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As promised, another guest blog – this time from Mike Kelt of Artem, another industry member of the Facilities Skills Council. Skills – is it time to define them? We all work in an industry that has, by and large, made no attempt to define the skills and competencies within it. Where entering into and progressing . . . → Read More: Skills – is it time to define them? Today sees the start of a new series of guest blogs. It’s from David Peto, ex of Unit, now looking at something new. He also sits on the Facilities Skills Council. “This evening I was at the Panasonic Broadcast Burns night, which was a great chance to see all of the people I haven’t managed to since . . . → Read More: Back to the shop floor Two links today - – one on a Soho Editors (and chums) seminar that I attended last week on the future (and present!) of digital workflow, and the other on news from BBC Post Production on the loss of nearly 200 jobs. I won’t talk too much about the content of the seminar – see this post . . . → Read More: Technology and the future of post As you know, Skillset works with and on behalf of your industry to support skills and training for people and businesses to ensure we maintain our world class position. Essential to this is identifying what you and your industry needs in order to ensure resources are targeted to where there is . . . → Read More: Last chance to help paint a picture of the issues facing the Creative Media industry Yes – see earlier posts for background – but I am please to announce that we now have a fledgling group of industry leaders that will help shape Skillset’s work, help steer collaborative action, and be beacons in the industry for skills. Excellent news! They are: Adrian Bleasdale, ITV
Last night saw me give a speech at MITA AGM – the “Moving Image Training Alliance” – a group of 30 or so professional training companies supporting the screen-based industry. It’s a real success in it lasting for over a year – many trade associations crumble early, so much of my talk was congratulatory. But then I was asked to discuss what the key challenges facing the training professionals in keeping our industries healthy and skilled are – which leads, of course, to thoughts about the future. It was also one of the first times that I have given an actual speech – with it written down (I usually just talk!) . So, in the spirit of exploiting content I thought I would publish an extract here – it’s a bit long, but it may be of interest:
“I was asked me to do a number of things in my talk today – and one of which is to talk about the challenges facing the training professionals in equipping creative media industry with the skills they need for the future. It is this view of the future that I want to focus on tonight. Continue reading My views on the future for training professionals As someone who cares about the future of the industry (which I know you do – you read this!) – and how training and education will play a part in this – I hope you will consider this request. I am looking to establish a group of leading industry figures which will direct and shape the work of . . . → Read More: Do you care about the future of the Faciliities industry? |
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