1. Lighting Operation for live Performance
Unit 37
Lighting Operation for live Performance

2. Be able to prepare lighting equipment and accessories safely and securely
Basic Maintenance
Preparation of equipment (cleaning/visual checks/Re-lamping)
Rigging
Fixing to bars, patching to dimmers, electrical safety
Problem solving
Fault tracing techniques
Focusing
Verbal and visual instructions, use of colour, accessories
Safe Working Procedures
Working at height, cabling, manual handling, national working time directives, unions etc.

3. “Measure twice cut once” “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail” “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”

4. Preparation and pre-checking of Lighting equipment
Basic Maintenance
Preparation and pre-checking of Lighting equipment
Cleaning – Cleaning lenses, reflectors.
Visual Checks – Connection points, loose?
Re-Lamping – re lamp before shows/tours etc.

5. Dimmers
Dimmers are devices used to lower the brightness of a light by changing the voltage waveform applied to the lamp.
We use dimmers in theatre to control the level of generic lanterns.

6. Put these steps in the right order
Rigging
Rigging Process
Put these steps in the right order
Lighting Desk
Genie
15amp Socket
Dimmer
Lantern (with G-Clamp)
Safety chain

7. Problem Solving
Fault Tracing Technique You have rigged a lantern and patched through to dimmers and then to a lighting desk, however it is not working!…what could you do to find and resolve the problem?

8. To Focus a light is to draw attention to a certain area of the stage
Focusing
To Focus a light is to draw attention to a certain area of the stage
POSITION
Colour (LED/GEL)
Shutters
Barn Door
Gobo

9. Safe Working Procedures
Electrical
PAT testing, Visual Checks.
Working At Height
Trained on Genie, safety equipment, Hard hats for workers below
Manual Handling
Straight back, Safe working loads.

10. Safe Working Procedures
Risk Assessments
Written document outlining possible risks
Heat
Fire curtains, smoke detectors.
Unions
The Association of British Theatre Technicians

11. National Working Time Directives
Overview
You can’t work more than 48 hours a week on average
If you’re under 18, you can’t work more than 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week.
Exceptions
You may have to work more than 48 hours a week on average if you work in a job:
where 24-hour staffing is required
in the armed forces, emergency services or police
in security and surveillance
as a domestic servant in a private household
as a seafarer, sea-fisherman or worker on vessels on inland waterways
where working time is not measured and you’re in control, eg you’re a managing executive with control over your decisions

12. Demo Take apart and clean profile lenses Check plugs Re-lamp Lantern
Problem solving Task
Focus a Profile and Fresnel