If you are an Assistant Director, Unit Production Manager, Associate Director, or Stage Manager, you must complete mandatory safety training courses to remain eligible to work under the Basic Agreement (BA), Freelance Live and Tape Television Agreement (FLTTA), and National Commercial Agreement (NCA).
Each individual shall have 90 days from their initial date of DGA-covered employment to successfully complete these courses. The courses mandatory for work under each of these agreements are as follows:
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Course
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BA
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FLTTA
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NCA
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A: General Safety and Injury and Illness Prevention Program
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X
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X
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X
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DGA-G: DGA Safety Training, General
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X
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X
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X
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DGA-NY: Safety Training, New York Area
(Required only for AD/UPMs working in New York Area)
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X
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X
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X
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S: Firearm Safety for the Entertainment Industry
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X
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X
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|
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A2: Environmental Safety
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X
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X
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|
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Z1: Location Safety (As of 1.1.25)
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X
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X
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|
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B5: Traditional Insert Car Safety (As of 1.1.25)
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X
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|
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Verification of Safety Training status may be done at www.dgaca.org/member-directory by entering one's last name under Search criteria. Safety training status will appear in the search results next to the individual's name.
Any Assistant Director, Unit Production Manager, Associate Director or Stage Manager who fails to successfully complete the mandatory trainings within the training deadlines will be suspended from the relevant Qualification List, Eligible to Work List, or Employment Criteria List, or if not on any of these lists will be deemed ineligible to work until their successful completion.
If you have questions about Safety Pass Training please contact
DGA Contracts Coordinator Chloe Christiansen at
(310) 289 2058 or via email at cchristiansen@dga.org.