Safety Officers

Here is how this works in practice. We supply safety officers who keep a Dutch shoot compliant and covered. Our safety officers carry out risk assessments, write method statements, brief cast and crew, and watch high-risk work — stunts, special effects, height work, water sequences, car action and crowd scenes. Their work is set by Dutch workplace-safety law, the Arbowet. This sets the employer's duty of care for crew. They set up with the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) where aerial or drone work is involved and with city authorities for filming in public space.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Because Dutch crews are near-universally English-speaking, a safety officer can brief a global unit clearly and liaise with Dutch authorities on the production's behalf. We match the safety officer to the risk profile of your shoot and integrate them from prep.

Here is the short of it. Safety is a structural part of pro production in the Netherlands. Productions claiming the Netherlands Film Fund's 35% cash rebates must run as well insured, compliant operations, and a logged safety regime under the Arbowet is part of that. The country's compact geography supports the role — emergency services are rarely far from a location, whether a shoot is on the Rotterdam waterfront, in central Amsterdam, in the polders or on the North Sea coast — and the safety officer plans evacuation and response routes to match.

They work alongside the set medic so that risk control and medical cover match each other. We draw on skilled Dutch safety officers who can keep a tricky shoot both compliant and genuinely safe.