Training We Offer
You do NOT need to be a member of the PMA to take part in this training.
We normally provide a variety of workshops and training sessions countrywide. Currently all training is taking place via Zoom.
At Production Manager level we offer topics ranging from legal issues such as compliance and music licensing, to Health & Safety and tax issues. We also cover technical topics relating to production and the current pandemic situation.
For more junior people, we offer a variety of entry level and limited experience sessions, which are open to all - bursaries are sometimes available via Screenskills.
Training events are FREE to members with fees charged for non-members. Prices vary from session to session. Places are limited according to each type of event.
See upcoming session below:
Living with Covid and other Challenges
Monday 10th October 2022 From: 2-3.30pm
Venue Online training via Zoom
First Option presents:
Living with Covid
and other Challenges in the New Normal
online via zoom
Monday 10th October, 2022
2pm - 3.30pm (approx)
The gradual retreat of the current wave, combined with some summer sun means a lot of us have put the ‘C’ word to the backs of our minds.
But Winter is coming - and with the experts predicting another wave at some point in the autumn there may be more trouble ahead – with no more cover from the restart scheme. Additionally, the Southern Hemisphere has just had one of the worst flu seasons on record, and what happens with flu during their winter is usually a good predictor for what we might expect during ours.
Join the First Option team for an update covering:
- What does ‘living with COVID’ really mean for productions? Now that we can make up our own rules, what’s the right balance between sensible and too onerous?
- What can we do to minimise the chances of interruption due to illness?
- Testing – is it worth it anymore?
Plus, an unprecedented level of production in the UK and elsewhere is putting a huge strain on resources of all kinds, and creating additional safety, health and wellbeing challenges. What are the main issues and what should we be doing about them?
And as ever, a Q&A session at the end for all your questions.
This event is open to anyone but places are limited. FREE for members of the PMA. £25 for anyone else. Payment in advance via Paypal. RSVP by clicking the REGISTER for EVENT button or email [email protected].
First Option was a member of the BFC production sub-group and continues to be part of the Cross-Industry Covid Safety Group where they contribute to the development of industry guidance. Additionally, First Option’s own covid guidance, support and training including their ‘Yellow Book’ Covid-19 Production Guide, their hugely popular online covid in production awareness and covid supervisors courses, and their guides on testing and other technical covid issues have helped countless productions through the pandemic.
Our Sponsors
The PMA is sponsored by a variety of companies in the film and television industry. We have a long-standing relationship with many of them dating back to the PMA’s inception in 1991.
PMA members benefit from the information and services that our sponsors can provide, while sponsors gain access to the upper echelon of Production Managers in the UK who are major purchasers for the industry.
Become a sponsor
We only have one sponsor per area of business but occasionally opportunities to become a sponsor of the PMA do arise.
Sponsors get the chance to meet our members several times a year, host parties, explain their services and write for our magazine The Bottom Line.
For more information on sponsorship, please contact us.