What is an apprenticeship?
An apprenticeship is a paid job with a company where you gain experiences and skills. Alongside on-the-job training, you’ll spend at least six hours of your working week completing online or classroom-based learning with a college, university or training provider.
What types of screen industry apprenticeships are there?
There are lots of different roles for people in the screen industries and the range of relevant apprenticeships is broad and varied.
Apprenticeships are categorised by ‘routes’ for each industry type, and there are plenty of apprenticeships in the Creative and Design route that have been specifically designed for job roles in the screen industries.
There are also apprenticeship standards available that have been designed for working in other industries, either in the Creative and Design sector or more widely. Screen employers and training providers may offer apprenticeships that have been adapted from these standards, giving you specific training for jobs in screen as well as relevant skills that could easily be transferred to working in another sector altogether.
Here are some entry-level apprenticeships available in Film and TV, visit the ScreenSkills website for a full list of apprenticeships in the screen sector:
This occupation is found in broadcasters and production companies that edit and produce music and sound content prior to release across multiple platforms. This includes music that is recorded for sale under the artists name and that used in TV, radio, film and computer games.
This apprenticeship could progress to roles including film sound roles, postproduction roles and sound editing roles in music, radio and TV.
Technical operators operate equipment involved in making and broadcasting film and TV programmes. The roles are typically for media broadcasters, production companies, streaming companies, and suppliers of media services and broadcast equipment.
This apprenticeship could progress to roles including a technical operator role at a broadcaster, technical roles at streaming companies, working in broadcast studios and roles in broadcast engineering.
Junior production coordinators work as part of a production team delivering film, radio, audio, TV, digital content or animated series, commercials or in specialist postproduction departments. They coordinate productions using specialist production management skills, knowledge and experience.
This apprenticeship could progress to roles including a production coordinator for film and TV.
Production Assistants provide support and assistance to editorial or technical colleagues to ensure the smooth delivery of content for productions. Production Assistants are involved in the end to end process of a production. They work to a brief and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders to plan productions.
This apprenticeship could progress to roles including production coordinator, researcher or assistant producer and more technical roles such as video assist operator.
Costume Technicians provide support relating to the care, maintenance and dressing of cast or performers in costumes in a production environment. The role can be found in production and technical departments of theatres, television, film, dance and fashion productions and cultural organisations.
This apprenticeship could progress to roles including costume assistant and costume designer
The broad purpose of this role is to support internal and external customers in the administration of their financial and accounting activities. While the apprenticeship exists across all the sectors, there is update in the screen sector.
This apprenticeship could progress to roles including cashier and production accountant.