ETCP Certifiable News: Winter 2025

 

| ETCP Certifiable News: Winter 2025 |

Table of Contents:

• ETCP Renewal Notice
If you have submitted your renewal, please know that we are working to verify your work and education credits before we can send your invoice. Christina Smith will reach out to out you if we have questions or need more information.

• News & Updates: Read more about the ETCP Recognition Program; and congratulations to our newly Certified Technicians!

• The Midwest Rigging Intensive Returns! 

After a year off, MRI is back with another exciting weekend of hands-on training (and ETCP education renewal credits, of course). This year’s intensive will focus on touring rigging. Be on the lookout for more updates soon! 

• ETCP Recognized Training Companies’ training opportunities—look for more information at https://etcp.esta.org/training/training.html. 

• Lankey & Limey Ltd
• Motion Labs
• Rigging International Group (RIG)
• TAIT
• USITT

•  Be in the #ETCPSpotlight

Want to be part of our social media campaign? Please fill out this brief questionnaire, and you’ll be featured on our pages!

• Please use the ETCP Portal to submit your renewal application, log your training after you complete continuing education courses, and notify ETCP of any updates (change of address, new email, new photo for ETCP ID, revise your ETCP profile on the website, etc.)

• ETCP Facebook Study Group—jump on to help answer new candidates’ questions. Join the conversation!

• Get social—check out ESTA on these sites and follow the conversation: Facebook | Instagram | X | LinkedIn | YouTube

ETCP Certifiable News: Fall 2024

| ETCP Certifiable News: Fall 2024 |

Table of Contents:

• News & Updates: News & Updates; Read more about Pandemic Recovery Grace Period Extension; and congratulations to our newly Certified Technicians!

• ETCP Recognized Training Companies’ training opportunities—look for more information at https://etcp.esta.org/training/training.html. 

• Academy of Production Technology (APTXL)
• Rigging International Group (RIG)
• TAIT
• USITT

• In Memoriam: Karen Butler

• Owing to the rising cost of producing IDs, as of November 1, the cost of replacing an ETCP ID is now $15.

•  Please use the ETCP Portal to submit your renewal application, log your training after you complete continuing education courses, and notify ETCP of any updates (change of address, new email, new photo for ETCP ID, revise your ETCP profile on the website, etc.)

• ETCP Facebook Study Group—jump on to help answer new candidates’ questions. Join the conversation!

• Get social—check out ESTA on these sites and follow the conversation: Facebook | Instagram | X | LinkedIn | YouTube

ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2024

 

| ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2024 |

Table of Contents:

• News & Updates: News & Updates; Read more about Pandemic Recovery Grace Period Extension; and congratulations to our newly Certified Technicians!

• ETCP Recognized Training Companies’ training opportunities—look for more information at https://etcp.esta.org/training/training.html. 

• Academy of Production Technology (APTXL)
• USITT Ken Vannice Electrical Workshop
• Lankey & Limey, Ltd
• TAIT

•  Please use the ETCP Portal to submit your renewal application, log your training after you complete continuing education courses, and notify ETCP of any updates (change of address, new email, new photo for ETCP ID, revise your ETCP profile on the website, etc.)

• ETCP Facebook Study Group—jump on to help answer new candidates’ questions. Join the conversation!

• Get social—check out ESTA on these sites and follow the conversation: Facebook | Instagram | X | LinkedIn | YouTube

ETCP Certifiable News: Spring 2024

| ETCP Certifiable News: Spring 2024 |

Table of Contents:

• USITT 2024 ETCP Credits

• News & Updates: News & Updates: Read more about Pandemic Recovery Grace Period Extension; congratulations to our newly Recognized Trainer and newly Certified Technicians!

• ETCP Recognized Training Companies’ training opportunities—look for more information at https://etcp.esta.org/training/training.html. 

