Congratulations to New Certifications

| ETCP Certifiable News: Fall 2024 |

 

Congratulations to all who became certified or got new certifications so far in 2024!

ETCP Arena – Rigging 

Triston Angelucci
Benjamin J Asher
Travis Monroe Beaty
Tyler Bland
Daniel Brennan
Jose L. Carranza Jr
Craig W. Catolane
Gabriel Alicto Chavez
Anthony J. Corbo
Aaron Dawley
Charles E. Duer
Jhon Farr
Dylan E. Griffin
Benjamin Jobe
Andrew Johnstone

John R. McGonegal III

Christopher Miller

Don S. Monson II
Nadir A. Noor
Scott O'Shea
Andrew Y. Pannell
Robbin Park
April Richardson

Andrew C. Riggs
Osvaldo Rodriguez
Paul C. Scott
Caleb Smith
George R. Spencer
Paul D. Swan

Kevin Thomas

ETCP Theatre – Rigging 

Latiana Gourzong

Ella Lemos

Phillip Martin

Mitchell McEntee
James McGregor
Reed Otto
Guillaume Paquin-B

Andrew C. Riggs
Colton Trout

Connor Wellins

James White

ETCP Entertainment Electrician

Peter Colavito
John Coots
Hannah Cypress Staelin-Lefsky

Christopher Dodge

Frank LaFrazia

Evin Lowe

Ethan Edward McKeny
Henry Meola
August Popkin

Joel Tishcoff

John Woods

ETCP News & Updates

| ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2024 |

Covid Grace Period text:

The pandemic is not yet as far behind us as we would like. The impact mentally and financially is only now starting to wane for many technicians. With that in mind, the ETCP Council made the decision to extend a certification renewal grace period to technicians whose certifications expired in 2020-2022. The pandemic followed by the accelerated return to work made those years difficult for technicians to keep their certifications up to date. 

The ETCP Council has set the following as cutoff dates for the extended grace periods:

• Certifications that expired in 2020 ended May 31, 2024.

• Certifications that expired in 2021 have until Sept. 30, 2024, to submit for renewal.

• Certifications that expired in 2022 have until Jan. 31, 2025, to submit for renewal. 

If your certification expired during 2020-2022, you have until the above dates to submit a renewal application without having to also submit an appeal for approval to renew. Please reach out to Christina Smith with any questions.

ETCP Recognized Employer, Contractor, and Labor Provider Best Practices Agreements 

ETCP Recognized Employers, Contractors, and Labor Provider Best Practices Agreements must be renewed annually. If your company has not yet renewed its Best Practices Agreement for this year, the forms can be found at this link: https://etcp.esta.org/findrecognized/becomerecognized.html.

ETCP Recognized Employers, Contractors, and Labor Providers

ETCP Recognized Employers, Contractors, and Labor Providers have made an important professional commitment to safely serve the entertainment industry by utilizing ETCP Certified Technicians.

Are you interested in being an ETCP Recognized Employer, Contractor, or Labor Provider?

The ETCP Recognition Program represents a commitment to the enhancement of safety and reduction of risk in the workplace by utilizing ETCP Certified Technicians on projects and job sites.

What are the benefits of being ETCP Recognized?

Once ETCP Recognized, your organization will be searchable on the ETCP website with full contact information and a link to the company’s website. Your company may use the special ETCP Recognized logo on its marketing materials, setting your organization apart by making it clear the company prioritized providing highly-skilled workers who are conscientious about safety.

Contractor Recognition Program

You should fill out the Contractor Best Practices Agreement if you do not have full-time ETCP Certified Technicians on staff, but you hire certificate holders to work on your jobs. This is also true if you hire companies that are ETCP Recognized Employers to work on your projects.

Employer Recognition Program

You should fill out the Employer Best Practices Agreement if you employ full-time technicians who are ETCP Certified.

Labor Provider Recognition Program

You should fill out the Labor Provider Best Practices Agreement if you are a union local or other organization who provides ETCP Certified Technicians to job sites.

Find ETCP Recognized Contractors, Employers or Labor Providers

These organizations have made an important professional commitment to safely serve the entertainment industry by utilizing ETCP Certified Technicians. Search here: https://etcp.esta.org/findrecognized/search.php. 

