Available ETCP Recognized Training: Motion Labs

| ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2021 |

Portable Fixed Speed Low Voltage Chain Hoist Control Repair Course

Explains the basics of alternating current (AC) power. A brief review of electrical theory basics and an overview of how AC is created and transmitted. Offered online only, administered live on a web conference platform. ETCP-recognized course providing 1.5 renewal credits.

Topics include: 

• Electromagnetic fields

• Induction & power generation

• Effect of AC on loads

• AC vs. DC

• Frequency

• System configurations

• Single-phase vs. three-phase

Schedule: Every Wednesday 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. EST 

More info, register, and pay here.

Questions: Learning@motionlabs.com or 914-788-8877 x425   

Available ETCP Recognized Training: Stage Rigging

 | ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2021 |

Stage Rigging has been committed to providing ETCP Recognized training since 2009 and will continue to offer recognized training at our Redwood City, California training center once the San Mateo county COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. Please check the Stage Rigging Facebook page for the most current information on courses offered and scheduled dates. All classes offered provide ETCP renewal credits. For on-site training classes please call 650-299-1189.

Stage Rigging, Inc. is a diversified theatrical rigging company that provides a full range of specialized rigging services on a global basis for tours, corporate and special events, and expositions. Since its inception, Stage Rigging has had a single mission to provide the highest quality rigging services in the entertainment industry and has set many of the standards used in the market today. The result significantly reduces the risk associated with rigging activities, thereby creating a safer work environment for all.

Roy Bickel Honored with the 2021 ESTA Lifetime Technical Achievement Award

 

| ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2021 |

Roy Bickel received the ESTA Lifetime Technical Achievement Award on April 6, 2021, at the virtual New World Rigging Symposium. The ESTA Board of Directors and Technical Standards Council created this award in 2017 to recognize individuals whose technical contributions have had a significant impact on our industry. The criteria include exceptional and sustained technical contributions for at least 25 years. The 2021 award was presented by Rocky Paulson and Chris Schmidt (watch the presentation video).

Rocky shared some background on Roy’s storied career: “Roy was a circus rigger and performer prior to being hired as the head rigger for the first ‘Disney on Parade’ show in 1969. He continued until 1974 when he left for Broadway to work for Pete Feller. After a time there, he went on to do the Rolling Stones tour in 1975. That was the beginning of a long career as a ‘rock and roll’ rigger. Roy currently lives in Las Vegas where he has been a fixture in the trade show world for over two decades.

“As the first head rigger on the Disney on Parade shows, he trained people like me in climbing techniques, rigging procedures, and physical fitness regimens to keep us in great shape. Though my direct experience of working for him was limited to a year in the ‘70s, I know his techniques were taught to many of the first-generation entertainment riggers. This training very much helped the rapid expansion of the industry during the rock and roll explosion. More recently in his career he was on the ETCP Arena Rigging Certification development team.

Roy was and is a true innovator. Perhaps the two most notable contributions that changed the rigging world to what it looks like today was the introduction of slings with screw pin anchor shackles around 50 years ago. Along with the sling development, he specified the orientation and sizes of shackles used with the slings; these methods are still in use today.”

Chris added Roy is highly deserving of this award “for his tremendous contributions and innovations to the early days of the arena rigging industry. Many of Roy’s contributions developed in the early ‘70s are techniques that are now standard practices in an industry that makes a living using some of the oldest tools known to humankind. He’s mentored countless arena riggers as well as many experts in the arena rigging field.”

ESTA is proud to recognize Roy for his lifetime of work in making our industry safer! For more information on this award please visit ESTA’s YouTube and Facebook pages as well as http://esta.org/LTAA.

Shubert Organization Cited for Safety Violations in Death of Stagehand Pete Wright

| ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2021 |

The Shubert Organization is facing a fine of $45,642 in connection with the death of flyman Pete Wright at the Winter Garden Theatre on November 12 of last year.

