Learning path · On set
Stunts, SFX and armoury: awareness for everyone on set
Awareness only, never how-to. How UK sets plan action and effects safely, who's in charge (stunt coordinator, SFX supervisor, armourer, medic), the British Stunt Register, and what you do as a bystander. Checked 11 November 2026.
Free films in teaching order, for one craft. Watch, tick them off and test yourself. It's practice that prepares you for an Academy course. This one prepares you for Day One: ready for set.
Lesson 1
Introduction to Health and Safety in Film and Television
XpoNorth Digital · 17:44 · original on YouTube
You will learn: Learn the UK basics: risk assessments, method statements and who is responsible.
Note: UK-specific.
By the end you will be able to
- Explain how a UK set manages risk: risk assessments, method statements and stop-work authority
- Name who is in charge of stunts, special effects, weapons and medical cover, and when to call them
- Explain what the British Stunt Register is and why nobody outside the stunt team ever has a go
- Know what to do as a bystander around firearms, fire, water, heights and vehicles, and how to report a concern
Test yourself
Could you do it on a set?
4 real situations, one for each thing this path teaches. It's optional practice, not pass or fail, and your answers stay on this device.
Next: do it for real
This path prepares you for Day One: ready for set.
Six lessons, from never having been on a set to knowing where to stand, what the calls mean, how to read a call sheet and how to keep yourself and others safe.
It's free and open in the pilot. Finish it to book a competency check, then a practical on our unit.
How learning with FIF works
Learning path. Free films in teaching order, for one craft. Watch, tick them off and test yourself. It's practice that prepares you for an Academy course.
- Learn onlineFree films, paths and Academy coursesYou are here
- Competency checkA short check with us, online or in person
- 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
Go further
Beyond YouTube, labelled honestly. Free first. Paid options are labelled.
- British Stunt Register Free to read
BSR. The UK register of peer-reviewed stunt professionals. - Health and safety on London shoots Free
Film London. UK guidance for productions. - Production Safety Passport Varies
ScreenSkills. The industry safety course. FIF's own records are not a passport.
For learners and trainers
Every lesson is a free video by its original maker, played from YouTube with privacy-enhanced settings. Found a broken video? Email [email protected].