To learn more about having your organization listed as an ETCP Recognized Contractor, Employer or Labor Provider, click here https://etcp.esta.org/findrecognized/becomerecognized.html. 

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Welcome New Certificants!

Arena Riggers
Vincent Barros
Paul Brenner
Rebecca Brown
Brent Cheeley
Garrett Concialdi
Christian H. Deger
Ashley Catherine Grazziani
Thomas Hines
Jeremy Hoff
Jose Eduardo Joseph
Brian Jurgens
Nicolas Kruppa
Dmitry Kukva
Danielle Lange
Richard Latshaw
Ryan McGovern
Jeremy S. Menist
Adam Meyer
Richard Philiph
Cory Poucher
Christine Reineke
Steven Remeneski
Andrew Rockwell
John Scully
Tyler Shipley
James Silvester
Elizabeth Vestal
Daniel Watson
Tyler Wilson
Kenneth Zagorski

Arena & Theatre Riggers
Sedona Isch

Entertainment Electricians
David Baney
William Borst
Jennifer Callaghan
Thomas Chladny
Zachery Cowles
Cassandra A Fenwick
Kevin W Fitzgerald
Patrick Gillen
Benjamin Daniel Howell
Lucas Johnson
Joshua Light
Katharina Makarushka
Kevin Orlof
Oliver Kompst
Tristan Ramirez
Marijan Rudela
Jason R. Schick
Travis Smith
Michael Squier
Robert Stepek
Daniel R. Vuillaume
Tyler J. Whitehead
Gary D. Wilkins Jr
Ryan E. Wolf
Christian Zwit

Portable Power Distribution Technicians
David Baney
Kelly Britt
Leslie Carranza
Brycen Deters
Nathan Harrenstein
Richard Latshaw
Michael S. Lowe
Easton Hein-Maloney
Daniel I. Macias
Amber Belen Montoya
M. Lloyd Peña
William Shaw

Theatre Riggers
Andrew Aginian -- Congrats on getting all four certifications!
Matthew Beecher
Jennifer Carlson
Mark D Douglas
Kenneth Friedhoff
Malcolm C. Hackney
Richard Latshaw
David Loftin
Ethan Edward McKeny
Matthew McKinney
Joshua Spurgers
Dana Taylor
Alexander Throop
Cole Isaiah Quinn Viesselman
Mätthew Williams

ETCP News & Updates

| ETCP Certifiable News: Spring 2024 |

 

Pandemic Recovery Grace Period Extension

The pandemic is not yet as far behind us as we would like. The impact mentally and financially is only now starting to wane for many technicians. With that in mind, the ETCP Council would like to announce the decision to extend a certification renewal grace period to technicians whose certifications expired in 2020-2022. The pandemic followed by the accelerated return to work made those years difficult for technicians to keep their certifications up to date. 

The ETCP Council has set the following as cutoff dates for the extended grace periods:

• Certifications that expired in 2020 have until May 31, 2024, to submit for renewal.
• Certifications that expired in 2021 have until Sept. 30, 2024, to submit for renewal.
• Certifications that expired in 2022 have until Jan. 31, 2025, to submit for renewal. 

If your certification expired during 2020-2022, you have until the above dates to submit a renewal application without having to also submit an appeal for approval to renew. 

The renewal form can be found on our homepage in the ETCP Information Portal.

If you have any questions, please email etcp@esta.org.

New Recognized Trainers
Loren Schreiber

New Certified Technicians
Andy Gonzalez, Rigger – Arena
India A. Griffin, Rigger – Arena
Christopher Grindeland, Rigger – Arena
Christopher T. Hill, Rigger – Arena

Tammy Hurtado, Rigger – Theatre

Mathew Severns, Entertainment Electrician

Congratulations to new ETCP Certificants!

| ETCP Certifiable News: Winter 2024 |

 

Congratulations to all who became certified or got new certifications!