• Gravitec
• Motion Labs
• TAIT

•  Please use the ETCP Portal to submit your renewal application, log your training after you complete continuing education courses, and notify ETCP of any updates (change of address, new email, new photo for ETCP ID, revise your ETCP profile on the website, etc.)

• ETCP Facebook Study Group—jump on to help answer new candidates’ questions. Join the conversation!

• Get social—check out ESTA on these sites and follow the conversation: Facebook | Instagram | X | LinkedIn | YouTube

ETCP Certifiable News: Winter 2024

| ETCP Certifiable News: Winter 2024 |

• Certification Renewal Grace Period Extended 

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.

• Electrics at Radio City Music Hall by Bob Foreman

• ETCP Recognized Training Companies’ training opportunities

• Richard Cadena
• Gravitec
• Lankey & Limey Ltd.
• TAIT
• USITT
  

• Congratulations to New ETCP Certificants!

•  Please use the ETCP Portal to submit your renewal application, log your training after you complete continuing education courses, and notify ETCP of any updates (change of address, new email, new photo for ETCP ID, revise your ETCP profile on the website, etc.)

• ETCP Facebook Study Group—jump on to help answer new candidates’ questions. Join the conversation!

• Get social—check out ESTA on these sites and follow the conversation: Facebook | Instagram | X | LinkedIn | YouTube

ETCP Certifiable News: Fall 2023

  

| ETCP Certifiable News: Fall 2023 |

Table of Contents:

• ETCP Recognized Training Companies’ training opportunities—look for more information at https://etcp.esta.org/training/training.html. 

• Academy of Production Technology
• ETC
• Gravitec
• Lankey & Limey Ltd.
• LDI
• TOMCAT
• USITT
  

• Congratulations to new ETCP Certificants!

•  Please use the ETCP Portal to submit your renewal application, log your training after you complete continuing education courses, and notify ETCP of any updates (change of address, new email, new photo for ETCP ID, revise your ETCP profile on the website, etc.)

• ETCP Facebook Study Group—jump on to help answer new candidates’ questions. Join the conversation!

• Get social—check out ESTA on these sites and follow the conversation: Facebook | Instagram | X | LinkedIn | YouTube

ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2022

 

| ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2022 |

Table of Contents:

• Meet the new ETCP Program Manager, Christina Smith 

• ETCP Recognized Training Companies’ training opportunities—look for more information at https://etcp.esta.org/training/training.html. 

• Academy of Production Technology
• Chicago Flyhouse / Safer Venue Flyhouse
• CM-ET
• ETC
• Gravitec
• ITI Rigging
• Lankey & Limey Ltd.
• Motion Labs
• Rigging International Group
• Stage Rigging
• TAIT Navigator

• The Midwest Rigging Intensive, hosted by ESTA, is scheduled for August 25 – 27 in Chicago. The weekend-long event will feature a curriculum developed by a group of dedicated instructors, all of whom are ETCP Recognized Trainers. With a focus on practical learning for entertainment riggers, the Midwest Rigging Intensive will be an information-packed opportunity to train with some of the top minds in the industry and provide enough hours to fulfill a technician’s ETCP Education Renewal Credits requirement. Learn more here esta.org/mri

• Please use the ETCP Portal to submit your renewal application, log your training after you complete continuing education courses, and notify ETCP of any updates (change of address, new email, new photo for ETCP ID, revise your ETCP profile on the website, etc.)

• Congratulations to the new ETCP Certificate holders, recent ETCP Retirees, and a new ETCP Recognized Trainer

• Read about your industry’s charity Behind the Scenes and available resources:

• Dates are now available for Behind the Scenes Mental Health First Aid Training classes in August and September. This training can be extremely valuable for anyone who manages others or is responsible for their safety, as well as anyone who interfaces with customers/members/public. Previous attendees say they use the skills learned every day in their interactions with others. Upon completing the course, you will become a certified Mental Health First Aider which is valid for three years.
• Find out about ordering the 2022 BTS Holiday Cards.
• Learn about Resources for Alcohol and Substance Misuse from Behind the Scenes

• The ETCP Council “grace period” for late ETCP renewal applications ended March 31, 2022. If your certification has expired and you still want to renew, file an appeal. Listings for expired certificants will begin to be removed from the ETCP Technician website in the near future.

