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ENTERTAINMENT TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION PROGRAM CANDIDATE HANDBOOK CERTIFIED RIGGER PROGRAM EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 2016 Copyright © 2016 ESTA Revision 5.0 published February 2016 The ETCP [and AMP] reserves the right to modify or revise, at any time and from time to time without notice, any and all aspects of the Entertainment Technician Certification Program including, without limitation, any policies, procedures, deadlines, charges and fees. All questions and requests for information All questions and requests for information about certification should be directed to: about scheduling examinations should be directed to: Entertainment Technician Applied Measurement Certification Program Professionals, Inc. 630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 609 18000 W. 105th Street New York, NY 10036 Olathe, KS 66061 Phone: (212) 244-1505 Ext. 705 Phone: (913) 895-4600 Fax: (212) 244-1502 Fax: (913) 895-4650 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] website: http://etcp.esta.org website: www.goAMP.com CONTENTS Become ETCP Certified .............................5 Examination Content Outline - Arena Entertainment Rigger .................... 14 Introduction ................................................6 Sample Examination Questions - About ETCP ...............................................6 Arena Entertainment Rigger .................... 17 Vision Statement ........................................6 Examination Content Outline - Independent Testing Agency ......................6 Theatre Entertainment Rigger .................18 Non-Discrimination Policy .........................6 Sample Examination Questions - Theatre Entertainment Rigger ................. 21 ETCP Certified Rigger ...............................6 Taking the Examination ...........................22 About the Examinations ............................7 Identification ............................................22 Preparing for the Examination ...................7 Items to Bring ...........................................22 Web-Based Practice Exams .........................7 Security ......................................................22 Examination Fees .......................................8 Examination Fees Summary.....................8 Examination Time Limit ..........................23 Member Discount ....................................8 Examination Restrictions .........................23 Multiple Examination Discount ...............8 Misconduct ...............................................23 Eligibility Requirements .............................9 Qualification Points Table .......................9 Copyrighted Examination Questions.......23 Application ...............................................10 Pre-Examination .......................................23 Example Question on Screen ..................24 Examination Administration ...................10 Timed Examination ..................................24 Holidays ....................................................10 Candidate Comments ..............................25 Registering for an Examination ...............10 Following the Examination ......................25 Refunds .....................................................10 Pass/Fail Score Determination .................25 Scheduling an Examination .....................10 Schedule Online ....................................10 Scores Cancelled or Withheld by Telephone Scheduling ............................. 11 ETCP or AMP ..........................................25 Assessment Center Locations ................... 11 If You Pass the Examination ....................26 Special Arrangements for Candidates If You Do Not Pass the Examination .......26 with Disabilities ........................................ 11 Confidentiality ..........................................26 Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf 12 Duplicate Score Report ............................26 Examination Appointment Changes .......12 ETCP Disciplinary Policy ........................26 Failing to Report for an Examination or Cancellations ........................................12 Appeal Policy ............................................26 Emergency Waiver ....................................12 Regrade Policy ...........................................26 Inclement Weather, Power Failure or Renewal Policy ..........................................27 Emergency .................................................13 Renewing Your Certification ..................27 Test Content .............................................13 Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct ...............................28 Non-Scored Items .....................................13 Subject Matter Experts .............................29 ETCP Council Members ..........................30 BECOME ETCP CERTIFIED Become a standout in your craft and demonstrate your dedication to professional growth by becoming ETCP Certified. Show employers that you have the qualifications and skills that they require. ETCP certification promotes safety for technicians, performers and audiences, and pro- vides validation and public recognition of your skills. Personnel certification is the voluntary process by which a nongovernmental organization grants recognition to an individual who has demonstrated a high level of knowledge, skills and abilities. Certification means that one has met specific eligibility requirements including training, experi- ence and education, and passed a rigorous, comprehensive examination. Certification indicates a substantial professional commitment to the field and documents this expertise to employers, colleagues and professional organizations. Feasibility surveys of employers show eighty-one percent would encourage employees or personnel working in their venues to seek certification in rigging. Establish your credibility and gain the confidence of employers and coworkers by achieving ETCP certification. INTRODUCTION INDEPENDENT TESTING AGENCY This handbook provides information about ETCP has contracted with Applied the examination and application process to Measurement Professionals, Inc. (AMP) to become an ETCP Certified Rigger. It outlines assist in the development, administration, the design and content of the examinations scoring and analysis of ETCP’s certification and guides candidates through the entire examinations. AMP, located in the greater process from application to examination. For Kansas City area, is a leading provider of your convenience, this handbook may also licensing and certification examinations for be downloaded from the ETCP website at professional organizations. http://etcp.ESTA.org. NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY ABOUT ETCP ETCP and AMP do not discriminate among ETCP is an industry-wide program of ESTA. candidates on the basis of race, color, creed, Participating in the governance of the program gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, are: ACTSAFE, Alliance of Motion Picture disability, military discharge status, sexual and Television Producers (AMPTP), Broadway orientation, or marital status. Across America, The Broadway League, Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology ETCP CERTIFIED RIGGER (CITT), Cirque du Soleil/MGM MIRAGE, There are currently two divisions of the Disney Theatrical Productions, International main ETCP Certified Rigger credential: Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees ‘ETCP Certified Rigger – Arena’ and ‘ETCP (IATSE), International Association of Venue Certified Rigger – Theatre’. The Arena cer- Managers (IAVM), InfoComm International, tification encompasses rigging that employs Live Nation, NBC Universal, Production chain hoists and truss systems to temporarily Resource Group (PRG), TEA, United States suspend objects from overhead structures in Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), any environment. ETCP recognizes that these and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. For more methods and hardware are used throughout information, please visit http://etcp.esta.org. the entertainment industry in arenas, conven- tion and trade show spaces and in theatrical VISION STATEMENT venues. However the principles, practices, and ETCP was created to develop a personnel cer- components are consistent and similar in all tification program to recognize those individu- applications and are different from those used als who have demonstrated knowledge, skills in traditional theatrical spaces. The Theatre and abilities in specific disciplines within the certification encompasses rigging that employs entertainment technology field. By providing the use of counterweighted systems, mechani- a thorough, independent assessment of knowl- cal systems and hydraulic systems, usually, but edge, skills and abilities for entertainment not always, permanently installed in facilities technology disciplines, the Program seeks to for the use of theatre technicians in the execu- enhance safety, reduce workplace risk, improve tion of their rigging responsibilities. An appli- performance, stimulate training, and give due cant may seek certification in either or both recognition to the professional skills of enter- of these divisions. Each division has its own tainment technicians. separate examination covering the specific knowledge, skills and abilities needed. 6 ETCP Candidate Handbook – Rigger — Arena and Rigger — Theatre ABOUT THE EXAMINATIONS and the examination fee to ETCP. ETCP The ETCP Certified Rigger Examinations are recommends that you keep copies of all mate- designed to test a well-defined body of know- rials and send all documentation by certified ledge representative of current professional mail or other