Qualifications improve your chances; they do not gate the job. Level 6 is the most recognised.
Level 6 most recognisedOpen entry
Your route in
You can start without qualifications - direct entry/volunteering; a qualification improves your chances
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Qualifications employers recognise (Level 6)
Any of these strengthens your application.
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Where this can take you
With experience, you could: become a lead animator or animation director, work for a large animation studio, games developer, interactive media design business or video post-production company, become a freelance animator and open your own animation studio.