Best Practice for Production Contract Coordinating

Course Name: Best Practice for Production Contract Coordinating

Proposed months of delivery: February

Duration:   1 Day [6 hours approx]

Cost: Free

Venue: Online

Tutor(s): Orlaith Darcy [Production Coordinator] / Trish Ryan [Production Supervisor]

Course Profile:

This course will be delivered in a practical sense, giving simple step by step instructions for contract coordinating.

Course Content:

  - Overview of the role  & responsibilities of a contracts coordinator.

  - The Production Legal Pack explained

  - Documentation required from all crew

 - PAYE / LOAN OUT / SCH D  explained + processes

               - Contracting Construction & Electrical crew + Documentation required

 - Contracting service providers + when service providers do not sign and why they don’t - process of checking other companies rental agreements etc.

 - Contracting Daily Crew / understanding the uplift

               - Contracting Stunt performers / Utility Stunts

                - HOD Agreements

               - Contracting from the talent academies schemes

               - Crew Equipment rental agreements

  - Notice Letters / Hiatus Letters / Rescinded notices / Social Welfare Letters

  - Contracting under 18’s / work experience / P2P participants

  - Tracking Crew  [Daily Mail / Crew tracker]

                - Contracting software -  Docusign / Team Engine

                 - Screen Ireland Certs & NDA’s

On completion of this course, all attendees will be given a copy of the below templates fo

•            Copy of Rate Card
  • Copy of the current SIPTU Agreement
  • Construction Workers Agreement
  • Connect Trade Union Agreement
  • SGI Deal Memo
  • Contracts log Template
  • Samples of Notice Letter /  Rescinded notice / Social Welfare letter for learning purposes only as these letters will be approved by production legal on the production

Participant Profile:

This course is aimed at people who are already working in the production department as Secretary, Assistant Production Office Cooridnator and would like to upskill in this area. This course gives a practical step by step guide to production contracts.

Application Procedure:

Please apply on this LINK by 12pm, Monday, Jan 19th.

For technical difficulties with the online system, please email denise.maher@nationaltalentacademies.ie

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