These responsibilities range from providing both critical and mundane production support equipment such as dollies, cranes, director's chairs and pop-up tents to standing in for talent and even filling in for other departments who might be shortstaffed.
A select group of commercial set PAs are given the responsibility of driving and managing the production and camera cube trucks.
PAs on a union production generally have less variety in their job duties whereas a non-union PA can be asked to perform any kind of task by a department head.
[10] In British Columbia, which has the third largest film and television production sector in North America, PAs are represented by the Directors Guild of Canada.
[citation needed] There are two film unions in Quebec: IATSE 514 and AQTIS: L'Alliance québécoise des techniciens de l'image et du son.
P.A.s at educational companies may also oversee work in proofreading departments, as well as for freelance copy editors and authors.
When looking at documents and other materials uploaded by the author the production assistant has to make sure everything falls within the requirements of the company they work for.
This includes items such as the format, correct file types, positioning, captions and obtaining copyright forms from authors.
If the assistant is part of a publications department for a scientific or professional organization, they have daily jobs that which involve keeping records that are important for their company.
department to create a specific sorting program can improve the speed at which documents are proofed and organized.