Trainings During Pandemic Hit With Members

06 November 2020

Craft trainings are one of the most popular services offered by Local 600. But the COVID-19 pandemic created a potentially crippling challenge to the union’s Training Committee when in-person gatherings of more than 10 people were deemed unsafe. Instructors and students meeting face-to-face had always been such an important component to the training.

But in true “never say die” fashion, Training Committee members considered the situation an opportunity rather than a setback. Pivoting expertly, the committee took its existing curriculum and revamped it for Zoom, converting the craft-specific trainings to an online format.

Since the March 13 shutdown, the Training Committee has held trainings for digital utility, digital loading, paperwork, and wireless, among others. They also created a camera operating panel where members had the opportunity to hear first-hand from experienced operators. A much-anticipated first AC training is slated to take place before the end of 2020 and the committee is discussing syllabi for Directors of Photography and Publicists. While the in-person classes were capped at 26 – often leaving dozens of members on a waiting list – the Zoom classes can accommodate up to 200 attendees and have regularly drawn 100 or more.

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