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Step 2 of 4 · Competency check

Book a competency check.

A short conversation and a few questions with someone from the department you're aiming at. Online or in person. Not an exam: if it's "not yet", we tell you what to go back to and you book again.

How learning with FIF works

Competency check. Step 2: a short check with FIF, online or in person. It tells us you're ready for a practical.

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Competency checkA short check with us, online or in personYou are here
In-person practicalOn our unit at Pinewood or 3 Mills
FIF CertificateFrom the practical only

The FIF Certificate comes only from the practical. How it works · Book a competency check

Your booking

Online or in person?

OnlineA video call at a time that suits you. Captions, a support worker or a written version if you want them. In personAt Pinewood Studios or 3 Mills Studios, usually the morning of a workshop or open day, with a walk round the kit.

Both count the same.

I'm experienced crew and want to book directly, without the online courses.

Department you're aiming at

Academy course you've done or are doing (optional)

Your progress helps but isn't required.

Preferred dates (optional)

No dates are listed yet. Send your booking and we'll offer you dates.

Days or times that suit you (optional)

Anything we should adjust? (optional)

Captions, a written version, a support worker, step-free access, travel, shifts, caring, prayer times or fasting. In your own words; no diagnosis needed. Only the person arranging your check sees it.

Your name

Phone (optional, if you'd rather we called)

I'm 18 or over.

Under 18? Checks and practicals for under-18s run only through schools and colleges: for teachers.

Futures in Film can use these details to arrange my check. How we use them.

Where in-person checks happen

Arriving at Pinewood Studios. Visitors are booked in ahead.
The kind of floor the practical runs on

How learning with FIF works

Your booking

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Where in-person checks happen