Below-the-Line Film and Television Workers - Conseil des ...

CHRC BTL TGA - 11/14/2008 -Page 11time; training institutions need adequate notice, and mentoring and apprenticeshipprograms do not materialize overnight.8) Recommendation - The National Training Advisory Council (NTAC),working in concert with its provincial and regional counterparts, theRegional Training Organizations (RTOs), should work with provincialagents who sell their province as a location, with location managers andscouts who tour representatives of potential out-of-province productions,with delegates to markets, and with Canadian governmentrepresentatives in foreign production centres, to use all means at theirdisposal to anticipate production demands and to prepare in advance tofill gaps.Best Practice - The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), which istaking a “specific needs” approach to the Edmonton boom, partnered with APTN toprovide below-the-line training for aboriginal workers and with IATSE to providetraining specifically for grips, electrics, and script supervisors. One NAIT scriptsupervisor grad annually goes to the Women in the Directors Chair program inBanff as a work study placement.Best Practice - Also in Edmonton, the training deal struck between Lionsgate andthe City of Edmonton, which resulted in the augmentation of the local labour force,set a great example of building capacity by negotiating with visiting productioncompanies. When Lionsgate leaves, those jobs will stay behind.Best Practice - Film Training Manitoba, in addition to providing dozens of coursesin such things as Set Etiquette, Safety, and specialized workshops like its “DriveThrough Alterations” for costume assistants, lighting workshops, workshops inindustry survival and job skills, builds capacity by reaching out on a regular basis toschools, community colleges, other professions, and the industry itself toproactively upgrade the entire community’s skill level and its awareness of theindustry as a viable alternative.Best Practice - The UK’s Skillset, the Sector Skills Council for the Audio Visualand Publishing Industries, is jointly funded by industry and government. It hasoffices across the country, keeps tabs on local, regional, and national industrialcapacity and helps connect workers with everything from entry level training toupskilling for established professionals.CHRC BTL TGA - 11/14/2008 -Page 11