Screen in WA Today

Globally the outlook for careers in the content, entertainment and information spheres is strong, and focus on growth at the local level is growing. Unlike many other industries, existing in the digital realm means that the screen industries in WA are not impeded by issues of distance or remoteness, and in fact these can be advantages. With the relatively new digital games market already valued at twice that of the popular music industry globally, it is difficult to overstate the potential of these industries and the value of supporting their growth in WA.

Read our latest Screen and Media Industries Snapshot.

Our Industry Partners

FutureNow collaborates with organisations across the screen sector. In particular, we wish to thank the following partner organisations, who maintain representation on our Industry Advisory Groups:

• Screenwest
  
• Boogie Monster
• ABC
• Seven West Media
• WA Screen Academy
  
• North Metropolitan TAFE
• South Metropolitan TAFE
• SAE Creative Media Institute 

Current Projects

FutureNow is collaborating with our industry partners to examine potential applications for Virtual and Augmented Reality technologies across the Creative Industries.  

Read our exploration into how new technologies can propel the Creative Industries.

Training and Education

Western Australians have access to a diverse range of Screen related study options, from North Metropolitan TAFE’s highly regarded programmes in Outside Broadcast, Digital Games and Virtual Reality, to the WA Screen Academy’s Bachelor of Media and Communications. FutureNow work with stakeholders across the training and education landscape, and have a formal role to play in the development of vocation education and training to meet the needs of industry.

​CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package

Training package qualifications are developed through a process of national consultation with industry. They are occupational skills standards against which training delivery and assessment of competency can take place. FutureNow works with our industry partners across Western Australia to provide current industry advice into the development of new Screen training package products.

• Access the current CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training package.

• Read the current Industry Brief for the CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package.
• Learn about the Australian Industry Skills Committee.
• Learn about the Industry Reference Committee for the Creative Arts and Culture industries.
• Learn about PwC Skills for Australia, the Skills Service Organisation for the Creative Arts and Culture industries.  

Current Screen Training Projects

New materials were recently endorsed for inclusion in the CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package. The three new units and two new skill sets centre on working with children in the Performing Arts and may have application within Screen Performance. View the new materials here:

• Promote the physical and emotional wellbeing of children in performing arts
  
• Provide a safe performing arts environment for children
• Interact appropriately with children in a performing arts environment
  
• Working with children skill set
• Assistant dance teacher skill set
  

Apprenticeships and Traineeships

​Apprenticeships and traineeships provide a way to combine training with a job, enabling the student to work towards a nationally recognised qualification whilst earning a wage. A number of Screen qualifications may be completed as a traineeship. 

Access the current list of traineeships and apprenticeships available in Western Australia.

​VET Delivered to Secondary Students

FutureNow works with industry to provide current advice on the suitability of vocational Screen qualifications for delivery to secondary students This advice is collated and updated annually into the VET Qualifications Register for Secondary Students by the Department of Training and Workforce Development. 

Access the current VET Qualifications Register for Secondary Students.