Editing Production assistant (section)

==Television and feature film==
In unionized [[television]] and [[feature film]], production assistants are usually divided into different categories. Variations exist depending on a show's structure or region of the world.

*''Office PAs'' usually spend most hours in the respective show's production office handling such tasks as phones, deliveries, script copies, lunch pick-ups, and related tasks in coordination with the [[Unit production manager|production manager]] and [[production coordinator]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Production Office PA |url=https://www.oklahomafilmandtvacademy.com/blog/the-production-office-pa-melissa-caswell |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=www.oklahomafilmandtvacademy.com |language=en}}</ref>
*''Set PAs'' work on the physical set of the production, whether on location or on a sound stage. They report to the [[assistant director]] (AD) department and key set PA if one is so designated. Duties include calling out "rolls" and "cuts", locking up (making sure nothing interferes with a take), wrangling actors and background, facilitating communication between departments, distributing paperwork and radios, and related tasks as mandated by the ADs. Set PAs usually work 12- to 16-hour days with the possibility at the end of a shoot to work more than 20 hours a single day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What Is a Key PA? |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/key-pa-production-assistant-70855/}}</ref>
*''Post-production PAs'' work in an administrative office, focusing on film quality, arranging schedules, organizing workload and getting coffee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Post Production Assistant job description and career path |url=http://lensa.com/post-production-assistant-jobs/jp/jd6po |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=Lensa |language=en}}</ref>
*''Truck PAs'' drive trucks carrying equipment from place to place.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Truck PA |url=https://www.media-match.com/usa/current/truck-pa-job-25385336?rf=jb&js=Array |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=www.media-match.com |language=en}}</ref>
*''Locations PAs'' accompany the location manager and assist in any needed tasks. "They're wherever the location manager needs them to be on any particular day."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-20 |title=Locations and Set PAs |url=http://www.anonymousproductionassistant.com/2010/05/19/locations-and-set-pas/ |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=The Anonymous Production Assistant |language=en-US}}</ref>
*''Extra or daily PAs'' are brought and needed, frequently supporting a second unit.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherman |first=Amber M. |date=2020-06-18 |title=All the interesting Production Assistant Positions on Set |url=https://www.beyondfilmschool.com/all-the-interesting-production-assistant-positions-on-set/ |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=Beyond Film School |language=en-US}}</ref>   
*''Set Runner  PAs'' do general tasks, such as buying stationery, taking lunch orders, copying call sheets and getting coffee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Runner |url=https://www.screenskills.com/job-profiles/browse/film-and-tv-drama/production-management/production-runner/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-02-23 |title=How to Be an Awesome Set Runner |url=https://needlegirlhaystackworld.com/how-to-be-an-awesome-set-runner/ |access-date=2022-07-23 |language=en-US}}</ref>