• Submit your education credits when earned through the ETCP Portal. 

• Thank you to all ETCP certificate holders who attended the 2022 New World Rigging Symposium. If you plan to use your attendance for continuing education credit, please submit only one Education Credit Form for the entire Symposium. You may specify which sessions you attended in the “comments” section. We have attendance records from the event to verify your participation.

• Are you thinking about retiring your ETCP certification? Here is all the information you need to know when considering retiring your ETCP certification. 

• Have you moved? Changed jobs? Please update ETCP on any revisions to your contact information. Make sure we have two different email addresses for you on file—if your work email bounces back, we will have your second email to send out news and updates—important emails such as a reminder when your renewal is coming due! You don’t want to miss ETCP news that might be critical to maintaining your certification(s).

• Make sure that ETCP@esta.org is in your address book or is whitelisted to insure information from ETCP lands in your inbox (and not in your spam).

• Read the latest issue of ESTA’s journal Protocol. 

• View the ETCP News column in the Summer Protocol written by Ron Kuszmer.

• Read about the PERG Equitable Workforce Initiative. 

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

• What you need to know about photos for your ETCP ID cards.

• ETCP Facebook Study Group—jump on to help answer new candidates’ questions. Join the conversation!

• Get social—check out ESTA on these sites and follow the conversation: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube 

ETCP Certifiable News: Spring 2022

| ETCP Certifiable News: Spring 2022 |

Table of Contents:

• ETCP Recognized Training Companies’ training opportunities—look for more information at https://etcp.esta.org/training/training.html. 

• Academy of Production Technology
• Chicago Flyhouse / Safer Venue Flyhouse
• CM-ET
• EPS
• ETC
• Gravitec
• ITI Rigging
• Lankey & Limey Ltd.
• Motion Labs
• Rigging International Group
• RLP Rigging Services
• Stage Rigging
• TAIT Navigator

• ESTA has curated a stellar line-up of education at The NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center June 3 – 5. Most all offer ETCP renewal credits. All you need to do is register for NAMM and then show up—your badge gives you free admission to all the ESTA curated education sessions. Learn more at www.esta.org/namm. View the ESTA education sessions offered at NAMM here: https://esta.org/events/namm/namm_education.html 

• Version 2.0 of the International Code of Practice for Entertainment Rigging (ICOPER) is now available! Learn more here https://esta.org/ESTA/ESTAnewsdetails.php?newsID=750. 

• Welcome new ETCP Council members. Read more...

• The “grace period” for late ETCP renewal applications ended March 31, 2022. If your certification has expired and you still want to renew, file an appeal here https://etcp.wufoo.com/forms/etcp-appeals-form/. 

• Submit your education credits when earned through the ETCP portal at https://etcp.wufoo.com/forms/etcp-individual-education-credit-submission-form/. 

• Thank you to all ETCP certificate holders who attended the 2022 New World Rigging Symposium. If you plan to use your attendance for continuing education credit, please submit only one Education Credit form for the entire Symposium here https://etcp.wufoo.com/forms/etcp-individual-education-credit-submission-form/. You may specify which sessions you attended in the “comments” section. We have attendance records from the event to verify your participation.

• Are you thinking about retiring your ETCP certification? The information you need to know when considering retiring your ETCP certification can be found at https://etcp.esta.org/recertify/retiring.html. 

• California IATSE Locals have contributed to HB AB 1775, recently introduced to the State Congress, to increase safety in live events. Read more...

• Have you moved? Changed jobs? Please update ETCP on any revisions to your contact information at https://etcp.wufoo.com/forms/etcp-certificant-submission-form. Make sure we have two different email addresses for you on file—if your work email bounces back, we will have your second email to send out news and updates—important emails such as a reminder when your renewal is coming due! You don’t want to miss ETCP news that might be critical to maintaining your certification(s).

