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Reddit mentions of What I Really Want to Do On Set in Hollywood: A Guide to Real Jobs in the Film Industry
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These might help, especially the first one:
From my own personal experience:
First Assistant Director
2nd AD:
Plus there's a lot of paperwork involved, filling out time sheets, crew sheets for payroll, daily breakdowns, etc.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistant_director](This wiki page) has a lot of good information on what the entire assistant directing team does. As well as the book that ou mentioned "The Film Director's Team" is also very valid.
The hierarchy on set, if something goes wrong, is something like this:
If you've been a non-union AD on four films, you are probably in pretty good shape. It also sounds like you might have enough days to apply to be a 2nd AD in the union, you may not need to go through the DGA Trainee program.
You need 400 days worked non-union (with proof (call sheets) and pay (pay stubs) as a 1st AD to get in. Or if you have 400 days between working as a 1st AD, 2nd AD or UPM, you can apply to be a 2nd AD.
Also, check out Sheli The AD on Twitter, send her a tweet and she should respond. She's really responsive and helpful and just an all around good person.
Good luck, and if you are still non-union in the future drop (and based in LA) me an email to iamvirii@gmail.com. A good AD is hard to find, I've been with way too many bad ones.