Production Assistants (Film, Television, Radio or Stage)

ANZSCO ID 599912

Overview

Snapshot

Employed
1,200
Future Growth
N/A
Weekly Earnings
N/A
Full-Time Share
75%
Female Share
63%
Average age
29

Summary

Production Assistants (Film, Television, Radio or Stage) provide technical, administrative and organisational support to producers or directors for film, television, radio or stage productions.

Tasks

  • Completes administrative, publicity and research work.

  • Works out shooting and rehearsal schedules.

  • Arranges production meetings.

  • Hires and books vehicles, accommodation, equipment and flights.

  • Sorts out any legal requirements in relation to venues.

  • Photocopies scripts, arranges voice-overs.

  • Organises contracts.

  • Deals with production enquiries from the public.

  • Labels and categorises tapes and sends them to the director and other relevant staff.

  • Carries out general administration tasks.


Outlook

Employment Outlook

JSA produces employment projections to show where likely future job opportunities may be. Employment projections data are only produced for occupations at the broad four digit Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) level. While data are not available for this occupation, projections data are available for the parent occupation, Other Clerical & Administrative Workers, under the outlook section.


Earnings and hours

Working arrangements

  • Around 75% of people employed as Production Assistants (Film, Television, Radio or Stage) work full-time hours, in all their jobs combined. This is 9 percentage points above the all jobs average (66%).

    Full-time workers work an average of 47 hours per week in their main job. This is 3 hours more than the all jobs average (44 hours per week).

    Sources:Full-time share and full-time hours: ABS, 2016 Census, customised report. Compared to the all jobs average.


Industries

Main industries

1
Information Media and Telecommunications
74.7%
2
Arts and Recreation Services
7.4%
3
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
5.5%
4
Education and Training
3.1%
5
Other industries
6.5%

Regions

Employment across Australia

NSW

51.8% All occupations: 31.6%

VIC

26.4% All occupations: 25.6%

QLD

10.6% All occupations: 20.0%

SA

3.9% All occupations: 7.0%

WA

4.8% All occupations: 10.8%

TAS

1.0% All occupations: 2.0%

NT

0.7% All occupations: 1.0%

ACT

0.8% All occupations: 1.9%

Employment by State and Territory (% Share)

State Production Assistants (Film, Television, Radio or Stage) All Jobs Average
NSW 51.8 31.6
VIC 26.4 25.6
QLD 10.6 20.0
SA 3.9 7.0
WA 4.8 10.8
TAS 1.0 2.0
NT 0.7 1.0
ACT 0.8 1.9



Worker profile

Age and gender

Age In Years
29
All Jobs Average is 40
Female Share
63%
All Jobs Average is 48%
  • The median age of Production Assistants (Film, Television, Radio or Stage) is 29 years. This is younger than the all jobs average of 40 years.

    A large share of workers are aged 25 to 34 years.

    Females make up 63% of the workforce. This is 15 percentage points above the all jobs average of 48%.

    Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile and gender share compared to the all jobs average.

Age Profile (% Share)

Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Age Bracket Production Assistants (Film, Television, Radio or Stage) All Jobs Average
15-19 3.0 5.0
20-24 20.6 9.3
25-34 42.4 22.9
35-44 18.4 22.0
45-54 9.7 21.6
55-59 3.3 9.0
60-64 1.5 6.0
65 and Over 1.0 4.2
Median Age 29 40

Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.


Employment Pathways

Education, training and experience

Formal qualifications are not essential to work as a Production Assistant (Film, Television, Radio or Stage). Although some workers have a Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification or a university degree in audio visual studies, media and communications, theatre production or another related field.

Visit

  • Course Seeker to search and compare higher education courses.
  • ComparED to compare undergraduate and postgraduate student experiences and outcomes.
  • My Skills to compare Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses, providers and student outcomes.
  • AAPathways website to explore Property Services VET training pathways.

Highest Level of Education (% Share)

Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
Type of Qualification Production Assistants (Film, Television, Radio or Stage) All Jobs Average
Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 6.7 10.1
Bachelor degree 47.1 21.8
Advanced Diploma/Diploma 13.8 11.6
Certificate III/IV 7.3 21.1
Year 12 19.9 18.1
Year 11 1.9 4.8
Year 10 and below 3.2 12.5

Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study). Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.


Skills and Knowledge

Employers look for Clerical and Administrative Workers who have good computer skills, can communicate clearly and can interact with a variety of people.

Interests and demands

We're working on this content.

Links and downloads

Back to top