According to the New York Times, Wright “fell from the narrow, raised platform alongside the stage around 8:45 a.m. while performing routine maintenance, the police said. Emergency medical services workers found the man lying on the floor of the theatre, which sits between 50th and 51st Streets, and transported him to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.” The paper adds that Wright “fell nearly 50' from a narrow, raised platform while performing routine maintenance in the theatre.”

Wright, who was 54, had a regular job as flyman at the August Wilson Theatre, which is not owned by the Shubert Organization. At the time of his death, The Winter Garden was between shows, the musical Beetlejuice having closed. The Music Man, starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, begins previews there in December.

Deadline.com reports that the violations “are categorized by OSHA as ‘serious,’ though not ‘willful’ or ‘repeat.’” The publication adds, “According to [the] U.S. Department of Labor website, the citations mostly involve the use or misuse of a ladder, including the use of a ladder that may have been coated with a material that might obscure structural defects. The citations also suggest that the ladder was not used for its designed purpose or secured on a stable or level surface. Another citation involves employer training regarding proper use of the ladder.”

Wright is survived by his wife, Marcie, whom he met when both were working as stagehands on a revival of Grease at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, and their two sons. Wright held his ETCP Theatre – Rigging certification since 2016.

https://deadline.com/2021/06/shubert-organization-stagehand-death-federal-regulators-citations-peter-wright-1234768134/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/theater/death-winter-garden-theater-shubert-organization.html

ETCP Entertainment Electrician Class Celebrates its 15-year Anniversary

 

| ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2021 |

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.

Inaugural Class of ETCP Entertainment Electrician
October 19, 2006

William Bathgate
Rick Baxter
William Beautyman
C. Todd Brown
Timothy Buchman
Gregory Cap
Troy Castelblanco
Michael Daily
Michael D'Anna
David Dawson
William Devins
William Doherty
Abigail Tutorow
Justin Dunlap
Gregory Erbach
Charles Fields
Brandon Fischer
Ian Foulds
Tony Giovannetti
Pat Grenfell
Grant Haase
David Hatch
Jack Hochberg
Thomas Hodder
Rob Holland
Michael Hrehoriak
Simon Hunt
John Huntington
Kieran Illes
James Jacobs
Jinx Kidd
Curtis Kucik
Roger Lattin
Jeremy Little
Dennis Long
George Long
John Lucas
Brian Lukas
James Maloney
Harry Mandris
Marty McGee
Charles McIntyre
Bob Medve
Robert Minor
Gregory Mitchell
Michael Novosel
Kevin Oakeson
Kevin O'Brien
Leroy Oliver
Ryan Osborn
James Paulson
John Perovsek
Brian Phillips
Alexandre Picotte
Natti Pierce-Thomson
Brian Pratt
Joshua Rich
John Robinson
Ethan Rosenblatt
Alan Rowe
Patrick Ryan
Jared Saltzman
Randy Sautner
Harry Schaefer
Eric Schultz
Ron Schwier
Tim Speed
Patrick Stewart
James Tutorow
Stephen Vanciel
Jim Wenting
Dennis Witte
Keith Woods
Scott Wasserberg

Inaugural Class of Portable Power Distribution Technician Exam
July 15, 2016

Chad Ainsworth
Luis Alvarado
Alex Arroyo
Christian Barzaga
Sam Begich
Joel Berwick
Shari Bethel
Edd Boyd
Derek Coleman
Gary Emmert
Pat Enos
Kevin Felton
Mark Gascoine
Mark Hogan
Lance Hughston Jr.
Lance Hughston Sr.
Brian Kavanagh
Jake Kerswell
John Lacy
Gregg Lirosi
Thomas Nizinski
Terrence Pogge
David Porter
Phil Reilly
Alan Rowe
Patrick Ryan
Katie Ryan
Steven Terry
Tom West
Christopher Wren

What You Need to Know About Photos for ETCP ID Cards

 

| ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2021 |

When selecting your photo for your ETCP ID card, remember, no hats or sunglasses! The photo needs to be a clear image of your face.

