Records and the certificate
What you get.
Online, a learning record of what you completed. In person, the FIF Certificate, which comes only from a practical on our unit. What each says, and what it doesn't. Employers can check any record by its ID.
What you get
Online
Online learning record
Every lesson watched and checked online. Shows what you've learned. Not a certificate.
Futures in Film confirms that [name] completed [course, version] online on [date], including all lessons, checks and set tasks. This is a record of learning completed online. It is not a qualification. It is not a certificate.
Practical
The FIF Certificate
Only from an in-person practical on one of our units, signed off by the trainer who watched you work.
Awarded by Futures in Film CIC to people who pass an in-person practical with us: a workshop, training day or production simulation. It is not a formal qualification.
The practical: where the certificate comes from
A trainer coaches a trainee on a handheld rig
Prepping a camera package in the kit store
Building the camera with the camera team
On the floor, camera ready
The honesty line
Not a qualification. Not endorsed.
An online learning record shows you completed the lessons, passed the checks and had your tasks marked. The FIF Certificate comes only from an in-person practical with us. Credentials from other bodies, such as a safety passport or first aid, are shown as self-reported. Both are awarded by Futures in Film CIC. Neither is a qualification, accredited, or endorsed by ScreenSkills or any awarding body. Our outcomes are mapped to ScreenSkills skills checklists, which are guides, not accreditation.
Mapped, not accredited
Every lesson outcome cites a line from a ScreenSkills skills checklist. The checklists describe what a job involves. They are guides, not accreditation, and ScreenSkills hasn't reviewed our courses.
Safety passports are separate
Our records are not a production safety passport. Productions may ask for a recognised safety course as well; we'll point you to the routes.
Words we never use
"Accredited", "endorsed", "approved" or "recognised by" will appear only if a named body has confirmed it to us in writing.
Watch: the jobs the practical leads to
How to make the most of your first jobScreenSkills · original on YouTube
Every Film Crew Job In The Camera Department ExplainedIn Depth Cine · original on YouTube
What Does a Grip Actually Do on a Film Set? (Explained by a Gaffer) Everything Grip and Electric · original on YouTube
11:01What A Boom Operator Does On Set: Crew BreakdownIn Depth Cine · original on YouTube
Sample · Not a real learner
What an employer sees.
Online learning record · Online
A. Learner
Futures in Film confirms that A. Learner completed Camera department Foundation (version 1.0) online on 11 November 2026, including all lessons, checks and set tasks. This is a record of learning completed online. It is not a qualification. It is not a certificate.
- ID
- FIF-SAMPLE-20261111-K7QX
- Lessons
- 8 of 8
- Checks
- 8 passed
- Tasks
- 9 Met
The FIF Certificate · Practical
A. Learner
Awarded by Futures in Film CIC to A. Learner, who passed an in-person practical as camera trainee on our unit at Pinewood Studios on 3 December 2026. It is not a formal qualification.
- ID
- FIF-SAMPLE-20261203-P4RC
- Practical
- Camera trainee
- Unit
- Pinewood Studios
- Trainer
- Initials only
Shown on a check
First name and initial, the course and version, the date, and the type (online record or FIF Certificate). Nothing else: no scores, no reflections, no contact details. We never publish a list of learners.
Coming later
A digital badge you can add to a profile, in the Open Badges format, once the pilot's first learners have finished.