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First National Skills Day for media industries

The first ever National Skills Day for the audio visual industries will take place on May 26, 2005.

Skillset (the Sector Skills Council for the audio visual Industries), Broadcast, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, five, BSkyB, Pact and BECTU have joined forces in a move designed to raise awareness of the fundamental importance of skills, development and career progression to the future of the industry.

Skillset say that the National Skills Day is an opportunity for the entire industry to focus on skills and highlights the need to continually develop the highly skilled workforce on which the industry depends.

Lord Puttnam of Queensgate CBE said: "Partnership is the key to the success of National Skills Day. Commitment is essential throughout the industry to really hammer home the message that skills and training are critical to the future development of the audio-visual industries. I am enormously encouraged by the support we have already received for this initiative.”

He added: “Now is an ideal time for other organisations to get involved with National Skills Day, to help ensure that the event has the widest possible impact."

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For more information, visit: http://www.skillset.org/

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Supporters of National Skills Day

The following organisations have pledged their support to National Skills Day in terms of activities and involvement throughout the coming year: Royal Television Society, Film Distributor's Association, BAFTA, Guild of Location Managers, British Screen Advisory Council, Women In Film and Television, Writers Guild of Great Britain, IVCA, SMG plc, Guild of Television Cameramen, EM-Media, ASPEC, S4C, BKSTS, Equity, Director's Guild of Great Britain, Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission, Film London, Society of Television Lighting Directors, Ulster Television, The Production Guild of Great Britain, South West Screen, Scottish Screen, Screen South, Screen West Midlands, Screen Yorkshire, Screen South, Media Training North West, Welsh Independent Producers, Institute of Video Technology, National Film and Television School, RDF Media, CRCA, GWR Radio, Virgin Radio, Chrysalis Radio, Scottish Holdings Media, Research Centre for Television and Interactivity, Red Kite Productions, Soho Editors, Picture Canning Company.

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