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:
First Option - Health and Safety updates
Thursday 23rd May 2024 From: 5-6.45pm
Venue Online via Zoom
First Option – Health and Safety updates made interesting and very helpful
Thursday 23rd May at 5pm via Zoom
Welfare, Batteries, Working at height, Slips, trips, falls, Risk Assessing & Covid
A smorgasbord of Health and/or Safety topics to be discussed by experts for your edification.
Presented by:
Mac McGearey, Head of High Risk & Safety Services, North Star Safety Group
Mac served 27 years in the British Army and now has extensive experience of planning and managing media high risk (hostile, remote and extreme) productions across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and with a particular focus on the Americas. To date Mac has deployed into the field over 60 times and supported over 1000 productions globally. Mac recently spoke on ’ Working in Hostile Environments’ at the Glasgow Film Festival during the Industry Focus Programme 2024.
Prior to the establishment of North Star, Mac was First Option’s lead consultant on all High Risk productions. Based in Scotland, Mac is responsible for the delivery North Star’s High Risk & Safety Services.
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Chris McNally, Deputy Head of Safety Services
Chris joined First Option in 2013 from the BBC where he was a safety adviser to drama, entertainment and factual productions.
He has supported productions from all types of programmes during his career. From entertainment shows through to Sports OBs. He has been Deputy Head of Safety since 2018 and now manages a team of 8 consultants, which includes several embedded consultants, as well as overseeing several high-profile shows. He is also a trainer, in particular the presentation of our Senior Managers’ Briefing, and one of the approved trainers for our internal IOSH Production Safety course
He has a BSc in Music, a NEBOSH Diploma, and is a Graduate member of IOSH. As well as extensive safety knowledge and experience across the full range of productions Chris is a specialist in drone filming and studio operations.
Subtitling is available for this session.
This event is open to anyone. FREE for members of the PMA and those on the Junior Production Staff list and £40 for anyone else. Payment in advance RSVP by clicking the REGISTER for EVENT button or email [email protected]
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.