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Level 3
Creative Industries Production Technician (Creative Venue Technician) L3 Apprenticeship Standard
COURSE OVERVIEW
This occupation is found in creative settings. This ranges from screen production studios, outside locations, entertainment venues and theatres, through to organisations that provide technical solutions for the setup of live, recorded and streamed events. Production technicians work in three main roles; as creative venue technicians, live event technicians or screen lighting technicians. The roles can be venue based or they can be mobile; working across a variety of sites and environments. Technicians may work across both indoor and outdoor locations. Creative venue technicians play an active role in the technical setup and operation of a variety of established creative venues such as theatres, arts centres, broadcast and film studios. Live event technicians provide technical solutions for live performance and event projects of all sizes across the UK, Europe, and worldwide. The events range from concerts, festivals and theatrical performances through to exhibitions, conferences, product launches, and showcases. Screen lighting technicians provide the lighting and power solutions for film and TV both on location or in studios to enable screen production requirements to be met.
The broad purpose of the occupation is to prepare, build, set up, and operate functioning systems for creative productions; including screen, theatre, live performance and events. These systems can include sound, lighting, power or video. Technicians read, interpret and give appropriate technical information to colleagues and clients. They use a variety of tools to assemble, install and maintain technical and production systems.
This is a core and options apprenticeship with three options:
Option 1: Creative venue technician – also known as CVT
A CVT provides technical support for the construction, rehearsal, presentation and removal of a live performance. They are multi-skilled across a wide range of technical disciplines. They possess a broad level of knowledge relevant to the venue in which they operate. CVTs will be competent in lighting, audio, video and stage systems related to live performance. They apply these competencies to their resident premises and production. They are skilled in stagecraft techniques such as operating stage machinery and performing scene changes. This allows them to set up, rig, operate, maintain and carry out basic repairs of technical equipment used in creative venues.
The jobs roles this is most suited are:
Creative venue technician Lighting technician Live event technician Production technician Site engineers Site technician Sound engineer Sound technician Stage technician Theatre technician Venue technician Video engineer Video technician
FURTHER INFORMATION
Anyone with a passion for live arts and working off stage. Most theatres and venues require you to be at least 18 years old.
A level 3 qualification in Tech theatre, production arts, music tech or media will be useful but are not a strict requirement.
After the course you will be able to work as a fully trained and experienced technician in a professional creative venue. You will gain many transferrable skills that can be applied to live events and other creative and technical careers.
The course is delivered through a series of monthly online seminars combined with face to face visits in your workplace.
You will be employed as a technician in a creative venue such as a theatre, arts centre, performing arts department at a school/college/uni or events arena.
You will undertake 13 modules as part of your training that includes practical assessments and knowledge criteria based on industry practice. The assessments are flexible based on you preferred methods of working.
At the end of the Apprenticeship you will undertake an END POINT ASSESSMENT which includes
- A Practical Observation
- A Professional Discussion
There is no cost to an apprentice.
If you are an employer employing an apprentice over the age 21 (without an EHCP) then you are likely to pay 5% towards the training cost.
If you are an employer with an Apprenticeship levy (i.e. your payroll exceeds £3 Million) then you will pay in full from your levy account.
Employers involved in creating the standard: 4Wall Entertainment, Adlib, Albany Theatre, London, Ambassador Theatre Group, Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT), BECTU Certified Branch representative, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Britannia Row Productions, Encore, Entec Sound & Light, Factory Grips, Fairfield Halls, Fineline Lighting, Glyndebourne, John Young Creative Industries (JYCI), LW Theatres, MBSE UK, National Theatre, Neg Earth Lights, Oldham Coliseum, Panalux, Panaz, PixiPixel, PKE Lighting, PRG UK, Production Services Association (PSA), Quartermaster Studios, Roundhouse, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Opera House London, Sadlers Wells Theatre, Screenskills industry body, SFL, Skan PA Hire, South Bank Centre, Stage Electrics, Tait Stage Technologies, The North Wall, Oxford, The Old Rep Theatre, White Light
For more information on this Apprenticeship or other Apprenticeships we offer, please contact our friendly Apprenticeship team on 01243 812948 or email apprenticeships@chigroup.ac.uk