ETCP Entertainment Electrics Class

It’s back!! Entertainment Electrics is a three-day course designed to strengthen skills and knowledge related to portable power distribution and control systems for live event production. It covers most of the topics in the content outline of the Entertainment Electrician’s certification exam and the Portable Power Distribution Technician’s certification exam.

To register, please email Ryan McDonough at [email protected] and indicate in your email if you intend to take the exam.

Dates: Monday, July 13, Tuesday July 14, and Thursday July 16
**Attendees must attend all three dates!
Time: 9am-5pm
Location: The TET Fund Training Space at Local One, 320 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor.

Upon completion, attendees will have a better understanding of electrical safety, PPE, circuits, DC, single-phase AC, and 3-phase AC power calculations, codes and regulations, and best practices for grounding and bonding, the use of GFCIs, and more. They will also have a better understanding of control systems technology including DMX, RDM, Ethernet, Ethernet-based protocols like sACN and Art-Net, and wireless DMX.

The course will help attendees better understand best practices for setting up portable power distribution equipment and control systems, how to monitor them, and how to work safely.

In addition to a keynote presentation with ample illustrations, the attendees will receive a PDF file with the slides and illustrations from the presentation, they will take short quizzes to test their retention, and there are some hands-on exercises to reinforce their knowledge and understanding.

If you wish to test, you must submit an application and fee and schedule your exam directly through ETCP. Local One card members will be reimbursed the $550 exam fee upon successful completion. You can sign up for the exam by clicking here.

**There is no fee or application required to take the class for credit only.

Again, if you wish to sign up for this class, please email Ryan McDonough at [email protected]

We hope you enjoy this training opportunity!