• Make sure that etcp@esta.org is in your address book or is whitelisted to insure information from ETCP lands in your inbox (and not in your spam).

• Please use the ETCP portal at https://etcp.esta.org/etcp/portal.html to submit your renewal application, log your training after you complete continuing education courses, and notify ETCP of any updates (change of address, new email, new photo for ETCP ID, revise your ETCP profile on the website, etc.).

• Learn more about the Behind the Scenes Mental Health Initiative here.

•  Learn more about Mental Health First Aid Training here. Read more...
• Toolbox Talks: Sample language to help create psychologically safe and respectful workplaces. Read more...
•  Mental Health Initiative launches Toolbox Talks One Sheets. Print out and post on your job site. Read more... 

• Congratulations to the new ETCP Certificate holders, ETCP retirees, and a new ETCP Recognized Trainer. Read more...

• Read ESTA’s journal Spring issue of Protocol here http://estalink.us/protocolonline. Be sure to check out Maya Nockari’s ETCP News column on page 54 about “Women in Live Production and How ETCP Can Help You Stand Out from the Crowd.”

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

ETCP Certifiable News: Winter 2022

| ETCP Certifiable News: Winter 2022 |

Table of Contents:

ETCP Recognized Training Companies’ training opportunities—look for more information at https://etcp.esta.org/training/training.html. 

• Academy of Production Technology

• Chicago Flyhouse / Safer Venue Flyhouse

• CM-ET

• EPS

• ETC

• Gravitec

• Lankey & Limey Ltd.

• Motion Labs

• Rigging International Group

• Stage Rigging

• TAIT Navigator

See the full list of ESTA Recognized Trainers at https://etcp.esta.org/training/training.html. ETCP Recognized Trainers that provided continuing education for this newsletter include:

• Phil Van Hest

• Ben Brian

• The 2022 New World Rigging Symposium will be virtual and held April 5 – 7. Registration is now open for the NWRS that will offer attendees up to 9 ETCP continuing education credits. Read "The Conversation Continues."

• The “grace period” for late ETCP renewal applications will end March 31, 2022. If your certification has expired and you plan to renew, please submit your recertification application as soon as possible here https://etcp.wufoo.com/forms/etcp-certification-renewal. If you are short continuing education credits, still submit quickly, and note you are working on getting these credits caught up. Submit your education credits when earned through the ETCP Information Portal. 

• Are you thinking about retiring your ETCP certification? The information you need to know when considering retiring your ETCP certification can be found here. 

• Have you moved? Changed jobs? Please update ETCP on any revisions to your contact information at the ETCP Information Portal. Make sure we have two different email addresses for you on file—if your work email bounces back, we will have your personal email to send out news and updates—important emails such as a reminder when your renewal is coming due! You don’t want to miss ETCP news that might be critical to maintaining your certification(s).

• Make sure that ETCP@esta.org is in your address book or is whitelisted to insure information from ETCP lands in your inbox (and not in your spam).

• Please use the ETCP Information Portal to submit your renewal application, log your training after you complete continuing education courses, and notify ETCP of any updates (change of address, new email, new photo for ETCP ID, revise your ETCP profile on the website, etc.).

• Learn more about the Behind the Scenes Mental Health Initiative.

• The LRLR Raffle and the BTS Boutique Benefit Behind the Scenes at USITT

• Congratulations to the new ETCP Certificate holders, ETCP retirees, and a new ETCP Recognized Trainer. See the list here.

