Contract Services offers the WVP - Workplace Violence Prevention Course to help the motion picture industry comply with California Labor Code Section 6401.9. This course is designed to assist workers in identifying, preventing, and responding to incidents of workplace violence.

About the Course

In approximately 30 minutes, this self-paced, online course covers the following topics:

• Producers’ Workplace Violence Prevention Plans
• Types of workplace violence that may occur
• How to report workplace violence
• Emergency response protocols, and
• Workplace violence incident logs.

Course Availability

For Industry Professionals:

The WPV course is available to eligible Industry Professionals through the Contract Services Industry Hub. If you are an Industry Professional on the Industry Experience Roster, or if you work in a classification that has training requirements through Contract Services, you should visit thehub.org and log into your Portal to see whether the WPV course is required for your classification. (Generally speaking, this applies to Industry Professionals working under the IATSE Basic Agreement and West Coast Studio Local Agreements as well as the Basic Crafts Agreements.)

If the course is required for your classification, it will be available for you to complete through your Portal. Visit your Portal Dashboard and click on your classification to view your training requirements.

If you are an Industry Professional who does not appear on the Industry Hub (because, for example, you do not work in a classification that appears on the Industry Experience Roster), you may be assigned to complete WPV course by your employer through the Contract Services Training Referral Platform. If so, you will receive an email from the Platform informing you that your employer has enrolled you in training.

For Employers:

Employers can search the Industry Hub (thehub.org) to see whether Industry Professionals have completed the WPV course. Generally speaking, the records available on the Hub include Industry Professionals working under the IATSE Basic Agreement and West Coast Studio Local Agreements as well as the Basic Crafts Agreements.

If you are a motion picture employer that wants to assign the WPV course to your other employees (meaning, to employees who are not on the Industry Experience Roster or do not work under the collective bargaining agreements referenced above), the course is available for purchase through the Contract Services Training Referral Platform. Using the Platform, eligible motion picture industry employers can purchase and assign these courses to their employees.