Regional Crew Pathways – Tasmania 2025

Interested in six-months, full-time paid work on a professional film or TV set? Applications are now open for Regional Crew Pathways – Tasmania 2025.

Are you based in lutruwita-Tasmania and keen to get yourself on a professional film or TV set?

Backed by Netflix investment and supported by Screen Tasmania and AFTRS, Screenworks is proud to bring the highly successful Regional Crew Pathways Program to Tasmania in 2025. This program provides training, employment and career pathways in below the line roles in the screen industry for people living in Tasmania.

If you’re committed to a career in the film and television industry and looking for your first job this could be the opportunity for you. Your commitment may be demonstrated through a previous qualification, experience making your own content, or with transferable skills from another industry such as transport, logistics, photography, hair and make-up, building, administration.

Regional Crew Pathways Program is a two-step training program open to applicants from across Tasmania. In the first step, selected participants will undertake the AFTRS’ On-Set Onboarding course, held in Hobart, 26th – 28th February 2025. In the second step, course participants can then nominate to be considered for the six-month paid placement. The placements will predominantly be with production companies in Tasmania, but there may be some interstate opportunities as well.  

To apply for the Regional Crew Pathways Program, including the first step (AFTRS’ On-Set Onboarding course in Hobart, 26th – 28th February 2025), and to be considered for the second step (six-month placement), please go to the Screenworks website and complete the application form.

Applications close 9am AEDT, 10 February, 2025. 

Have a question or need help submitting your application? Please contact Screenworks at [email protected] or call us on (02) 6681 1188. If you’re a Tasmanian based production company interested in taking on a fully-paid trainee, we’d also love to hear from you.

Here’s how Regional Crew Pathways works:

1. Start by putting in an application for the program. 
2. The selected applications will take part in the three-day On-Set Onboarding course, conducted by AFTRS in Hobart. The course will equip participants with everything they need to know about starting work on a film or TV set, from etiquette, paperwork and reading a call-sheet, to understanding the different roles that make up each department. Participants will also learn what makes a great CV and how to apply for crew work.
3. Successful completion of AFTRS’ three-day On-Set Onboarding course grants you eligibility to apply for the placement program.
4. The selected placement trainees will receive fully paid, contracted entry-level employment on professional film and TV productions for six months.

What You’ll Gain:

• Six months paid employment in your dream career.
• Screen credits, employable skills and industry networks.
• Practical, on-the-job training in line with current industry standards.
• A foot in the door for future work.

Eligibility:

All applicants must:

• Reside in Tasmania
• Demonstrate a committed interest to working in the screen industry including:
  • Have completed studies at a higher education institution or registered training organisation in screen, media and/or related studies, OR;
  • Be working in an area of transferable skills, such as photography, transport, logistics, administration, hair and make-up, hospitality, events, building, carpentry and electrical trades, OR;
  • Have experience in making their own content

• Be over the age of 16 by January 31, 2025 to take part in the On–Set Onboarding course
• Be over the age 18 by January 31, 2025 to be eligible for Regional Crew Pathways placements
• Be available to participate in the three-day AFTRS’ On-Set Onboarding course on February 26, 27 and 28, 2025 in Hobart, and willing to commit to a six-month, full-time traineeship from March 1, 2025 if selected. Trainee placements will predominantly be with production companies in Hobart but there may be some interstate opportunities as well.  

Applicants must NOT:

• Be in full-time education by February 24, 2025
• Have worked in a paid film or TV crew role previously

How to Apply:

Complete the application form in full, indicating your commitment to the program. Applicants will need to upload their current CV.

More information:

We are seeking people who are passionate about kickstarting their career in the screen industry, and can commit to six-months full-time work if selected. 

We particularly encourage applications from young people, people from diverse backgrounds, and who otherwise would not have the opportunity to forge a career in the industry.

This program is ideal for graduates from screen and media courses provided by TAFE and universities, as well those with relevant and transferable skills from other industries such as hospitality, hair and make-up, building, and those who are making their own screen content.

Screenworks is strongly committed to increasing diversity across all sectors of the screen industry. We encourage applications to this program regardless of an applicant’s gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or d/Disability status.

Have Questions?

Please contact [email protected] or call us on (02) 6681 1188 if you have any questions or need assistance submitting your application.