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

CHRC BTL TGA - 11/14/2008 -Page 38professional development opportunities; e.g., expansion of the CHRC’sNational Training Database.20) Recommendation - All departments should work with their unions, schoolsand colleges, and senior members of the relevant crafts to define jobdescriptions, set protocols, establish mentorship programs with cleardeliverables, and quantifiable testing mechanisms to monitor workers’performance and to help with career planning.21) Recommendation - Professional Development Management courses shouldbe offered in a flexible and cost-effective manner to working professionalswho are “on the way up.”22) Recommendation - Develop programs for Senior workers to get technicalskills upgrading and share their experience with younger talent.23) Recommendation - Secure financing and develop opportunities for skilledsenior workers to impart their knowledge and experience to younger workers.24) Recommendation - Develop specific units on Film & TV ProductionAccounting in conjunction with post-secondary institutions.25) Recommendation – Develop competency charts, a curriculum, and aneffective national strategy specifically designed to fill the critical skills gap inLocation Management.26) Recommendation – To build skill levels in hair & make-up and other film &TV disciplines like textile artists, which draw on students from generalizedcollege courses, to complement and prepare for on-set training opportunities,industry veterans should give workshops and targeted units to classes as partof their courses in order to introduce students to industry fundamentals,manage expectations, and teach skills unique to film & TV.27) Recommendation - For the top costume students in the college system,establish a summer placement program to give students hands-onexperience.28) Recommendation - In-depth training is required to meet the demands of thedigital age. Broad industry and government collaboration is urgentlyrequired.29) Recommendation – Particularly where there are gaps in high cost, high techtraining as with expensive, constantly changing post software or with thelatest HD production equipment, concentrate and focus partnerships betweenindustry, suppliers and manufacturers, government, and post-secondaryinstitutions to utilize resources more effectively. Provide bursaries andCHRC BTL TGA - 11/14/2008 -Page 38