By Nick Sheridan

The Production Safety Passport (PSP) is an industry-led scheme to support the mutual recognition of health and safety training in the Creative Media Industries.

Training courses that meet an industry-agreed standard are approved on the scheme and people taking them can apply for a bursary through Skillset’s Health and Safety Bursary scheme. Once completed, the person is issued a unique Passport number that employers can search for through an online portal.

In recognising the merits of the Group, the judges ‘praised the level of negotiation, organisation, fundraising and process developments as key achievements in a stand-out sector scheme.’

The success of the Production Safety Passport is testament to the collaboration across the sector and the shared commitment to tackling vital training needs in health and safety.

The same essential health and safety skills are needed across a range of creative media jobs in film, television and independent production. That’s why Skillset has worked with industry to create the Health and Safety Framework, an agreement across sectors about which qualifications or training courses are needed for priority production roles.

Skillset’s chief executive, Dinah Caine, said: “This is fantastic recognition of a project that is going to make life so much simpler for so many working within the TV industry, all while ensuring we are providing safe workplaces and increasing the industry’s efficiency.”

For more information about the Production Safety Passport, and the Health and Safety Framework, please visit: skillset.org/psp.

About the author and Skillset

Nick Sheridan is PR at Skillset, the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for Creative Media, with responsibility for 60 per cent of the UK Creative Industries. This comprises TV, film, radio, interactive media, animation, computer games, facilities, photo imaging, publishing, advertising and fashion and textiles. SSCs are licensed by the UK Government and by Ministers in the devolved administrations to tackle the skills and productivity challenges by sector. They are independent, UK-wide organisations, are employer-led, and actively involve trade unions, professional bodies and other stakeholders in the industry.