Skillset Film Trainee Network
The Skillset Film Trainee Network heavily subsidises trainee placements for UK film companies. Companies benefit from high calibre talent, while trainees gain further skills and experience to launch their careers.
Please note the network is currently closed - we hope to have information on a new scheme in the new financial year.
Key aims and benefits
- To nurture and develop talent from diverse backgrounds, expose all trainees to the latest technologies and processes in film making and help them establish an ongoing career in the industry;
- To benefit the production companies paying the Skills Investment Fund (SIF) by providing them with talented, knowledgeable and enthusiastic trainees - ultimately contributing to the long-term goal of a having a highly skilled workforce for years to come.
The Skillset Film Trainee Network uses money from the Film Skills Fund and the Skills Investment Fund to cover a significant proportion of the trainee placement costs.
This scheme is just one of the initiatives which has arisen from A Bigger Future, the UK skills strategy for the film industry.
Skillset Film Trainee Network - How to become a Host Company
The Skillset Film Trainee Network (SFTN) scheme is looking for production companies to offer work placements to talented trainees. Skillset heavily subsidises the cost of having a trainee. Please note the network is only open to companies who are either in scope to pay the Skills Investment Fund(SIF) or who have contributed to it already.
Read MoreTrainee Case Study, Ravinder Patria
The Skillset Film Trainee Network placements began in September 2008 and are continuing into Spring 2009. Here is one trainee's experience, Ravinder Patria, a trainee editor.
Read MoreSkillset Film Trainee Network - How to become a Trainee
The scheme allows trainees to focus on strengthening and increasing their skills and knowledge, without worrying about costs. Please note we are currently closed to new applications.
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