Overview

This standard is about working with productions to reach a shared understanding of the role of an access coordinator for any genre or budget. The access coordinator guides production to identify barriers, support individuals to declare access requirements and provide solutions to productions to meet the access requirements.

This will also involve liaising with Heads of Department and production, and relevant organisations to ensure compliance with legislation and production or broadcaster policies.

This standard is for access coordinators.

 

Performance Criteria

You must be able to:

  1. assess the scope of your role using production information and confirm your responsibilities with the production team
  2. make contact with production cast, crew and creatives to ascertain access requirements
  3. liaise with individuals who have declared access requirements
  4. liaise with the production contact and other departments to confirm the requirements of the production, concept and creative vision
  5. work with location crew to identify any barriers to access on location, advising on potential adaptations needed for the production
  6. suggest amendments or alternatives to the production team if the original concept and creative vision for the production isn’t feasible
  7. support and guide heads of department to facilitate access solutions to and maintain accessibility
  8. work with the production team to support them in addressing any access requirements that are identified
  9. support and advise on legislation relating to access
  10. complete access records in line with data protection, production processes and contractual agreements

 

Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

  1. how to obtain the production information and interpret the access requirements
  2. how the production process works and the solutions to remove barriers to access within the available budget and production schedule
  3. how to approach cast, crew and creatives to confirm access requirements
  4. different types of access requirements across the spectrum of disability
  5. how to work in collaboration with other departments, in particular Location, Costume,  Construction, Props, Camera, Stunts, Hair & Make-up, Physical and Visual Special Effects
  6. how role interacts with other roles such as Support workers, Intimacy coordinators, Wellbeing facilitators and other professionals
  7. how to encourage teams to hire and support a diverse, intersectional workforce
  8. who to report problems or difficulties to as they arise
  9. the legislation and policies around access for productions
  10. how to record access information in line with data protection, production processes and contractual agreements