Production Apprenticeship - Level 3 - BBC Introducing - Cambridge
BBC Public Service
Cambridge (CB4 0WZ)
Closes in 20 days (Sunday 11 January 2026)
Posted on 22 December 2025
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Summary
BBC Introducing supports emerging UK music talent, giving artists a platform from local radio to national stations like Radio 1 and 6 Music. As a Level 4 Junior Production Apprentice, you’ll work on radio and music-focused content, based at your local BBC Radio station with remote opportunities.
- Wage
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£22,950 a year
- Training course
- Production assistant - screen and audio (level 3)
- Hours
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13 Months / 35 Hours per week, shifts TBC.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 8 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year 1 month
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Listening to new music in the uploader. Script-writing. Audio editing. Assisting with the live radio shows in the studio. Helping on events & gigs. You could also be working remotely on another Introducing show, or assisting with work at the BBC radio station you're based at
Where you'll work
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Business Park 2 Cowley Park Cambridge CB 4 0 WZ
Cambridge
CB4 0WZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BAUER RADIO LIMITED
Training course
Production assistant - screen and audio (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Interpret a production brief and identify the audience/end user requirements for the production.
- Scope and evaluate ideas and problem solving concepts for a production.
- Develop creative ideas and proposals for screen, online or audio productions.
- Create a brief for a production, including documents such as a storyboard or treatment or outline script of ideas.
- Present persuasive pitches, ideas and proposals for screen, online or audio productions.
- Work in line with agreed workflows, adapting to operational and creative changes as they occur and inform relevant stakeholders.
- Support the end-to-end process of production by monitoring budgets, resources and progress and adhering to legislation, regulations, organisational processes and procedures.
- Identify and minimise hazards and risks in the workplace such as Covid compliance.
- Assist cast and crew members and act as a point of contact with the production office and other departments.
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships when in production, establishing and using professional networks.
- Provide progress reports to your production coordinator or producer.
- Create, use and store production documentation throughout the end-to-end production workflow.
- Manage and store media assets, creating accurate records of material produced in line with workflows and organisational policies.
- Complete a call sheet/schedule prior to a shoot.
- Scope resource requirements; identify and prevent potential supply problems.
- Identify and assist with sourcing resources for a production, including locations, catering, accommodation, transport, equipment, crew, budget and existing media assets.
- Identify opportunities to deliver sustainable solutions in line with industry standard recommendations.
- Select microphones taking into account conditions and environments.
- Select and set up camera equipment as required.
- Monitor the sound levels and bit rate, identifying any issues during the capturing process.
- Work to a visual technical specification such as resolution, frame rate, pixellation.
- Operate current industry standard equipment and software safely during and post recording.
- Edit and optimise audio or visual material saving in the required format.
- Compress digital assets.
- Select edit points to create a smooth transition in the material and achieve required audio effects using sound and acoustic effects as required.
- Review edited material to ensure appropriateness for the target audience, house style and platform.
- Gather audience data to evaluate the impact and success of a production against its objectives.
- Use lessons learned to evaluate the success of the production and identify areas for improvement for future productions.
- Use continuing professional development planning to support own current and future training and development needs.
- Interpret a production brief and identify the audience/end user requirements for the production.
- Scope and evaluate ideas and problem solving concepts for a production.
- Develop creative ideas and proposals for screen, online or audio productions.
- Create a brief for a production, including documents such as a storyboard or treatment or outline script of ideas.
- Present persuasive pitches, ideas and proposals for screen, online or audio productions.
- Work in line with agreed workflows, adapting to operational and creative changes as they occur and inform relevant stakeholders.
- Support the end-to-end process of production by monitoring budgets, resources and progress and adhering to legislation, regulations, organisational processes and procedures.
- Identify and minimise hazards and risks in the workplace such as Covid compliance.
- Assist cast and crew members and act as a point of contact with the production office and other departments.
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships when in production, establishing and using professional networks.
- Provide progress reports to your production coordinator or producer.
- Create, use and store production documentation throughout the end-to-end production workflow.
- Manage and store media assets, creating accurate records of material produced in line with workflows and organisational policies.
- Complete a call sheet/schedule prior to a shoot.
- Scope resource requirements; identify and prevent potential supply problems.
- Identify and assist with sourcing resources for a production, including locations, catering, accommodation, transport, equipment, crew, budget and existing media assets.
- Identify opportunities to deliver sustainable solutions in line with industry standard recommendations.
- Select microphones taking into account conditions and environments.
- Select and set up camera equipment as required.
- Monitor the sound levels and bit rate, identifying any issues during the capturing process.
- Work to a visual technical specification such as resolution, frame rate, pixellation.
- Operate current industry standard equipment and software safely during and post recording.
- Edit and optimise audio or visual material saving in the required format.
- Compress digital assets.
- Select edit points to create a smooth transition in the material and achieve required audio effects using sound and acoustic effects as required.
- Review edited material to ensure appropriateness for the target audience, house style and platform.
- Gather audience data to evaluate the impact and success of a production against its objectives.
- Use lessons learned to evaluate the success of the production and identify areas for improvement for future productions.
- Use continuing professional development planning to support own current and future training and development needs.
Training schedule
This is your chance to launch a career at the very heart of British broadcasting. We're looking for individuals with a passion to find out how we make content and bring ideas to life. Depending on your placement area, you could be working behind the scenes on exciting productions, from gripping dramas to the thrill of live radio, and gain a recognised qualification while learning on the job. This is your opportunity to widen your production knowledge while working on content that matters to millions. You’ll be learning both on and off the job. This means that as well as learning on your placement at the BBC, you’ll also attend learning blocks (up to a week at a time) with our learning provider, working towards an industry recognised apprenticeship qualification - Level 3 Production Assistant. ?Learning blocks will be a mixture of in-person and virtual delivery.
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Patience
Other requirements
Have lived in the UK continuously for the last 3 years prior to the start of the apprenticeship. Be legally eligible to work full-time in the UK for the entire duration of the apprenticeship. Not currently be enrolled in another apprenticeship programme, whether with the BBC or another organisation. No prior learning is required to apply.
About this employer
We are a leading early careers employer and hire more than 250 apprentices each year. We are committed to skills and talent development both inside and outside the BBC and, as one of the world’s most creative and technologically-advanced organisations for the last 100 years, a career at the BBC means learning from the best. We want people who show potential to join us at the BBC. Don’t worry if you don’t have extensive experience, it’s your passion and values we are interested in.
After this apprenticeship
This is a fixed-term apprenticeship - your contract lasts for the duration of the scheme. Once completed, you’ll be supported with career development, employability training, and networking opportunities to help you take your next step - whether that’s at the BBC or elsewhere in the industry
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BAUER RADIO LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000006214.
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Closes in 20 days (Sunday 11 January 2026)
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