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Observation in workplace - work sheets completed by candidates and signed off by
supervisor.
Tom followed up with numerous phone calls and emails which resulted in the BECTU executive
agreeing that the new qualification structure and supporting qualifications would be suitable for
their use.
MAPPING THE EXISTING COURSES TO THE OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Identifying appropriate occupational standards. Event Horizon has worked with BECTU for many
years and many members of their staff are members of the union in their own right. As such, and
having delivered the so-called Part 1 course, they were aware of the SkillSet occupational standards
for special effects
After a short introductory session on how to map the course to the Standards, Event horizon went
on to identify not only which of the Standards are covered in their current training but also whether
they covered it as either ’knowledge’ or ‘performance’ in keeping with the Standards. The former
was identified by whether or not the topic was assessed in the current end-of-course examination
and the latter would be considered as fully mapped if it was tested practically during the training.
GAP ANALYSIS
Event Horizon made use of a simple tabular map of the Standards to their training and the clever
part of their work was in identifying partial or complete gaps between their training and the existing
SkillSet and HSQ standards/qualifications. This was achieved by colour-coding: green for completely
mapped; amber for partially mapped; red for not included in current training, as shown in this
extract from an early draft.
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The same table was used by Event Horizon and BECTU to identify what should be included in the
three grades of the revised, progressive suite of qualifications.
DESIGNING A REVISED SFX TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK
The next stage from mapping the existing courses to NOS was for the owner of the training
requirement, BECTU, to work with Event Horizon to set down exactly what the expectations are for
each grade.
The nature of work in this part of the explosives industry is that individuals move around a lot,
working on location almost anywhere on the globe. Despite this constraint, Event Horizon did
receive agreement that a three-tier qualifications framework should meet their requirement.
Event Horizon approached HSQ to determine the most appropriate way to deliver the framework –
bespoke or recognised qualifications. BECTU’s aspiration to enable their qualified members’
credentials to have value in the wider industry and in the eyes of the authorities, plus deeper
consideration of the need for each qualification to demonstrate the capability of the individual in the
most efficient way, led to the conclusion that the industry-recognised qualifications fit the bill.
Event Horizon confirmed this conclusion with BECTU and pressed on with the development of their
Qualifications Centre and the redesign of their training courses and the associated assessment
strategies to deliver the knowledge requirements and some of the performance criteria for these
qualifications:
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Level 4 Diploma in “The use of explosives in the entertainment industry” - HSQ code: Q10-
C2-003.
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Level 3 Diploma in “The use of explosives in the entertainment industry” - HSQ code: Q10-
D3-002.
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Level 2 Certificate in “The use of explosives in the entertainment industry” - HSQ code: Q10-
D4-001.
Event Horizon will work with BECTU to ensure that those technicians, senior technicians and
supervisors who will be called upon to provide witness testimony for candidates’ portfolios, most
likely in the form of signing-off candidates’ BECTU logbook entries, understand the principles of
assessment and therefore the importance of their testimony.
ROLE PROFILING TO IDENTIFY THE STANDARDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE NEW
QUALIFICATIONS SCHEME
The first stage in designing the new qualifications scheme was to create role profiles for each grade,
as agreed with BECTU.
The grades covered in this role profiling activity were:
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Trainee (this is a formal grade in the BECTU system, although as an individual progresses
he/she might be awarded sub-grades of ‘Assistant Technician’ or ‘Engineer’ to allow them to
be paid a higher rate and to give the customer a better feel for the individual’s experience.)
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Technician
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Senior Technician
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Supervisor
Event Horizon used an existing role profile template and mapping table in a
top-down process to
create new role profiles
for approval.
It was important that the company understood the rationale for creating a role profile for each
grade as part of the top-down approach being taken to ensure that all the activities that could be
expected of a practitioner in each grade were captured. The selection of ESA and SKSFX NOS for each
grade ensured the best fit of Standards to the role, which could then be used to design the training
programmes for each, including formal courses and what would be expected to be learned on-the-
job.
Although restricted to just those two sets of NOS, this work was very similar to the job analysis
phase of a more formal systems approach to training (SAT), which would allow the company to
explain the logic to the sponsor of the training programme, BECTU.
During the role profiling work, it became clear that Event Horizon would need to provide examples
of how some units would relate to the SFX operators at any grade. These examples would be of
some significance in explaining the design of the qualifications and associated training and
assessments to BECTU and individual supervisors and technicians. Two of the examples are shown
here:
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NOS 3.16 -
Contribute to conducting a trial or test of ESA. It is very common for SFX
technicians to modify or create a pyrotechnic article to achieve a very specific effect. Before
being taken into use on set, the technician will conduct a test or trial of the pyrotechnic
substance or article to ensure it gives the desired effect and is safe to use in the proximity of
actors and equipment. A trainee can be expected to:
o
Assist techs in setting up, carrying out and de-rigging pyro test. Basic
Understanding of products (bullet hits, maroons, detonator, detcord, etc.) and
equipment (firing box, battery, firing lines etc), what it/they do and essential safety
requirements. E.g. safety on the firing box, shunting lead wires etc.,
o
Basic understanding of suitable products or ways of achieving the effect. (eg body
hit with a squib or strungbound maroon?)
o
Ability to carry out instructions (under constant supervision) as ordered, in a safe
and effective manner. E.g. connecting pyro to firing line, make a system live, fire the
effect, make system safe.
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NOS 7.6 -
Maintain the quality of explosive substances and/or articles in storage. All SFX
technicians store their products at some stage and they understand that the explosive
substances and articles that they use can be degraded by climatic conditions. They therefore
maintain the quality of their products in storage so that the products work as designed and the
technician doesn’t lose money through having to replace the products too frequently. A
trainee can be expected to:
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Understand suitable storage conditions, look for potential problems that may arise
e.g damp making boxes soggy etc
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