Watching. Practicing. Doing the Job Right. The Straight Line to a Skilled Workforce.

Instructional Design and Video Production for Skilled Trades Training

How We Work

Call.

We start with a conversation about where your training is falling short and what success looks like for your team.

Plan.

We put together a project plan with a timeline and pricing so you know exactly what you’re signing up for.

Create.

We produce the training and hand off something your team can use right away.

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Instructional Design

What does instructional design mean for a trades organization?

Instructional design turns "here's how we do it" into "here's how you'll remember it." It is the planning behind good training: what workers need to learn, how they’ll learn it, and how you’ll know it stuck.

You are experts in your field. We are experts in how people learn. Before we turn on a camera, together we figure out what a worker needs to do, the best way for them to learn how to do it, and how we’ll know they can do it right on the job.

A project may include:

  • Finding out what workers need to learn

  • Planning the lessons

  • Video scripting

  • Writing supporting documents

  • Putting the course online for workers

  • Guidance on measuring whether training worked

Training has many parts. Videos, interactions, assessments, and hands-on practice together make for effective training. We create those pieces and advise you on how to put them together.

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Video Production

Why does video-based training work well for skilled trades?

Trades are learned by watching and doing. Video lets every worker watch the same great example.

Our services include full video production on site and video editing aligned with the project's instructional design phase.

Level Line Productions partners with a team of talented filmmakers to create authentic and enjoyable training videos that work.

Video production is time-consuming and costly, but the authenticity and quality produced is worth it. By watching quality training videos, your workers will pay attention, remember how to do the job, and engage with the characters and story.

Nobody should have to wonder if the work is getting done right.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Instructional design means building training around how people actually learn a hands-on skill. It’s not just documenting the steps but structuring content so employees apply it correctly on the job.

  • The trades are hands-on, taught best by observing and practicing. Video standardizes the first step, observing, and lays the foundation for more meaningful practice sessions with a trainer.

  • Your organization and workers are too valuable for off-the-shelf or freely available content. If you want quality and precision in your product, you also need it in your training. We ensure quality, accuracy, and sound instructional design.

  • We serve industries that perform skilled, hands-on work: Construction and building trades, manufacturing, transportation, utilities, energy, agriculture, tree care, and land management.

  • We partner with the organizations that train, hire, and support employees who perform hands-on trades. Companies that employ trades workers, trade associations, unions, trade schools and technical colleges, workforce development boards.

  • Project costs include instructional design and production planning prior to the video shoot, film crew day rates, equipment rental, and editing time. Each project is different, so schedule a call to scope and price your project needs.

  • Each project has three phases: instructional design and pre-production, video production, and editing the final product. The timeline for completion depends on how large the project is, whether you have materials to get us started, and how responsive you are throughout the process.