Set Crafts

This Advanced Apprenticeship is suited for practical people who have an interest in the arts and entertainment industry.

From big budget movies to the West End, constructed sets and background scenery play a crucial role in any production. In fact, you'll almost never see a film or play without a set of some sort.

Set Crafts apprentices play an important behind-the-scenes role in helping to create these sets for theatrical and film productions (depending on your employer) – this could include building platforms, assembling backdrops, and constructing other set pieces required for a specific performance.

Apprentices will have the choice to specialise in certain stages of set construction:

• Carpentry skills to build the structures
• Plastering skills to finish the the sets
• Painting and Decorator skills to add the finishing touches

After successful completion of this Advanced Apprenticeship, apprentices could be working in a specialised workshop in a theatre or in a larger commercial scene shop that supplies scenic elements to major film productions.

Bear in mind that applicants will need a Level 2 NVQ in a construction operation, or relevant experience.