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Live Entertainment Production Certificate (Plan 26AC)

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Award Type

Certificate

Catalog Description

This certificate program prepares learners to perform fundamental operations in the Live Event Production Technician field. Through this program of study, students will engineer and fabricate scenery, properties, and costumes. In addition, students will operate lighting, audio, and video equipment in support of live entertainment productions. As part of the certificate, students will be prepared to take the United States Institute for Theater Technology (USITT) series of eSet certificate exams. The following eSet certificates curriculum is embedded into the program: eSet BACKstage, eSET Projection, eSET Lighting and Electrics, eSET Rigging, eSET Costuming, and eSET Audio. 

Once the program has been completed, students should be able to:

Employ tools and technology required for supporting live event production

Use industry best practices for producing audio, lighting, stage rigging, costuming, and se construction elements to support live events

Apply safety standards to live events technician operations

Total Hours for Completion

31

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