Set Lighting Technician

ABOUT

Ever since motion pictures began, the profession of set lighting technician has been learned on the job, and every team operates in its own way. Without attempting to change this tradition, this training aims to define some basic concepts of electricity, the jargon of the trade, and to apply good practices specific to this profession on set.

Target professions

Anyone who is interested in becoming a set lighting technician, an assistant key lighting technician (best girl/best boy), or a gaffer/key lighting technician

Mandatory course to obtain recognition as a lighting technician with AQTIS 514 IATSE (new and reclassified members).

Read the membership criteria

Prerequisites

• Have taken the course “Initiation to community life”
• Already be a member of AQTIS 514 IATSE.

Training team

Marco Venditto has a bachelor’s degree in communications from Concordia University and has been working on film sets since 1993, first as a lighting technician and then as an assistant key lighting technician (best boy). He also has a training certificate from the Canadian Forces Communication Reserve, in which he held the position of supervisor/instructor from 1988 to 1999. He has been involved in the AQTIS 514 IATSE professional training program for the past several years, developing and teaching the course “Introduction to the profession of set lighting technician”.

Registration

To sign up: you must call 514 844-2113 ext. 3 with your payment information at hand. You can leave a message with the course you’re interested in (without your payment information) and we will call you back as soon as possible.

The number of participants allowed in each course is limited. On the day of the course, we will not admit any participants who have not paid for it in advance.

IMPORTANT: Please note that safety shoes must be worn to participate in training. Failure to do so may result in the trainer refusing to accept you, and you will be considered absent without a valid reason, subject to a $100 charge as per our cancellation policy.