Shannon Koger will walk you through the steps of Day Work so that you'll be able to handle anything that comes your way on a work call. You will learn how and what to check for repairs, ironing, steaming techniques, basic costume maintenance, and basic shoe care.
This class is an introduction to embroidery for people interested in improving hand sewing skills. Basic embroidery stitches are taught with an emphasis on those used for costume repairs and maintenance.
This four-day, hands on course is part of the AVIXA/IATSE TTF Live Event Technician Certificate. AVIXA and the IATSE TTF have developed a customized classroom course and certificate program for IATSE workers making the transition to audiovisual jobs.
Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training in forklift operation.
This two day training covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA general industry standards as related to the Entertainment Industry. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.
Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training in forklift operation.
Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training in AWP operation.
This two-day course will offer an overview and analysis of basic rigging fundamentals and their safe and proper application in ballroom venues. Topics include but not limited to safety, basic rigging plan, equipment, and a detailed hands-on practical exercise through the process step by step.
This two day training covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA general industry standards as related to the Entertainment Industry. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.
This course will provide a basic understanding of video and camera operation. Beginning with signal flow and video sources, the course will give a simple introduction to video switchers. Following an overview of video cameras and tripods, the course will delve into camera operation and techniques. Covering basic setup, camera functions and framing shots, this course will give you the necessary information to setup and operate a camera for lectures, corporate meetings and conventions.
This two day training covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA general industry standards as related to the Entertainment Industry. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.
This three-day seminar will offer an introduction and overview to basic concepts and practices in video production including graphics and playback, camera, switching, signal distribution, projectors, displays and screens. Trainees will participate in hands on task oriented experience in each element of video production supported by presentations providing additional depth and detail on the function, equipment, and process of video production in the entertainment industry.
Operators must have sufficient knowledge to understand the safe method of operating an aerial work platform. Attend this class to learn the basics of safe operation of different types of aerial lifts.
Have you ever shied away from tackling that uneven chiffon hem? Spent hours wrestling with awkward hemming attachments only to have the fabric slip out of the groove? Or worse, had to turn down a job because your skills were lacking? Cindy Chock will share her technique for hemming chiffon and any lightweight fabric. When you know this technique, you will never go looking for an attachment again.
This two day training covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA general industry standards as related to the Entertainment Industry. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.
So, you got a TV or film job. Have you been on set before? Do you know what to expect? Being on set has very different terminology, procedures, and responsibilities than theater. The more you know, the better you will be at your job; no one wants to stand out for the wrong reasons.
This introduction to using lighting balloons in our industry covers Airstar products, safety, building, and flying balloons.
This course is designed to review basic stagehand fundamentals including safety, skills, and a detailed overview of the roles, responsibilities and expectations of each department and the stagehands assigned to them.
The OSHA 30-hour General Industry Outreach Training course is a comprehensive safety program designed for anyone involved in general industry. Specifically devised for safety directors, foremen, and field supervisors; the program provides complete information on OSHA compliance issues.
This two day training covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA general industry standards as related to the Entertainment Industry. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.
This eight-hour course will introduce basic skills and practices involved in setting up, operating, and breaking down of electrical and lighting systems in the entertainment industry. This shall include, but is not limited to, safety, basic electrical theory, reading and understanding paperwork, lighting instruments (types, functions, uses, maintenance, installation, color, accessories), basic power distribution, control systems, atmospherics, and FX.
This course will provide an overview of power distribution and review direction of feeder cable, coil and uncoil, how to run feeder cable, how to connect cable, how to know the specific components needed in specific areas of power, how to spot a potential problem and power safety.
This training will provide skills necessary to set up and operate audio systems in a breakout room setting through lecture and hands-on experience. Students will have take AV Essentials, which provides the fundamental skills in audio for a breakout room or will have equivalent experience.
This training will provide skills necessary to program and operate a Beringer x32 digital console though lecture and hands-on experience. Students will have taken AV Essentials, which provides the fundamental skills in audio for a breakout room or will have equivalent experience.