ETCP Arena – Rigging 

Cody Armstrong
Stephen Baldridge
Cameron M. Browne
Scott Campbell
Daniel Dawson
Ben Falkoff
Charles J. Gregory
Kevin Lambert
Charles A. Mankiller
Michael Picot
Cheyenne Reindel
Greg S. Robertson Jr

ETCP Theatre – Rigging 

Holden Buchert
William Darden

Kyle Longwell

Kyle H. Scott

ETCP Entertainment Electrician

Colin Colfer
Robert B DeChellis
Maria Deiters

Lukas Deikis

ETCP Portable Power Distribution

Christopher T. Ruble

ETCP New Certificate Holders, Retired Certificates, and New Recognized Trainers

| ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2022 |

 

ETCP New Certificate Holders, Retired Certificates, and New Recognized Trainers
July 2022

ETCP Arena – Rigging 

Ross S. Hannon, Crown Point, IN

Neal Reed Rogers, Colorado Springs, CO

Mike Bedore, Clermont, FL

Benjamin Bernard Clark, San Jose, CA

Edward J. Merchant, South Boston, MA

Pedro A. Meza, San Diego, CA

Sergey V. Ryzhov, Las Vegas, NV

Anthony Angotti, Henderson, NV

Joshua R. Chapman, Las Vegas, NV

Ron Guardado , Simi Valley, CA

Karl Moon, Tujunga, CA

James Haney, Murfreesboro, TN

Daniel J. Grote, Hamilton, OH

John F. Bartlang, Wheeling, IL

ETCP Entertainment Electrician

Mitchell Allen Morris, Waukesha, WI

George A. Allen, Anaheim, CA

Scott Usdrowski, Brookfield, IL

Christopher Verducci, Long Beach, CA

Shawn K. Bernstein, Latonia, KY

Michael S. Jarvis, Boston, MA

ETCP Theatre – Rigging 

Joe Griffith, Lacey, WA

Timothy S. Billman, Kingwood, TX

Joseph M. Gibaldi, Clifton, NJ

Jonathan W. Gossard, Secaucus, NJ

ETCP Newly Retired Certificates

John L Barnum, Las Vegas, NV,  Arena – Rigging and Entertainment Electrician

James W. Gardner, Nutley, NJ, Entertainment Electrician

Robert Morbeck, Rutledge, PA, Entertainment Electrician

Dave Vick, Lansing, MI, Arena – Rigging and Theatre – Rigging

Gil Vinzant, Longwood, FL, Arena – Rigging

Charles A. Heulitt III, Middlesex, NJ, Theatre – Rigging

New ETCP Recognized Trainer

Rebecca Knipfer, Madison, WI

New ETCP Certificate Holders, ETCP Recognized Trainers, and ETCP Retirees

| ETCP Certifiable News: Spring 2022 |

New ETCP Certificate Holders

Arena - Rigging

Mihai Antonescu - San Diego, CA

Nicole Bloom - San Diego, CA

Joseph Burch - San Diego, CA

James Dewey - Lakewood, OH

Nathan Garbutt -  Lakeside, CA

Nathan Harrenstein - Escondido, CA

Eddie Hernandez Jr. - La Mesa, CA

Edward Jolley - San Diego, CA

Tibor Lepes - Imperial Beach, CA

Adolfo Mejia - Riverside, CA

Tanner Osborne - San Diego, CA

Andrew Stokes - San Diego, CA

Timothy Talpai - Moorpark, CA

Jonathan Theroux - Bois-des-Filions, QC

Robert Welper - San Diego, CA

Andrew Zenner - San Diego, CA

Theatre – Rigging 

Jordan Gable - Sunnyside, NY

Michael Paddock - Milford, CT

Charles Pennington - Newport News, VA

Entertainment Electrician

Frederick Babson - Los Angeles, CA

Robert Henggeler - Hamilton, OH

Brian Moore - Muncie, In

Portable Power Distribution Technician

Frederick Babson - Los Angeles, CA

Ryan Rodriguez - Laguna Niguel, CA

New ETCP Recognized Trainers

Patrick Wallace – Rigging 

Brian Phillips – Rigging 

ETCP Retirees

Curt Collins - Arena – Rigging and Entertainment Electrician

Kenneth Mabs - Arena – Rigging 

Robert Morbeck - Arena – Rigging 

Thomas Schindler - Entertainment Electrician

Michael Sapsis - Theatre – Rigging 

David Hatch - Entertainment Electrician

Brian Lukas - Entertainment Electrician

George Oldham - Theatre – Rigging 

Paul Sannerud - Theatre – Rigging 

Congratulations Newly Certified!

