Lockdown restrictions may have eased, but with the virus continuing to cause havoc across the world, the Guild established the need to have a COVID consultant on film sets, since shooting resumed in June. Safety compliance company Momentum India’s Victorian D’Souza, who is currently working on a show for Disney Channel, walks us through a day in his life. “I am a health and safety officer. Prior to COVID, our job was to oversee health, sanitation, environment, safety and security of a movie set. We used to cater to hospitality and sports events primarily. IPL was a big client for us. Once COVID took over our lives, we branched out to other industries. Film sets employ us routinely to make sure safety norms are adhered to on sets. When we began in June, people were petrified. They didn’t know how to function. Sometimes people would be so engrossed in work, they’d forget to wear their mask. It has required constant reminders to tell them wear a mask, sanitise every few minutes. Our sets also have UV machines that help sanitise the whole set. There are fumigation centres where we use safe-on-skin disinfectants. Gloves are encouraged. For artists, who are without masks, we make sure their staff are in PPE suits. ADs, who they interact with, are always in PPE suits,” he says.