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Production Assistant Apprentice

Salary

£24,650 per year

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Description

Join us as a Production Assistant Apprentice at BBC Studios - Scripted Drama - Editorial in Cardiff. You'll work on the long-running drama series, Casualty, and gain hands-on experience across a range of projects.

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Helping to develop ideas and stories by researching content and finding guests and participants.
  • Assisting your team on location, in the studio, or in a TV gallery and helping out on the studio floor.
  • Learning to use technical equipment and specialist software by supporting teams with cameras, sound, lighting, and editing.
  • Creating content for multiple platforms, including social media, under the guidance of experienced professionals.

You'll study for your industry-recognised apprenticeship qualification, learning both on and off the job. This means that as well as learning on your placement at the BBC, you'll also attend learning blocks with our learning provider, working towards an industry-recognised apprenticeship qualification - Level 3 Creative Media.

The apprenticeship is a fixed-term 13-month contract, and you'll be paid £24,650 per year.

To be eligible for this apprenticeship, you must:

  • Be 18 years old or over by the time the apprenticeship begins in September 2027.
  • Have lived in the UK continuously for the last three years prior to the start of the apprenticeship.
  • Be legally eligible to work full-time in the UK for the entire duration of the apprenticeship.
  • Not currently be enrolled in another apprenticeship programme.
  • Have achieved Maths and English GCSE at Grade 4/C or above or National 5 (Scotland) at C or Essential Skills Level 2 or equivalent qualification.

Skills

Required

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