MCASI Guidelines

Below is a list of MCASI Guidelines concerning the use of video and audio equipment on location as part of your fieldwork assignment

Fatigue Management

According to Safe Work Australia, fatigue occurs when an individual is in a state of physical and/or mental exhaustion. Students can work under tight time pressures to meet deadlines. This can impact on their ability to eat and sleep well. Signs of a fatigued person may include;

• chronic tiredness or sleepiness/drowsiness

• headache or dizziness

• difficulty concentrating

• blurred vision

• impaired hand-to-eye coordination/slow reflexes

• short-term memory problems

• moodiness, such as irritability

• low motivation

• appetite loss

• Excessive yawning/falling asleep at work

Fatigue Management Strategy

To assist in ensuring best work practices, Screen Arts students will need to include a Fatigue Management Strategy where filming schedules include two or more consecutive days where working hours on location including travelling times to and from locations are to follow ScreenWest recommendations;

Hours of work 

On a drama shoot, a standard week consists of 5 x 10-hour days = 50 hour week, 12 hours of which is overtime calculated at time and a half. Hours can be worked on any five (5) days, Monday to Saturday.

Turnaround 

The crew are entitled to 10 clear hours rest between the finish of one day’s work (wrap time) and the commencement of the next (crew call). 

For further information pertaining to Australian Screen Industry working practices please see Useful Information for Crews - Screenwest.