Skills checklists · Art department
Art department: skills by grade
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Skills checklist · Art department
Art department trainee
Research, filing, runs, copying drawings.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
Skills checklist · Art department
Art department assistant
Research packs, references, sourcing samples.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder and the art department assistant guide. Compare it with the ScreenSkills checklist . Checked 13 November 2026.
Skills checklist · Art department
Draughtsperson (set designer; junior first)
Technical drawings construction can build from.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
Skills checklist · Art department
Assistant art director
Runs sets or sections for an art director.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
Skills checklist · Art department
Art director
Delivers sets to the designer's brief, on budget.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder and the art director guide. Compare it with the ScreenSkills checklist . Checked 13 November 2026.
Skills checklist · Art department
Supervising art director
Runs the whole department's delivery on a big show.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
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Production designer
Head of department: the look of every space.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder and the production designer guide. Checked 13 November 2026.
Skills checklist · Art department
Petty cash buyer
Buys and returns small dressing items.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
Skills checklist · Art department
Buyer
Sources and hires dressing and furniture.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
Skills checklist · Art department
Assistant set decorator
Runs dressing for a set.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
Skills checklist · Art department
Set decorator
Dresses every set to the designer's brief.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
Skills checklist · Art department
Props trainee
Loading, cleaning, the props store.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
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Prop hand
Moves and places props and dressing.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder and the prop hand guide. Compare it with the ScreenSkills checklist . Checked 13 November 2026.
Skills checklist · Art department
Standby props (dressing or action props)
On set all day: action props and continuity.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
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Chargehand props
Runs a props crew.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
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Property master
Head of props: every prop, sourced, made and run.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
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Graphics trainee
Prep files, print runs, ageing paper.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
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Assistant graphic designer
Signs, labels and documents for sets.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
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Graphic designer
All the on-screen graphics for a show.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
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Graphic art director
Leads graphics on big shows.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
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Construction apprentice
Learning a craft in the workshop.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
Skills checklist · Art department
Craftsperson
Carpenter, painter, plasterer, rigger or metalworker.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
Skills checklist · Art department
Chargehand
Leads a craft crew.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
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Supervisor
Runs a craft across the build.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
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Construction manager
Builds every set to drawing, on budget.
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A guide, not a qualification. Built from our art department ladder. Checked 13 November 2026.
Last reviewed 13 November 2026