| ETCP Certifiable News: Winter 2022 |

 

Congratulations to the new ETCP Certificate holders, ETCP Retirees, and a new ETCP Recognized Trainer. See the list below:

Arena - Rigging

Cindy Beaumariage

Michael Burns

Eli Cassinelli

Ming Chen

Marisa Davison

Nathan Delong

Heidi Gonzalez

Quinten James

Hugo Jarry

George Kauffman

James D. Kavanaugh

Christopher LaBudde

Ethan McKeny

Edward Neidhardt

Daniel Searle

Jonathan Seiler

Joseph Smith

Daniel W. Solan

Aimee Sweet

Alexander Thorne

Christy Troia

Timothy Woo

Entertainment Electrician

Julie Ballard

Greville Kellett

Scott Templeton

Jason Yukich

Ross Zentner

Portable Power Distribution Technician

Thomas Craig Chladny

Daniel Kampa

Thomas Lok

Theatre - Rigging

Mark Andrews

Joseph Difonzo

Eric Huss

Arthur Karasek

Christopher LaBudde

Jim Lile

Katheleen McCarthey

John M. Nussbaum

Nicholas Patalano

Joseph Principe

Curtis Reik

Raymond Shea

Patrick Stone

Chris Stoutjesdyk

Dominic Stryker

Anna Tompkins

Recent ETCP Retirees

James Burbach

Martin Crawford

James Kehoe

James L. Paulson

Teno Roncalio

Eric Schultz

Stephen Vanciel

New ETCP Recognized Trainer

Nicholas Dawson

New ETCP Certificants, Retirees, and Recognized Trainer

| ETCP Certifiable News: Fall 2021 |

Congratulations to the new ETCP Certificate holders, ETCP retirees, 

and a new ETCP Recognized Trainer.  

ETCP Certificate Holders:

Albert Cadaret III – Entertainment Electrician

Angelo Cardona – Entertainment Electrician

Brian Dziura – Arena – Rigging

Torleif Gundersen – Arena – Rigging

Eric Huss – Theatre – Rigging

Greville Kellet – Entertainment Electrician

James Lile - Theatre Rigger

Adan Maldonado – Arena – Rigging 

Daniel Searle - Arena Rigger

Patrick Stone - Theatre Rigger

Recent ETCP Retirees:

David Hatch

James Kehoe

Jinx Kidd

Michael Powers (retired in 2014 – just made it official)

New ETCP Recognized Trainer:

Darren Coats

New ETCP Recognized Training Programs/Provider:

IATSE Training Trust Fund

New ETCP Certificate Holders

 

| ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2021 |

Congratulations to ETCP’s newest certificate holders!

ETCP Arena – Rigging Certification:

Jonathan Dean

Brett Garrity

Seth Hallett-Nelson

Bill Holmes

Jeramie Joseph

J. Aaron Lloyd

James Luljak

Alec McCarthy

Donald Miller

Radoslaw Oleksy

William Rengstl

Paul J. Rumsavich,

John Williams

Clay Winterhuddle

Thomas Woytus

ETCP Entertainment Electrician Certification:
Luke Brenon
Alec McCarthy
Danielle Wolber

ETCP Theatre – Rigging Certification:
Jeff Bray
Luke Brenon
John Conley
Thomas Hansen
Michael Kroll
Gerald Nelson
Aaron Pickett
Brian Robert Popielarczyk
Chad Stanner
Sean Saphire

Winter 2021: Newly Certified

| ETCP Certifiable News: Winter 2021 |

Congratulations to ETCP’s newest certificate holders!

