Performance lighting technician jobs in Finland
Lighting technicians setup, prepare, check and maintain equipment in order to provide optimal lighting quality for live performances and motion pictures. They cooperate with road crew to unload, set up and operate lighting equipment and instruments.
Performance lighting technician - Which skills are essential?
Apply ergonomy principles in the organisation of the workplace while manually handling equipment and materials.
Interpret an artist's explanation or demonstration of their artistic concepts, inceptions and processes and strive to share their vision.
Focus, direct, adjust and tune stage lights, either alone or leading a group. Coordinate with the team to determine the optimal lighting.
Operate lighting equipment used during production of movies, commercials, animations and other visual productions to create an atmosphere with light.
Create technical drawings and documentation within the lighting department.
Prepare and manage the provision of electrical power for different areas.
Take the necessary precautions while providing temporary power distribution independently. Measure and power up an installation.
Distribute control signals between light boards, dimmers and other lighting equipment. Control systems can be either DMX or network based.
Make use of protection equipment according to training, instruction and manuals. Inspect the equipment and use it consistently.
Anticipate possible technical problems with lighting equipment.
Safely pack sensitive electronic equipment for storage and transport.
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.
Take steps to prevent fire in a performance environment. Make sure the space complies with fire safety rules, with sprinklers and fire extinguishers installed where necessary. Make sure staff are aware of fire prevention measures.
Remove and store various types of electronic equipment safely after use.
Correct settings or positions for your working instruments and adjust them before starting operations.
Set up, connect and test lighting equipment in a live performance environment.
Set up, connect and operate dimmer equipment (with plug and socket) in a live performance environment.
Rig, connect, try out and de-rig lighting equipment.
Check, maintain and repair electrical, mechanical and optical lighting elements.
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.
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.
Check and operate dimmer equipment. Take the appropriate steps if the equipment is defective, correcting the defect yourself or forwarding it to a specialised repair service.
Light a show based on concrete production needs.
Make sure to set up equipment according to deadlines and time schedules.
Provide power distribution for light, stage, sound, video and recording purposes.
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.
Focus already installed conventional lighting equipment, based on directions and information from somebody on the floor.
Performance lighting technician - Which skills are useful but not essential?
File and document a production in all its phases right after the performance period so that it can be reproduced and all relevant information remains accessible.
Solve problems which arise in planning, prioritising, organising, directing/facilitating action and evaluating performance. Use systematic processes of collecting, analysing, and synthesising information to evaluate current practice and generate new understandings about practice.
Operate follow spots during a live performance based on visual cues or documentation.
Manage and monitor consumables stock to ensure that the production demands and deadlines can be met at all times.
Manage and monitor technical resources stock to ensure that production demands and deadlines can be met at all times.
Operate a light board during rehearsal or live situations, based on visual cues or documentation.
Observe the show, anticipate and react to possible technical problems, ensuring optimal artistic quality.
Consult with the director, producer and clients throughout the production and post-production process.
Intervene in the case of a fire in order to extinguish the fire or limit the effects pending the arrival of emergency services according to training and procedures.
Test electrical equipment for malfunctions. Take safety measures, company guidelines, and legislation concerning electrical equipment into account. Clean, repair and replace parts and connections as required.
Adjust plans to other locations with regards to the artistic concept.
Understand and analyse the behaviour of specific directors.
Work with the director of photography on the artistic and creative vision that needs to be followed during production of a movie or theatre production.
Recommend technical solutions, including systems, to the client within the framework of a project.
Install, connect and try out light board in a live performance environment.
Rig, connect, try out and de-rig automated lights, set up, try out and replace optical accessories.
Cooperate with the artistic team in order to facilitate the transition from the creative vision and its artistic concepts to a technical design.
Define and make a list of the required resources and equipment based on the technical needs of the production.
Set up, check and repair automated lighting equipment and maintain its software.
Install and operate generators as power supplies according to regulations and specifications.
File and organise personal administration documents comprehensively.
Read the instructions on the light plan to determine the light equipment needed and the right placement.
Market one's own strengths in terms of skills and knowledge.
Follow the instructions of the director while understanding his creative vision.
Make sure an installed technical system is adequately transferred and signed off for.
Reach out to and meet up with people in a professional context. Find common ground and use your contacts for mutual benefit. Keep track of the people in your personal professional network and stay up to date on their activities.
Consult with different people and groups who hold a stake in the production. Be on the same page on the practical side of the production, and keep them up to date.
Understand the principles of electricity and electrical power circuits, as well as the associated risks.
Create and set up artificial light sources using flashlights, screens and reflectors.
Documenting your own work practice for different purposes like assessment, time management, job application etc.
Understand and use technical documentation in the overall technical process.
Verify that all requested resources are delivered and in good working order. Notify the appropriate person or people of any problems related to technical and material resources.
Set up and test follow spots in different types of locations.
Establish a workable layout for the system you manage and maintain it for the duration of a production.
The science of recording light and electromagnetic radiation in order to create a motion picture. The recording can happen electronically with an image sensor or chemically on light sensitive materials such as film stock.
Monitor and follow new trends and developments in specific sectors.