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CHRC BTL TGA - 11/14/2008 -Page 21.2. MethodologyThe study is qualitative, not quantitative. Due to the sheer number of below-thelinepositions, and the lack of competency charts for most of them, and becausethe industry’s training opportunities are so diverse and ever-changing, a broadunderstanding of the major stresses in the industry was sought and specificsolutions were solicited from respondents.The task was organized as follows:The study was restricted to positions listed in “B” and “C” in the tried and trueTelefilm Budget, the industry standard (see Appendix A). Actors, extras, andpositions dealing with music – composers, musicians, music editors, musicproducers, etc. - were excluded and will be analyzed separately.To guide our conversations and correspondence with respondents, two sets of fourquestions were devised. One set targeted people working in the Industry, and theother set targeted Training Providers.The Industry questions, posed to Production Managers, Producers, ProductionCoordinators, and Department Heads, were as follows:“Considering the industry’s current status and where it’s headed, using the list ofbelow-the-line positions described in the attached standard Telefilm Budget as aguide:1. Do you have enough below-the-line workers, and if not where are the gaps?2. Do the workers you have lack certain skills and if so, what are they?3. In order of importance, what are the top three sources for your workers?Where do they come from? Where do they get their entry level training andhow do they learn new skills once they’ve entered the industry?4. How do you see the gaps being filled? More mentoring opportunities? Onthe-jobwork experiences? Workshops? A closer relationship betweenschools and colleges, training institutions, and industry? Better access toequipment? Other?”Training Providers, schools, institutions, colleges and universities, unions andguilds, and professional organizations, were asked the following:“Considering the industry’s current status and where it’s headed, using as a guidethe attached list of below-the-line positions described in the standard TelefilmBudget:1. Please circle the jobs for which you currently provide entry-level training andbriefly describe the course of study.CHRC BTL TGA - 11/14/2008 -Page 2