Creative Industries Production Manager Level 7 Assessment

1. Production Accounting – The production manager is part of a team embedded within production departments working closely with the production management teams. They are responsible for managing the financial control of a slate of productions and/or providing financial support on a more dedicated basis to a more complex production.
2. Film, TV and Short Form Production – Overseeing all operational and logistical elements of the production, the production manager leads the production team and may manage junior production managers and production co-ordinators. They plan out the production workflow process from pre-production to delivery of the final content.
3. VFX, Post-Production and Animation – Working closely with the producer and supervisors, the production manager creates, implements and runs the schedule, tracking and managing the workflow through departments, ensuring that the project meets both internal and external deadlines. They lead or schedule the production team on a day-to-day basis and may manage junior line producers, bookings assistants and production co-ordinators. In some facilities the production manager may take on budgetary and client-facing responsibilities.
4. Live Arts Performance – The production manager supports the technical director to ensure the most effective use of resources and systems to realise all the technical elements of designs for productions, within the agreed budget, time and technical parameters.

• Completion of a portfolio
• Level 2 English and maths*
• Apprentice submits a project brief to AIM for the end point assessor to review and provide a title.

*this only applies to apprentices aged 16-18 at the start of their apprenticeship training. For apprentices aged 19+ at the start of their apprenticeship training, achieving L2 English and maths is not mandatory.

• Project report with presentation and supplementary questioning: a pre-gateway work-based project to be submitted within six weeks from the start of the EPA period and marked by our assessor. A subsequent presentation by the apprentice to the assessor which is followed by questions.
• Professional discussion underpinned by a portfolio of evidence: An 80-minute professional discussion with our assessor based on the apprentice’s portfolio which they submit to us at gateway. 

The assessment will typically be completed within three months once the gateway requirements have been met.

Find out more on the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education website.

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