SCREEN READY ANIMAL STANDARDS
Animals are handled and worked properly, with welfare at the centre of every decision.
Animal work in production is planned, controlled, and carried out responsibly.
A defined route, clear requirements, and a proper basis for qualification.
WHAT SRAS STANDS FOR
SRAS exists because animal work in production deserves a defined route, a credible basis for qualification, and an unambiguous framework that productions and outside organisations can rely on.
Animals are handled and worked properly, with welfare at the centre of every decision.
Animal work in production is planned, controlled, and carried out responsibly.
A defined route, clear requirements, and a proper basis for qualification.
Behaviour, judgement, honesty, and responsibility are held to a published standard.
Animals and handlers are assessed for the demands of real production environments.
Each level is aimed at a different kind of practitioner. You apply at the one that fits, not the one below it.
For people entering the route and meeting the core standard for professional animal work in production.
For practitioners working in broader professional capacity, applied knowledge, greater responsibility, evidenced.
The highest qualification currently awarded. For established professionals showing verified capability through the strongest route.
Welfare is not a value statement. It is the operating standard.
SRAS sits alongside existing legal duties, welfare guidance, licensing, and production requirements. Every qualified individual operates under a binding Code of Conduct, with clear procedures for complaints, appeals, and discipline.
SRAS is the front end of a much larger system. Over time, productions will recognise the qualification, external organisations will rely on it, and the SRAS register will become a meaningful signal of credibility and lower risk for studios and major productions.
Review the qualification levels, fees, and route. Begin your application when you are ready.
SRAS is developing a controlled verification service that will allow productions to confirm qualification level and active professional standing as the first cohort completes assessment.
How SRAS Supports ProductionsSRAS helps productions identify animal professionals working to published expectations of welfare, safety, conduct and accountability.
Using SRAS in ProductionSRAS status is based on eligibility, evidence, assessment criteria, conduct and ongoing accountability—not informal reputation alone.
