Elements and Performance Criteria
- Connect and format control system for productions
- Correctly connect dimmers to control desk/console through appropriate control protocols and check to ensure designer's control channel requirements can be achieved
- Make correct connection to peripheral accessories and control devices, including display, storage and printing equipment
- Check system for nature of soft patch inherited from previous production and check against default or production soft patch or patch according to enterprise requirements
- Integrate geographic, grouping, scaling and use of peripheral accessories into the patching process
- Check dimmers to ensure that they are receiving data and are operating correctly in relationship to required production parameters
- Complete set-up tasks according to OHS requirements and test control systems for overall functionality
- Establish, connect and test remote controls for relevant production personnel
- Plot and operate advanced cue types
- Liaise with relevant production personnel to determine the nature of cue type required and use console appropriately to demonstrate capabilities
- Make available the elements required for the cue type and correctly record
- Demonstrate cue types to relevant production personnel in accordance with appropriate documentation and modify as required
- Plot and operate effects
- Liaise with relevant production personnel to discuss the types of effect required, and the capacity of the console to produce such effects
- Correctly use the effects menu, providing demonstrations to colleagues as required
- Correctly identify the steps needed to record a chosen effect and complete these in a logical sequence
- Demonstrate effects to relevant production personnel, make appropriate modifications as required and rehearse with relevant items and personnel
- Solve lighting problems during performance