The Academy of Production Technology and PLASA have joined forces to provide training that will interest all production professionals and aspiring professionals. 

Don't miss this chance to strengthen your skills and enhance your credentials. Three days of electrics, rigging, audio, and video training will take place in the Baltimore area, May 5-7, 2014.

 

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Electrics Training

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Rigging Training

by Jay Glerum, author of "Stage Rigging Handbook, 3rd Edition" 

 

In 1980, at a session on Rigging at the USITT conference in Kansas City, a member of the audience asked, "Where can I find the standards that cover rigging in our industry?" 

 

The answer was "nowhere." There were no standards because no one had written any. That question, however, prompted a long series of actions by USITT and ESTA (now PLASA) that resulted in the first rigging standard being approved by the American National Standards Association (ANSI) in 1999. 

 

There are now over 40 standards covering a multitude of subjects in the entertainment industry. As a working or aspiring professional in the entertainment industry, how do you know which ones are important for you to read?

 

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Now Available! 2nd Edition of

Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician

February 17 marks the launch of the revised book about powering live event productions safely and efficiently

 

About a year ago, I started updating Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician. Today is the official launch date! 

What's new in the book? In a word, lots. Although the fundamentals of electricity don't change, our practices do. So this edition has new information about electrical safety, new types of loads, like LEDs and video displays, and how they affect our power distribution systems. It also has new information about other power sources like portable power generators and batteries. 

People often ask me if they should buy the new edition if they already have the old, and to that, I say, "Does electricity travel uphill?" If you don't know the answer to that question, you should probably get the book. If you do know the answer, get it anyway.

Choose your voltage, choose the number of problems you want to work, and go to town on the new APT Power Practice app. The free app serves up practice problems, reviews the results, gives you the correct answers, and provides you with your score.

Or try the Ohm's Law Practice App.

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New Electrics Class!

Electricity, Power Distribution, and Controls

May 5, 6, & 7, 2014

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New! Live Audio Training

with top industry professional Harry Netti

May 5, 6, & 7, 2014

Baltimore

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Don't miss PLASA Focus Baltimore at the Reitz Arena on the campus of Loyola University, May 8 & 9, 2014. The Professional Development Program will include free seminars with the leading professionals of live event production.