Creative Industries
Production Technician
This occupation is found in creative settings. This ranges from screen production studios, outside locations, entertainment venues and theatres, through to organisations that provide technical solutions for the setup of live, recorded and streamed events.
Production technicians work in three main roles: as creative venue technicians, live event technicians or screen lighting technicians. The roles can be venue based or they can be mobile, working across a variety of sites and environments. Technicians may work across both indoor and outdoor locations.
The broad purpose of the occupation is to prepare, build, set up, and operate functioning systems for creative productions, including screen, theatre, live performance and events. These systems can include sound, lighting, power or video.
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Support
At OAL we are constantly working hard to ensure that we surpass the expectations of the institutions we work with. We intend to support apprentices on the pathway to EPA in any way we can towards a successful outcome. We have adapted various support materials like the process map to the left to make EPA as straightforward as it can be for apprentices and centres alike.