The Creative Industries Production Technician Apprenticeship Standard that Creative Alliance delivers has two pathways/options: Creative Venue Technician or Live Events Technician.
The details for these options are below.
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Creative Venue Technicians provide technical support for the construction, rehearsal, presentation and removal of a live performance, for audience or camera. They will play an active role in the technical operation across a variety of established creative venues, for example, theatres, arts centres and broadcast studios. They will become competent in lighting, audio, video and building services related to the performance arts and apply them to their resident premises and / or production.
Throughout the qualification, there are 17 seminars that will be delivered either at the centre or online via a webinar. 1-2-1 (mostly).
1 – Training/Apprenticeship Overview:
An introduction to the training or apprenticeship program.
2 – Health & Safety: Learning the H&S fundamentals to ensure a safe working environment.
3 – Industry Bodies & Safe Working Procedures: Learning who to look to for advice, guidance and industry training.
4 – Environmental and Housekeeping: How the industry is making improvements to reduce carbon footprints.
5 – Documents for Live Events or Productions: The process of planning a production or live event and eliminating errors.
6 – Working with Budgets: How to source quotes to keep budgeting on your production.
7 – Creative and Technical Management Structures & Teams: Management structures in the sector & your company for career progression.
8 – How to Produce a Risk Assessment: Write a risk assessment to ensure control measures are put in place.
9 – Mechanical and Electromechanical Equipment: How Mechanical & electromechanical equipment systems work and maintained.
10 – Problem-Solving and Improvements to Systems: How to problems solve under high-pressure situations & improve workflow.
11 – Stock Control, Logistics & Transportation: Understand the requirements for logistics & transportation.
12 – Security & Control of Equipment: How venues keep track of equipment & keep them secure.
13 – ABTT Bronze Award: The fundamentals of safety, electrical theory, flying, lifting, etc.
14 – Computer-Aided Design (CAD): Learn AutoCAD to create and interpret ground & LX plots.
15 – Types & Styles of Performance Space: Understand the types & spaces that are used in production.
16 – The History of Lighting, Sound, Set & Design: Understand the history & development of these areas.
17 – Stage & Production Management Team: Learn the roles of stage & production managers.
There is a portfolio for CVT, you will be expected to deliver projects throughout the apprenticeship. Each project would involve research, knowledge and a presentation. We would expect a learner to complete at least 3 projects but there maybe more.
Throughout their apprenticeship a learner will do up to 16 projects that will make up part of their portfolio, below are three examples of the types of project they will do.
Project 1 – Health Safety
Learning the H&S fundamentals to ensure a safe working environment for yourself and others.
Project 2 – How to produce a risk assessment
Learn how to write a risk assessment to ensure that control measures are put in place to keep you and your co-workers safe.
Project 3 – Stage management and production management
Learn the roles of a stage manager and their team and the role of a production manager and their importance to a production.
For the Creative Venue Technician, there is an end point assessment. This is done in the final part of the apprenticeship and is how the apprentice is judged on their learning. There are two main parts to the EPA but these are completed in a day.
1) Practical Observation: This is an assessment of your skills at work by means of a real or, if not reasonably practicable, a simulated work task, to demonstrate your knowledge, skills, and behaviours.
2) Professional discussion: After the observation, you will have a structured meeting with the independent assessor which is expected to run for up to 2 hours. Your employer will be permitted to be present but they must not lead or provide answers for you.
Live Event Technicians prepare & set-up technical equipment for live events, such as concerts, festivals and theatrical performances. A Live Event Technician will be part of the team that turns a venue into a functioning event environment before returning the site to its original state, often within a short time frame. Outside the event environment, Technicians are responsible for the control, servicing, repair and storage of complex technical equipment. In any context working safely and ethically is paramount and many projects are carried out in fast moving, dynamic workplaces.
Throughout the qualification, there are 17 seminars that will be delivered either at the centre or online via a webinar. 1-2-1 (mostly).
1 – Training/Apprenticeship Overview:
An introduction to the training or apprenticeship program.
