Entertainment Electrician Training Seminar: Orlando, FL
December 7, 8, & 9, 2009
Orlando, FL

Presented by Richard Cadena, ETCP Certified Entertainment Electrician, ETCP Recognized Trainer

$225 per day or $675 total
$75 courtesy discount for USITT members, ESTA members, and IATSE members who sign up for all three days. For discount code, please e-mail rcadena at plsn dot com.
The cost of the course includes class materials (workbook and Production Electrician's Handbook) and lunch.

The Entertainment Electrician Training Seminar is a three-day course that covers the concepts of electrical theory, power distribution, and networking.

The first day is the foundation builder and refresher on electricity, including DC, AC, Ohm’s law, power, impedance, phase angles, three-phase power, balancing loads, dimming, and more.

The second day covers electrical safety and power distribution including NEC Article 520, NFPA 70-E, portable generators, transformers, feeder cable, disconnects, overcurrent protection, branch circuits, connectors, grounding, GFCIs, load calculations, harmonics, lock-out/tag-out, and more.

The third day covers networking systems starting with binary numbers and working through data distribution systems and networking including Ethernet, RDM, ACN, Streaming ACN, wireless, fiber, and more.

Topics to be covered:
AC and DC electricity
Ohm’s law
phase angles
three-phase power
how to balance three-phase loads
dimming, including conventional and sine wave dimming
harmonics
True RMS metering
DMX testing
power distribution systems
NEC
NFPA 70-E
arc flash
arc blast
power ratings
feeder transformers
specifications
Single phase and three-phase connections
feeder cable
disconnects
overcurrent protection
circuit breakers
branch circuits
multicore cables
breakouts
connectors
terminations
grounding systems
GFCIs
calculating loads
types of loads
balancing loads
electrical safety
data distribution systems
data termination
design and installation of data distribution systyems
networks
digital electronics
DMX512 & DMX512-A Remote Device Management (RDM)
Architecture for Control Networks (ACN)
Streaming DMX over ACN

This seminar is an excellent review for the practicing entertainment electrician as well as a primer for the aspiring electrician. It has enough detail and information to challenge the experienced among us but presented in such a way as to convey useful concepts to the less experienced with a minimum amount of math and complexity.

Fee includes admission, notebook with class materials, "Production Electrician's Handbook 2009," and lunch during the course of the three-day class.
Fee does NOT include transportation, lodging, and associated expenses.

For more information:
e-mail: rcadena at plsn dot com
Tel: 512-280-0384

About the presenter:
Richard Cadena is the author of "Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician and Technician" (Focal Press 2009), "Focus on Lighting Technology" (2002, Entertainment Technology Press), "Lighting Design for Modern Houses of Worship" (Timeless Communications Press, 2008), and "Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving Light in the Theatre, Live Performance, Broadcast and Entertainment" (2006, Focal Press). He is also a freelance designer and the editor of PLSN magazine. His background in electrical engineering and his entertaining communication skills combine to make his seminars a unique and enjoyable learning experience.