ETCP uses a third-party vendor to make the ID cards. When renewing, your ID card will no longer be sent in your recertification packet. Instead, ETCP ID cards are sent to certificants directly from our vendor, QuickID and takes several weeks.

And finally, select your photo well—you have to live with the photo for five years!

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

ETCP Theatre – Rigging Exam is Being Updated

 

| ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2021 |

Currently, ETCP Theatre – Rigging volunteer Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), appointed by the ETCP Council, are meeting virtually through July and August to review the content areas that are represented on the examination and to update the exam questions. This is an intense process that takes place about every three years with the SMEs being guided by PSI, ETCP’s psychometricians (measurement scientists), professionals in the design, development, and administration of licensing and certification examinations.

It is vital to ETCP that both the development process and the examinations themselves are professionally sound and legally defensible.

We are grateful for the work of the ETCP Theatre – Rigging SMEs. The updated exam will be in place by the end of 2021.

The ETCP Council Will Re-evaluate the Renewal “Grace Period”

 

| ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2021 | 

Due to the pandemic and industry shutdown, the ETCP Council extended the deadline of all 2020 and first half of 2021 renewals. However, this “grace period” is anticipated to come to a close soon following the ETCP Council meeting the first week of August, as the industry starts returning to work. If you have not submitted your recertification application, please send your renewal materials as soon as you possibly can, and we will begin the vetting process to get your certification up to date.

The renewal form can be found at this link: ETCP Information Portal. 

To speed the process, for the continuing education courses you attended, if you received a wallet card and/or certificate of completion, please scan these and attach them to your recertification application through the portal. Please be sure to include contact information and email addresses for organizers of all your continuing education.

It’s important to include your employer/contractor supervisor’s name and email address (spelled correctly) for vetting your work history. (You cannot be listed as your own supervisor and verify your work hours—we need this information confirmed in writing by a third party representative of the company.)

If you are missing continuing education credits, still submit your renewal form and note you are working on getting them cleared up.

There are lots of online classes available that offer ETCP renewal credits to complete the minimum of 10 renewal credits. Here is a link to training: Training for ETCP Renewal Credits. If you click on a training provider’s logo, you will be taken to their current course offerings. More training information can be found here: Training Opportunities and some of these courses are free.

PERG Coffee Breaks 2021

| ETCP Certifiable News: Summer 2021 | 

View these PERG Coffee Breaks on YouTube!

PERG Coffee Breaks, first half of 2021

Cares Act PPP Update
Thursday, January 28, 2021
With guest: Mark Morales, City Bank National

Vaccines and Legal Questions
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
With guest: Jaclyn Ruocco, Associate Ellenoff, Grossman & Schole LLP, specializing in labor and employment law

Protecting Your Battery Investment
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
With guests: Joe Teodosio, CoreSWX, and Zach Shannon, technical sales

New Subrental Tool for PERG Members
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Demo by PERG Council member Derek Hammer, Hammer Lighting and Grip

Behind the Scenes Mental Health Initiative
Thursday, March 25, 2021
With guests: Lori Rubinstein, Executive Director, Behind the Scenes, and somatic trauma therapist, Taryn Longo

Double the Line—Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in the Commercial World
Thursday, April 1, 2021
With guests: Joe Teodosio, CoreSWX, and Zach Shannon, Technical Sales

Equipment Leasing Benefits
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
With guests: Kim King, CLFP, National Equipment Finance Association, and Toni Rios, Head of Finance at DYNAMIC

Large Format Lens Projection
Thursday, May 27, 2021
With guests: Timm Stemann, CEO Chrosziel Equipment Leasing Benefits April 28 Kim King, CLFP (National Equipment Finance Association) and Toni Rios (Head of Finance at DYNAMIC)

Lens Metadata
Thursday, June 10, 2021
With guests: Snehal Patel (Zeiss), Scott E. Anderson (VFX Supervisor), David Stump, ASC (VFX and Digital Cinema expert)