ETCP Arena – Rigging Certification:
Tansy Chau, Toronto, ON Canada
Craig T. Ciuba, Arlington, VA
Schuyler Cleven, Marshall, WI
David A. Findlay, Orlando, FL
Matthieu Lacombe, Sainte Anne des Planes, QC Canada
Terrance Lumadue, Windsor, ON Canada
Luke J. Ricca, New York, NY
Myles Douglas Schnorbus, North Myrtle Beach, SC
Russell Stinnett, Blanco, TX

ETCP Entertainment Electrician Certification:
Rob Baxter, Driftwood, TX
James Kline Larsen, Salt Lake City, UT
Mark P Williams, Goleta, CA
James Worman, Pasadena, CA

ETCP Portable Power Distribution Technician Certification:
Christopher T. Cronin, Sparkill, NY

ETCP Theatre – Rigging Certification:
Robert R. Anderson, Pittsburgh, PA
Joel Brandwine, Mansfield, MA
Kenny Brock, New York, NY
Michael Donohue, Chicago, IL
Sandra M. Everett, Laurel, MD
Christopher Haugh, Santa Ana, CA
Bek Swan Lambrecht, Wilmette, IL
Lewis Long, Dekalb, IL
John Marczeski, Santa Ana, CA
Scott L. Richardson, Logan, UT
Sean P. Saphire, Oceanside, NY

Welcome new ETCP Recognized Training Companies:
Academy of Production Technology, Austin, TX
David Carmack Consulting, Meadowview, VA
Industrial Training International, Inc., Woodland, WA
Lankey & Limey, Ltd., Yonkers, NY

And, new ETCP Recognized Trainers:
Joe Griffith, Lacey, WA
Dennis Moore, Turnersville, NJ
Christopher Wren, La Grange Park, IL

Congratulations New ETCP Certificants!

 | ETCP Certifiable News: Fall 2020 |

ARENA RIGGING Stefan Barnas Shawn Bernstein Dave Bourdages Thomas Chladny Morgan Cockrell Brandon Fitzgerald Michael Frohbieter Iain Graham Theodore Grant Mark Grever Andrew Hall Philip Heron Kenneth Hinshaw Quinten James Jason Jones Aaron Joos Joel Kopczynski Brian Lehrer Gabriel Lopez Alvarez Conor Loughran Pierre-Luc Meloche Morgan Prine Chris Regan Chris Reggin Michael Reilly Brian Rocchetti Adam Smith Laina Thomas	THEATRE RIGGING Stefan Barnas Ernest Chauvin Andrew Chisholm Jacob Clark Tom Cline Sean Conlin Eric Cope Nicole Deida David Favorita Stephen Geis Iain Graham Albert Hardway Peter Holland Clayton Improta Quinten James Matt Jones Michael Kelly Daniel Kirkman Darion Lee Jeffrey Lindquist William Maw Ryan McAlpine Ethan McKeny Wesley Miller Lawryn Morga Michael Nelson Jamie Nicklas Tim Nielsen Donald Oberpriller Scott Poitras Eric Polley Tom Sellars Giancarlo Sini Josh Spencer Matt Stuttgen Kevin Van Orden Evan Vorono	ELECTRICAL Michael Abrams Dan Cavanaugh Steve Cordle Christopher Cronin James Dewey  Jonathan Drlicka Stephanie Farina Heather Gallagher Joe Griffith Michael Grimes Christopher Jones Slick Jorgensen Daniel Kantor Arthur Karasek Tyler King Steven Leif Cameron Macdonald Bryan Mangnall Michael Nicolai Greg Reeves Curtis Reik Brian Renoni Dylan Reyno Amelia Roy Dylan Rush Vincent Scola Christy Troia Joseph Vitti Randy Whitman Jared Woods Adam Zeek

Winter 2019: Newly Certified

| ETCP Certifiable News: Winter 2019 |

ARENA RIGGING Ryan Beasley James Caron Devin Charette Ernest Chauvin, V Joseph Donahue Crystal Edwards Robert P. Floyd Thomas Hale David Hernandez Matt Jones Jason Kibbee Justin Lee Michael V. Livingston Joseph Malone Jeffrey Marozas Jerry McRae Alexander McClintock Justin Morse Bryan Mynhardt Gerald Russo Lawrence Scott Joseph Syson Matthew Tietjen Jordan Wyman Andrew Trevor Young	THEATRE RIGGING Thomas Cowdery Caitlin Dean Andres Diaz Rich Dionne Matthew Groeneveld David J. Neel BOTH RIGGING Derek Bosia Mariano Lampazzi	ELECTRICAL Justin DeLand James Dewinski Morgan Leek David J. Neel PORTABLE POWER DISTRIBUTION TECHNICIAN Jewel Aquarian William Cendak, II