2 – Truck packs & preparing carnets & manifests: The Techniques used to identify required packing space for equipment.
3 – Network infrastructure in live events: How to set up Network interfaces & the compatibility requirements.
4 – Selecting equipment for a venue: Venue specific considerations & application of products in environments
5 – Health & Safety: Learning the H&S fundamentals to ensure a safe working environment.
6 – Industry bodies & safe working procedures: Learning who to look to for advice, guidance and industry training.
7 – Environmental and housekeeping: To make improvements on reducing our carbon footprint and waste.
8 – Documents required to plan a live event or production: Learn the process of planning a production or live event and eliminating errors.
9 – Working with budgets: Source quotes to ensure that you can keep budgeting on your production.
10 – Creative & technical management structures & teams: The management structures within the creative sector and your company.
11 – How to produce a risk assessment: Write a risk assessment to keep you and your co-workers safe.
12 – Mechanical and electromechanical equipment: Mechanical and electromechanical equipment systems.
13 – Problem-solving & improvements to systems: Problems solve under high-pressure situations.
14 – Stock control, logistics & transportation: Basic requirements for logistics & transportation.
15 – Security & control of equipment:
16 – ABTT Bronze Award: The fundamentals of safety, electrical theory, flying, lifting, etc.
17 -Computer-Aided Design (CAD):Learn AutoCAD to create and interpret ground & LX plots.
There is a portfolio for LET, you will be expected to deliver projects throughout the apprenticeship. Each project would involve research, knowledge and a presentation. We would expect a learner to complete at least 3 projects but there maybe more.
Throughout their apprenticeship a learner will do up to 16 projects that will make up part of their portfolio, below are three examples of the types of project they will do.
Project 1 – Health Safety
Learning the H&S fundamentals to ensure a safe working environment for yourself and others.
Project 2 – How to produce a risk assessment
Learn how to write a risk assessment to ensure that control measures are put in place to keep you and your co-workers safe.
Project 3 – Truck packs & preparing carnets & manifests
To understand the Techniques used to identify required packing space for equipment and for truck packs. How to prepare carnets and manifests for shows travelling across customs borders.
For the Live Events Technician, there is an end point assessment. This is done in the final part of the apprenticeship and is how the apprentice is judged of their learning. There are two main parts to the EPA but these are completed in a day.
1) Practical Observation: This is an assessment of your skills at work by means of a real or, if not reasonably practicable, a simulated work task, to demonstrate your knowledge, skills, and behaviours.
2) Professional discussion: After the observation, you will have a structured meeting with the independent assessor which is expected to run for up to 2 hours. Your employer will be permitted to be present but they must not lead or provide answers for you.
Rather than just being in a classroom environment, the apprenticeship is learning within the workplace. So our training is based around your workplace and the job you are being paid to do!
Typical job roles include:
Creative Venue Technician
Live Events Technician
Check out our apprenticeship brochure to get a full breakdown of course structure, what you learn, how we operate and etc.
Apprentices learn the skills they need on the job with the guidance of a development coach who is an expert from the industry. You’ll finish your apprenticeship with a recognised qualification, valuable industry experience, money, and substantial opportunities for promotion.
James keeps me up to date with news and other sources related to digital marketing, which is engaging and also continues to help me develop my knowledge. He always makes sure to check up regularly on how I am doing and feeling in my apprenticeship and I am happy.
Absolutely brilliant learning provider, coming towards the end of my time as an apprentice, I’ve had full support and backing the entire way. Excellent.
I knew university wasn’t going to be for me, so I decided to do an apprenticeship instead. Creative Alliance have really helped me with my confidence and employability skills.
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Just following up on last night’s event. Can I firmly just say a massive thank you to you and Noel for allowing me to attend such an eye opening and career driving event. I really enjoyed networking with so many amazing creatives.
My development coach has been great, as I have struggled in some instances, and he has continually helped me stay on track with my projects. I am happy as I have started to feel like I am getting somewhere with my work, and I have enjoyed my time as an apprentice.
I wanted to do an apprenticeship instead of University because of the workplace experience I could gain
