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Evidence Guide: CUASTA401 - Operate show control systems

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CUASTA401 - Operate show control systems

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Prepare for show control operations

  1. Liaise with relevant personnel to confirm timelines and show control requirements
  2. Assess capabilities of available show control systems and reach agreement on ways to overcome shortcomings as required
  3. Document plans that specify how show control requirements will be programmed to meet timelines
  4. Discuss plans with relevant personnel and amend as required
Liaise with relevant personnel to confirm timelines and show control requirements

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Assess capabilities of available show control systems and reach agreement on ways to overcome shortcomings as required

Completed
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Document plans that specify how show control requirements will be programmed to meet timelines

Completed
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Discuss plans with relevant personnel and amend as required

Completed
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Input sources

  1. Establish file paths for video and audio cues using appropriate file formats
  2. Set musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) or similar device cues
  3. Set trigger points for cues
  4. Test and confirm external connections
  5. Review settings to ensure that show requirements have been met and amend cues as required
Establish file paths for video and audio cues using appropriate file formats

Completed
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Set musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) or similar device cues

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Set trigger points for cues

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Test and confirm external connections

Completed
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Review settings to ensure that show requirements have been met and amend cues as required

Completed
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Undertake show control activities

  1. Participate in technical run-throughs to test show control operations
  2. Modify programming of show control systems to take account of faults identified during technical run-throughs
  3. Confirm cues are executed at appropriate points during shows, presentations or installations
  4. Monitor equipment for correct operation and resolve problems as required
Participate in technical run-throughs to test show control operations

Completed
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Modify programming of show control systems to take account of faults identified during technical run-throughs

Completed
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Confirm cues are executed at appropriate points during shows, presentations or installations

Completed
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Monitor equipment for correct operation and resolve problems as required

Completed
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Complete post-show operations

  1. Identify and complete necessary equipment adjustments, including maintenance and re-setting if required, in preparation for the next performance
  2. Amend documentation as required
  3. Identify problems with show control systems, take appropriate action and report to relevant personnel as required
  4. In consultation with relevant personnel, evaluate effectiveness of show control operations and note areas for future improvement
Identify and complete necessary equipment adjustments, including maintenance and re-setting if required, in preparation for the next performance

Completed
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Amend documentation as required

Completed
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Identify problems with show control systems, take appropriate action and report to relevant personnel as required

Completed
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In consultation with relevant personnel, evaluate effectiveness of show control operations and note areas for future improvement

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Assessed

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

Signature: ________________________________________________

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Elements

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance Criteria

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Prepare for show control operations

1.1 Liaise with relevant personnel to confirm timelines and show control requirements

1.2 Assess capabilities of available show control systems and reach agreement on ways to overcome shortcomings as required

1.3 Document plans that specify how show control requirements will be programmed to meet timelines

1.4 Discuss plans with relevant personnel and amend as required

2. Input sources

2.1 Establish file paths for video and audio cues using appropriate file formats

2.2 Set musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) or similar device cues

2.3 Set trigger points for cues

2.4 Test and confirm external connections

2.5 Review settings to ensure that show requirements have been met and amend cues as required

3. Undertake show control activities

3.1 Participate in technical run-throughs to test show control operations

3.2 Modify programming of show control systems to take account of faults identified during technical run-throughs

3.3 Confirm cues are executed at appropriate points during shows, presentations or installations

3.4 Monitor equipment for correct operation and resolve problems as required

4. Complete post-show operations

4.1 Identify and complete necessary equipment adjustments, including maintenance and re-setting if required, in preparation for the next performance

4.2 Amend documentation as required

4.3 Identify problems with show control systems, take appropriate action and report to relevant personnel as required

4.4 In consultation with relevant personnel, evaluate effectiveness of show control operations and note areas for future improvement

Required Skills and Knowledge

Elements

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance Criteria

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Prepare for show control operations

1.1 Liaise with relevant personnel to confirm timelines and show control requirements

1.2 Assess capabilities of available show control systems and reach agreement on ways to overcome shortcomings as required

1.3 Document plans that specify how show control requirements will be programmed to meet timelines

1.4 Discuss plans with relevant personnel and amend as required

2. Input sources

2.1 Establish file paths for video and audio cues using appropriate file formats

2.2 Set musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) or similar device cues

2.3 Set trigger points for cues

2.4 Test and confirm external connections

2.5 Review settings to ensure that show requirements have been met and amend cues as required

3. Undertake show control activities

3.1 Participate in technical run-throughs to test show control operations

3.2 Modify programming of show control systems to take account of faults identified during technical run-throughs

3.3 Confirm cues are executed at appropriate points during shows, presentations or installations

3.4 Monitor equipment for correct operation and resolve problems as required

4. Complete post-show operations

4.1 Identify and complete necessary equipment adjustments, including maintenance and re-setting if required, in preparation for the next performance

4.2 Amend documentation as required

4.3 Identify problems with show control systems, take appropriate action and report to relevant personnel as required

4.4 In consultation with relevant personnel, evaluate effectiveness of show control operations and note areas for future improvement

Evidence of the ability to:

program and operate a show control system to create the sound, vision and movement effects required in a show, presentation or installation on at least two occasions

work collaboratively.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided for each of the above points at least once.

To complete the unit requirements the individual must:

explain features of, and process for selecting, files in standard show control systems

describe issues and challenges that typically arise when setting up and operating show control systems, along with solutions to address them

explain musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) and show-based protocols and control mediums.