Mandatory online courses — Bullying, Bystander, Unconscious Bias

Every Section 481 — the Irish scripted tax credit and Section 487A — the Irish unscripted tax credit production must evidence that crew have completed three online self-led courses in advance of or during production:

1. Bullying & Harassment
2. Bystander Intervention
3. Unconscious Bias

Free to access via the Screen Ireland website (Category A self-led courses).

Compliance thresholds

These two thresholds are independent — both must be met.

Certificate validity

Course certificates are valid for 3 years from completion date. Pre-existing certificates can be logged retrospectively if completed within the last 3 years. Expired certificates fail the threshold check until refreshed.

Equivalents

Exceptions for equivalent training may be agreed on a case-by-case basis with Screen Ireland. Most producers find it simpler to have the crew complete the free Category A courses than negotiate equivalents.

Producer's evidence

The Skills Development Plan (Tab F) compliance report must include a list of crew that completed each course, with completion dates. This is the most common point of failure on S481 / S487A compliance — producers leave the tracking to end-of-shoot and find they're below 80%. Track from prep onwards.

In Togra

/skills-courses.php per project keeps a per-person × per-course matrix with completion dates + expiry. Two compliance pills surface on each project card on the SDO hub: senior-mgmt % and all-crew %.