Ms Teresa McGrane:

There is a world of difference between such employees and those working either as construction or shooting crew, or even performers, on a television or film production. It is not possible to fast-track oneself through any sort of training. It is even impossible to get through any form of training. Reports are published all the time and unless they are resourced, they are never implemented. While we are waiting on resources for all of that, there are a number of things we can do such as provide for a simple log book system and the registration of trainees.

If a production company says on the section 481 application that it has X number of trainees, then they should be registered so they can be available to the industry for the next production no matter who has the production.