• Read the Winter Protocol

• ESTA Year in Review

Thank you,
Beverly Inglesby
ETCP – Interim Certification Manager
Tel: 212-244-1505 • E-mail: etcp@esta.org

ETCP Certifiable News: Fall 2021

| ETCP Certifiable News: Fall 2021 |

Table of Contents: 

• ETCP Recognized Training Companies and Trainers—latest training opportunities

• Academy of Production Technology
• Chicago Flyhouse / Safer Venue Flyhouse
• CM-ET
• EPS
• ETC
• Gravitec
• Lankey & Limey Ltd.
• Motion Labs
• Stage Rigging

• Earn ETCP renewal credits at LDI. See the list of all the LDI courses offering ETCP renewal credits. As an ETCP certificate holder, you are eligible for exclusive discounts to attend LDI:

  

For a free floor pass: use JICEXH7;

For the LDI Conference: use LDICON20;

For the LDInstitute: use INST20;

And for the LDIntensives: use INTEN20.

• ESTA congratulates certificate holders for two big ETCP anniversaries:

The 15-year anniversary of the initial Entertainment Electrician exam was October 19th—congratulations to all the certificants who passed the first exam! All those that renew will earn a 15-year pin. 

Cheers to the first class of Portable Power Distribution Technician certificants who celebrated their first renewal July 15th!

• Please use the ETCP Portal to submit your renewal application, log continuing education after you complete continuing education courses, and notify ETCP of any updates (change of address, new email, new photo for ETCP ID, revise your ETCP profile on the website, etc.).

• Spread some holiday cheer with Behind the Scenes holiday cards and decorations.

• Learn more about the Behind the Scenes Mental Health Initiative here.

• Congratulations to the new ETCP Certificate holders, ETCP retirees, and a new ETCP Recognized Trainer. See the list here.

• The “grace period” for late ETCP renewal applications will end soon. If your certification has expired, please submit your recertification application as soon as possible. If you are short continuing education credits, still submit quickly, and note you are working on getting these credits caught up. Submit your education credits when earned through the ETCP Portal.

• ETCP continues to offer the payment deferral for recertifying applicants that are out of work. If you have not submitted your recertification application because you are unable to pay at this time due to the pandemic, but want to continue your certification, please send in your renewal application and note on your form you are requesting to defer your payment. Your status on the ETCP website will not be updated until your payment is received, but there won’t be any penalties for deferring.

• Thank you to the ETCP Theatre – Rigging SMEs (Subject Matter Experts) for their service updating the exam chaired by Karen Butler: Craig Austin, David Boevers, Eric Braun, Dan Culhane, Brad Dittmer, Russ Dusek, Kalen Larson, To Heemskerk, Dennis Moore, Neil Mulligan, Eric Rouse, Peter Scheu, Loren Schreiber, Matt Stevens, and Shannon Sullivan Zurbruegg.

• Read the Fall Protocol  

• ESTA Year in Review

• Read the news here about IATSE and AMPTP averting a strike.

ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2021

  

| ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2021 |

Table of Contents: 

• ETCP Recognized Training Companies and Trainers—latest training opportunities

• Academy of Production Technology
• Chicago Flyhouse / Safer Venue Flyhouse
• ETC
• Gravitec
• Lankey & Limey Ltd.
• Motion Labs
• Stage Rigging

• Roy Bickel Honored with the 2021 ESTA Lifetime Technical Achievement Award

• OSHA Investigation Results from Pete Wright’s Death

• Initial ETCP Entertainment Electrician class celebrates its 15-year anniversary on October 19, 2006 and the initial Portable Power Distribution Technician class hit its five-year anniversary on July 15, 2021! Please submit your renewal application soon. See the list of each initial class of certificants...

• Reminder to use the ETCP Information Portal for continuing education credits along the way. 

• Learn more about the resources available through Behind the Scenes’ Mental Health Initiative resources: Mental Health First Aid (PDF) and It's OK to Not Be OK (PDF)

• What You Need to Know About Photos for ETCP ID Cards 

• ETCP Facebook Study Group—jump on and help answer new candidates’ questions! 

• List of New Certificate Holders

• ETCP Theatre – The Rigging Exam is Getting an Update!