This training will provide skills necessary to set up and operate video systems in a breakout room setting. The attendees will have taken AV Essentials, which provides the fundamental skills in video for a breakout room or will have equivalent experience.
This training will provide skills necessary to assess fall hazards, utilize safe practices, and rescue a person who has fallen into the fall arrest system. The attendees will either be experienced riggers or those who hope to be. The class is intended to teach those who need to learn the skills and also to allow experienced riggers to practice the rescue technique.
Course consists of EWP industry specific theory & evaluation, site inspection, and equipment inspections. Hands on training involves working one on one with a trainer on the equipment in an intensive review and training session. Training will include operation of articulating work platforms (Z-boom), scissor lifts, and self propelled man lifts.
This class focuses on safe AWP operating knowledge and practice.
This two day training covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA general industry standards as related to the Entertainment Industry. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.
Course consists of EWP industry specific theory & evaluation, site inspection, and equipment inspections. Hands on training involves working one on one with a trainer on the equipment in an intensive review and training session. Training will include operation of articulating work platforms (Z-boom), scissor lifts, and self propelled man lifts.
This two day training covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA general industry standards as related to the Entertainment Industry. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.
This training will provide skills necessary to take an electrician call in a theater or corporate event. Students will have some to no experience as a stagehand. This is an introductory course open to workers who are new to the job or stagehands who have taken electrician call and would like to brush up on their skills. Through a mix of lecture and hands-on practice at Levi's Stadium and San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, we'll focus on hanging a theater lighting batten, spotlight operation, focusing, tying off at the pin rail and knots, DMX and circuiting, and using non-conventional fixtures.
This course covers electrical theory, ohms law, power wheel exercises, basic circuits and currents, AC power and power factor, types of loads, power triangle and reactive power, dimmers, power distribution, determining requirements, overcurrent protection, conductors, tap rules, transformers, generators, grounding and bonding, meters and metering, codes, DMX and control protocols, and light.
This two day training covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA general industry standards as related to the Entertainment Industry. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.
This two day training covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA general industry standards as related to the Entertainment Industry. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.
This course is designed to provide attendees with basic knowledge of how audio systems are setup and how they operate. The course begins with a discussion of how sound waves are created and then converted to electrical signals. It proceeds to discuss how those signals are transported between devices, processed, mixed, and then distributed to amplifiers and speakers.
This course will provide skills necessary to set up, program, and operate Smartfade, Jans CL, and smaller hog lighting consoles.
This course is designed to provide attendees with a background in the differences between analog and digital mixing. The course is designed around the operation of the Yamaha LS-9 mixer. The LS-9 screen layout is similar to more recent mixers in the Yamaha line. This course is half lecture and half hands-on with a small group at each mixer.
This two day training covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA general industry standards as related to the Entertainment Industry. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.
This course is designed to provide members basic knowledge on how to setup a private IP network. These networks are used to control audio mixers, lighting consoles, and video switchers. These networks are now also being used more for transmission of audio and video signals within productions systems. The course begins by defining a network and moves on with the description of the types of networking cables and devices they will encounter. It moves on to the setup and configuration of those devices so they will communicate with each other. Finally the attendees will learn how to setup a wireless router and connect devices to it as they will with consoles and mixers.
This two day training covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA general industry standards as related to the Entertainment Industry. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.
This course is designed to provide members an overview of Dante audio networking. Dante hardware and software, from Audinate, is quickly becoming the audio standard for IP audio networking. The course will follow the level 1 and level 2 curricula developed by Audinate and will use their presentation slides with permission since I have been Dante Level 3 certified. Attendees will have the opportunity to take the level 1 and 2 certification tests upon completion if they choose.
This training provides an in-depth look at the functionality and components of supported and mobile scaffolding. Students will learn to conduct a thorough inspection before using the scaffolding. Safe usage and OSHA standards related to scaffolding will be discussed, and common hazards associated with scaffolding and ways to prevent falls and other accidents will be reviewed.
