Elements and Performance Criteria
- Collect information for pre-production safety reports
- Liaise with relevant personnel to interpret and confirm overall production requirements
- Gather relevant screen production information, including stunt and action sequences
- Undertake site inspections with relevant personnel, or commission and receive site-specific report
- Determine camera positions to be used during filming
- Determine positioning and movement of cast and crew for shots to be filmed
- Inspect props and sets involved in the production, if available before production
- Evaluate information
- Establish and maintain an accessible information management system
- Analyse and document initial findings for use in the development of safety reports
- Liaise with relevant personnel and research, if necessary, additional information on safety and security requirements
- Identify specialist personnel or skill sets required to execute filming sequences
- Determine required specialist equipment, harnessing and personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Determine first aid requirements for cast and crew involved in the production
- Identify licensing, legislative and regulatory requirements and industry codes of practice relevant to production, and consult with designated regulatory bodies to confirm compliance
- Draft pre-production safety reports
- Identify and document known and potential safety and security hazards
- Identify potential additional or altered production requirements to be considered and incorporated in draft reports, including procedures and protocols for engaging with emergency and medical services
- Generate reports specifying licensing and health and safety requirements and strategies for managing potential risks, relevant to the production
- Finalise pre-production safety reports
- Present draft safety reports to relevant personnel for review
- Undertake negotiations based on initial evaluation of draft reports, as required
- Analyse and amend safety reports based on production and location management feedback
- Present final safety reports to relevant personnel for executive sign-off and distribution
- Ensure relevant technical and regulatory support documentation is included in final reports