on an individual company basis. These are likely to be advertised on the companies' websites, in the local and national press and on Broadcast .
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