Step up a grade, between bookings.

For working crew after the next grade or the next piece of kit.

Apply as working crew Learn it free first

Step up: The next grade, on a working unit
New kit: Hands on, on test days
Mentoring: One head of department, one written aim
Refresher: One-day modules when the kit moves

A camera operator in a support rig films two people through a car windscreen on a stage.

Step up a grade

You have a credit or two. The next comes from a crew that wants you back. We put you on a unit where a HoD sees your work.

Second-position placements on productions supplied by our rental house, with a HoD who knows the arrangement. New kit: gimbals, exoskeleton rigs, remote heads, tracking and virtual production, including MR Helix Ltd rigs on our test days. Freelance economics: day rates, gaps, tax and deal memos, from the Bectu rate cards.

Free. Send us your department, your last two jobs and the grade you want next.

Trainee to Technical and Production Lead.

Ateeb Malik: camera trainee, then 2nd AC on our units, now our Technical and Production Lead

Mid-level crew on the unit

A camera trainer coaches a trainee operating a cinema camera on a handheld rig in a camera prep room.

Crew mentoring

Planned One HoD, a written aim, a set run of sessions, and a check against the aim at the end. Give us the next step, not the dream: "trainee to 2nd AC" we can match. Mentors are doing the job now.

Want to mentor? An hour a month: get in touch.

Refresher strand

Opening One-day modules when a format, workflow or bit of kit has moved under you, at Pinewood or on your floor. Modules open when enough people ask. For a closed session for your team, ask us.

Step-up toolkitFirst time as HoD or supervisor: budgets, running a team, crewing up, hard days. Skills checklistsEvery grade, trainee to HoD. Tick, print, bring to your check. Gimbal and stabilisationThe Helix gimbal and exoskeleton, wireless wheels and remote operation. 35mm loadingFor digital crew being asked to load. AI tools and workflowsFor camera, data, post and office crew. Faith-literate productionFor people running units.