• The “Grace Period” will most likely end very soon—get your renewals in!

• Get social—check out ESTA on these sites and follow: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube

• Summer Protocol is now live! The cover article by Michael Matthews describes the value and importance of rope access and rescue rigging skills that provide safe, efficient, and economical solutions for both access and lifting in “You Keep Me Hanging On.”

• List of PERG Coffee Break sessions now available on YouTube. 

View the archive of past ETCP Certifiable News 

Read past ETCP News columns in ESTA’s Protocol

ETCP Certifiable News: Winter 2021

  

| ETCP Certifiable News: Winter 2021 |

Table of Contents: 

ETCP News & Updates

• ETCP Council extends the grace period for recertification due to COVID-19.
• The ETCP Council continues to offer the payment deferral for recertifying applications that are out of work.
• Submit your training information for continuing education credits online.
• Recent retirees and “We have a form for that!”
• Mobile testing
• Facebook study groups

ETCP Recognized Training Companies and Trainers—latest training opportunities

•   Academy of Production Technology
•   American Crane and Safety
•   Chicago Flyhouse
•   ETC
•   Gravitec
•   INNOVA
•   Lankey & Limey Ltd.
•   Motion Labs
•   Sapsis Rigging
•   Stage Rigging

Attend the Virtual New World Rigging Symposium and earn up to nine ETCP Renewal Credits!

In Memoriam: Peter Wright

Newly Recognized

•   Congratulations to ETCP’s newest certificate holders!
•   Welcome new ETCP Recognized Training Companies and Trainers

View the archive of past ETCP Certifiable News 

Read past ETCP News columns in ESTA’s Protocol

ETCP Certifiable News: Fall 2020

 

| ETCP Certifiable News: Fall 2020 |

Table of Contents: 

• ETCP Certificants who missed recertifying due to the pandemic, need to read these instructions. 

• Check out these upcoming ETCP Recognized Training courses earning renewal credits:

       • Academy of Production Technology

       • American Crane and Safety

       • Chicago Flyhouse

       • EPS

       • ETC

       • Gravitec

       • Hall Rigging Academy

       • INNOVA

       • Lankey & Limey

       • Motion Labs

       • Sapsis Rigging

       • Stage Rigging 

• Congratulations new ETCP Certificants!

• View the archive of past ETCP Certifiable News 

• Read past ETCP News columns in ESTA’s Protocol

ETCP Certifiable News: Winter 2019

| ETCP Certifiable News: Winter 2019 |

Winter 2019: New Subject Matter Experts Appointed for Test Form Revisions

ESTA Curated Tracks at NAMM

Rocky Paulson – Keynote Speaker New World Rigging Symposium

Newly Certified / Certification Renewal Reminders

News From the Homefront

• ETCP Announces Changes to Portable Power Distribution Technician Eligibility Requirements
• New ETCP Recognized Trainers

Training News

• Barbizon Extravaganza ATL
• Tomcat 2019 Training

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ETCP Certifiable News: Fall 2018

| ETCP Certifiable News: Fall 2018 |

New World Rigging Symposium March 19-20, 2019

Newly Certified / Certification Renewal Reminders

News From the Homefront

• ETCP Education Renewal Credits Available for ESTA-Curated Sessions at The Namm Show 2019
• Professional Certification Coalition Helping Protect Your Certification on State Level
• Help us Spread the Word About New PPDT Eligibility Requirements
• ETCP Recertification FAQ!
• Newly Recognized ETCP Recognized Trainers
• Help us Spread the Word that Assistance is Available
• LRLR Raises over $700,000 for Charity
• ETCP Needs Your Birthday
• "Crew" Wildly Whipped Body Butter Shipping at the end of September

Safety News
• Chicago Flyhouse Films Presents Eric Rouse!

Industry News

• Key Management Team Acquires Reed Rigging

Order Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards by October 4th

Training News / Job Board / Renewal Credit Opportunities

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