Profession intelligent lighting engineer

Intelligent lighting engineers set up, prepare, check and maintain digital and automated lighting equipment in order to provide optimal lighting quality for a live performance. They cooperate with road crew to unload, set up and operate lighting equipment and instruments.

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Personality Type

Skills

  • Prevent technical problems with lighting equipment

    Anticipate possible technical problems with lighting equipment.

  • Ensure safety of mobile electrical systems

    Take the necessary precautions while providing temporary power distribution independently. Measure and power up an installation.

  • Manage personal professional development

    Take responsibility for lifelong learning and continuous professional development. Engage in learning to support and update professional competence. Identify priority areas for professional development based on reflection about own practice and through contact with peers and stakeholders.

  • Prepare personal work environment

    Correct settings or positions for your working instruments and adjust them before starting operations.

  • Work ergonomically

    Apply ergonomy principles in the organisation of the workplace while manually handling equipment and materials.

  • Work with respect for own safety

    Apply the safety rules according to training and instruction and based on a solid understanding of the prevention measures and risks to your own personal health and safety.

  • Pack electronic equipment

    Safely pack sensitive electronic equipment for storage and transport.

  • Adapt to artists' creative demands

    Work with artists, striving to understand the creative vision and adapting to it. Make full use of your talents and skills to reach the best possible result.

  • Set up light board

    Install, connect and try out light board in a live performance environment.

  • Use personal protection equipment

    Make use of protection equipment according to training, instruction and manuals. Inspect the equipment and use it consistently.

  • Draw up lighting plan

    Create technical drawings and documentation within the lighting department.

  • Distribute control signals

    Distribute control signals between light boards, dimmers and other lighting equipment. Control systems can be either DMX or network based.

  • Understand artistic concepts

    Interpret an artist's explanation or demonstration of their artistic concepts, inceptions and processes and strive to share their vision.

  • Follow safety procedures when working at heights

    Take necessary precautions and follow a set of measures that assess, prevent and tackle risks when working at a high distance from the ground. Prevent endangering people working under these structures and avoid falls from ladders, mobile scaffolding, fixed working bridges, single person lifts etc. since they may cause fatalities or major injuries.

  • Assess power needs

    Prepare and manage the provision of electrical power for different areas.

  • Set up equipment in a timely manner

    Make sure to set up equipment according to deadlines and time schedules.

  • Keep up with trends

    Monitor and follow new trends and developments in specific sectors.

  • Light a show

    Light a show based on concrete production needs.

  • De-rig electronic equipment

    Remove and store various types of electronic equipment safely after use.

Optional knowledge and skills

document your own practice maintain system layout for a production adapt artistic plan to location maintain automated lighting equipment plot lighting states with automated lights maintain dimmer equipment provide power distribution translate artistic concepts to technical designs plot lighting states rig lights keep personal administration manage consumables stock safeguard artistic quality of performance perform first fire intervention promote yourself maintain electrical equipment manage signoff of an installed system rig automated lights develop professional network manage technical resources stock draw up artistic production advise client on technical possibilities maintain control systems for automated equipment maintain lighting equipment consult with stakeholders on implementation of a production

Source: Sisyphus ODB