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By Jake Bickerton2021-04-15T11:48:00+01:00
The two-year course has been developed by a group of hire companies and is aimed at helping school leavers get into the industry
A group of hire companies, led by VMI, have launched the ”UK’s first apprenticeship standard for camera technicians.” The scheme is now open for registration, and will start on 21 Aug.
VMI managing director, Barry Bassett, first started work on creating the scheme back in 2019, after contacted ScreenSkills to investigate the possibilities for setting up an apprenticeship standard for UK camera rental companies.
A group of rental companies creatively known as the ‘Trailblazer Group’ was set up to design the full standard. This group initially included VMI, S+O Media, Panavision, Movietech, ARRI Rental, Shoot Blue, CVP, Focus 24, Shift-4, Brownian Motion, Take-2 and also CVP and later interest was expressed from Pro Motion, Aimimage, Luna Remote Systems, Visual Impact 24-7 & Pixi Pixel and also No Dra
The UK “Camera Tech” Apprenticeship Standard is searching for its first intake of apprentices.
Originally planned for a 2020 start, the scheme will now look to get going in summer/autumn 2021 due to the uncertainty created by the pandemic.
Four training providers are currently being appraised for the awarding of the contract to do the Apprenticeship training: West London College, London Skills Academy, All Spring Media and ETC. This will be awarded in March, leaving time to prepare course material for the formal launch.
The first intake is expected to be brought in in September, with around 20 applicants will be recruited for the scheme.