This two day training covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA general industry standards as related to the Entertainment Industry. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.
This four-day, hands on course is part of the AVIXA/IATSE TTF Live Event Technician Certificate. AVIXA and the IATSE TTF have developed a customized classroom course and certificate program for IATSE workers making the transition to audiovisual jobs.
Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training in AWP operation.
This two day training covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA general industry standards as related to the Entertainment Industry. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.
Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training in forklift operation.
Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training in AWP operation.
Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training in AWP operation.
This course will introduce the fundamentals of theatrical sound. Starting with signal flow from source to human ear, participants will be given an understanding of simple sound gear (microphones, playback sources) while learning about both analog and digital consoles. Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to hookup a microphone and playback source and run through a theater sound system.
Course includes a classroom presentation, hands-on training, and testing in various types of lifts, power lifts, lift-truck operations, and inspection of lift trucks.
This class will address the need for on production and off production crew members to be able to identify or question hazardous conditions on the work site in an appropriate manner so that work can proceed safely. Participants will survey the laws that apply to shops, locations, and work sites. Participants will also discuss characteristics of substances that workers are exposed to, how they enter the body, and the degrees to which these toxins have an effect, how to identity them, avoid them, and how to deal with them.
Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training in AWP operation.
This class focuses on safe AWP operating knowledge and practice.
This training covers the responsibilities of owners, users and operators, workplace and pre-start inspections, operational hazards, and accident prevention. The course includes in-classroom and hands-on training for aerial work platforms.
This training includes breathing and cardiac emergencies, use of barrier devices, foreign body airway obstruction and scene control, the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and protocol adherence along with how to respond to Basic First Aid Emergencies.
Intended for those with significant Entertainment Lighting experience, this class will discuss the physics of electricity and how we as stagehands use it to safely execute shows. A significant amount of class time will be used to discuss NFPA 70 (The National Electrical Code) as well as advanced power quality topics.
This class focuses on safe forklift operating knowledge and practice.
Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training in AWP operation.
Course covers DMX, networking lighting, ETC express, history of lighting consoles, and lighting equipment familiarization.
This training covers the responsibilities of owners, users and operators, workplace and pre-start inspections, operational hazards, and accident prevention. The course includes in-classroom and hands-on training for forklifts.
Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training in forklift operation.
Isn’t it a pain when new actors join the project or a jacket is shopped and expected to be a perfect fit? A well-fitted jacket makes a big difference. Here is your chance to learn how to tailor a jacket and achieve that tailor made look.
This entry level class is intended to provide those with limited or no previous background in Entertainment Stage Lighting the tools to be successful on their first call as a Lighting Technician. Lighting instrument types, their history, cable management, and basic electrical safety will be discussed.
Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training in forklift operation.
After the student passes the course for the Class 4 and 5 P.I.T.s, they will have the option to sign up for the Class 7 (rough Terrain/Telehandler) course. The class 7 is a separate (upgrade) for the Forklift Cert. It is the same process with one day for classroom the upon completion student picks a block of time for practical training and evaluation.
This two day training covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA general industry standards as related to the Entertainment Industry. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.
Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training in AWP operation.
Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training in AWP operation.
This class is an introduction to embroidery for people interested in taking up a hobby to improve hand sewing skills. Basic embroidery stitches are taught with an emphasis on those used for costume repairs and maintenance.
This two day training covers OSHA policies, procedures, and standards, as well as general industry safety and health principles. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA general industry standards as related to the Entertainment Industry. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide.
This class focuses on safe AWP operating knowledge and practice.
The Powered Industrial Lift Truck Training Course uses the Ives Training and Compliance Program and expanded industry specific training. We have one day of classroom time where students receive all the valuable theory information OSHA wants us to have, followed by a theory evaluation that is a pass or fail.
Course consists of EWP industry specific theory & evaluation, site inspection, and equipment inspections. Hands on training involves working one on one with a trainer on the equipment in an intensive review and training session. Training will include operation of articulating work platforms (Z-boom), scissor lifts, and self propelled man lifts.