Pearson EDI · RQF Level 3
Pearson EDI Level 3 Certificate in Technical Theatre: Sound, Light and Stage (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits30
- Guided learning120 hours
- Units in this qualification43
Awarded by Pearson EDI · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units Pearson EDI registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Assist with the running of a live performanceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Implement pre-show checks
- Implement appropriate cues
- Implement pre-show checks
- Implement effective cues
Assist with the running of an ongoing productionReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm instructions regarding an ongoing production
- Communicate the requirements of an ongoing production
- Prepare for a production
- Control the performance
Cleaning up own work areaReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand organisational policies and procedures relating to the safe use of cleaning materials
- Safely use appropriate cleaning materials
- Safely dispose of and store materials as directed
Co-ordinate the sound requirements for a rehearsalReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Co-ordinate a sound rehearsal
- Co-ordinate a sound rehearsal in conjunction with colleagues
- Co-ordinate a sound rehearsal
Conduct a health and safety risk assessment of the workplaceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for a workplace risk assessment.
- Identify hazards in the workplace
- Conduct a risk assessment of the workplace.
- Review risk assessment.
- Know the employers responsibility for risk assessments as required by current legislation.
Contribute to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adultsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand their organisation’s policies, procedures and practices for safe working with children, young people and vulnerable adults
- Understand the importance of working in partnership with other organisations to safeguard children, young people and vulnerable adults
- Understand how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused or harmed
Develop and refine ideas for sound requirements in live performanceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Develop a sound brief in line with legislative and organisational requirements
- Implement research in the development of a sound design
- Implement a sound design
- Develop ideas for sound which meet the creative brief
- Develop a sound design in accordance with resource constraints
Develop effective working relationships with colleagues in a theatre settingReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Develop effective working relationships with colleagues in a theatre setting
- Develop effective working relationships with colleagues in a theatre setting
Ensure responsibility for actions to reduce risks to health and safetyReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the hazards and evaluate the risks in the workplace.
- Reduce the risks to health and safety in the workplace.
- Reduce risks to health and safety in the workplace.
Ensure the safe and efficient loading of vehicles used within the entertainment industryReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know how legislation and regulations impact on the loading of vehicles
- Know how vehicles can be loaded safely
- Load a vehicle safely and efficiently
Ensure the safe and efficient un-loading of vehicles used within the entertainment industryReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know how vehicles can be un-loaded safely
- Un-load vehicles safely and efficiently
Evaluating lighting plans for a live performanceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse and evaluate a lighting plan for a given live performance
Implement the use of CCTV equipment to support sound and lighting systemsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the parametres that impact on the use of CCTV systems
- Implement the use of CCTV equipment
Install electrical equipment for a live performanceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the legislation and regulations that impact on the installation of electrical equipment
- Know how different electrical equipment operates
- Safely install electrical equipment
- Install electrical equipment prior to a live performance
Interpret designs for sets and propsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Plan for the provision of sets and props
- Know the constraints that impact on the provision of sets and props
- Gather the appropriate information to inform the provision of sets and props
- Produce set and prop requirements from production designs
Keeping up to date with technical and production developments in the live artsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Gather a range of information about technical and production developments in the live arts
- Analyse information and use it to inform their work
Maintain production items and equipmentReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Check the condition of production items and equipment
- Maintain production items and equipment
- Understand the impact of health and safety legislation upon the maintenance of production items and equipment
- Implement checks on the condition of production items and equipment
- Implement maintenance activity
Manage and market own freelance servicesReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Market own services
- Manage own performance
- Manage own systems, accounts and records
- Manage own contracts
Manage live performance toursReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to organise the information required by production team members during a tour
- Organise the information requirements of production team members during a tour
- Effectively communicate information to production team members
Manual handling and lifting loadsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand procedures and instructions for handling and lifting loads
- Understand how to prepare for handling and lifting loads
- Handle and lift loads
Manufacture setsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for the manufacture of sets
- Understand how to manufacture set components
- Manufacture sets
Operating a follow spot for a live performanceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the lighting requirements for the performance in relation to the operation of follow spots
- Prepare the follow spots and carry out all pre-show checks appropriately
- Operate the follow spots appropriately and safely throughout the performance
- Deal with problems and emergency situations
Operating lighting for a live performance in the theatreReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the lighting requirements for the performance
- Prepare the required equipment and carry out all pre-show checks appropriately
- Operate the equipment appropriately and safely throughout the performance
- Report or resolve issues or problems during the performance
Organise technical communications for a live performanceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Organise technical communications
- Implement technical communications
- Identify the technical communication requirements
- Establish technical communication equipment
Oversee the setting up, focusing of lighting and checking of control systems and accessoriesReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Clarify the requirements and plans for items and equipment and relate these appropriately to team members
- Communicate clearly with the team to ensure that all activities are carried out appropriately by team members
- Carry out checking procedures to ensure that equipment and items have been installed safely and correctly and checked appropriately by team members
- Keep accurate records of the storage and use of items and equipment and resolve any issues relating to items that are damaged or broken
Plan sound requirements for a live performanceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know the design concepts of the production
- Lead the sound design process
- Know the constraints that impact on the sound design process
- Know the principles of sound design
- Identify the sound requirements suitable for the production
- Develop a sound plan which meets the production requirements
Record sound for a live performanceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Document the recording of sound for a live performance
- Identify client needs for recorded sound
- Edit recorded sound for a live performance
- Operate equipment to record sound for a live performance
Rehearsing and plotting the lightingReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Clarify the requirements for the lighting design of the production with the appropriate people
- Carry out activities to plot and rehearse lighting in line with the design requirements
- Understand how to I deal with problems that occur appropriately
Research and develop ideas for a live productionReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Research and develop ideas for potential productions
- Know the parametres that impact on the development of production ideas
- Gain agreement for production ideas
- Develop ideas for a production
Set up and check sound equipmentReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Set up sound equipment
- Know the characteristics of sound equipment
- Set up sound equipment in accordance with regulations
- Set up sound equipment
- Check the performance of sound equipment
Set up flying equipment and components for use during a live performanceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Set up flying equipment for use during live performances
- Set up brails for use live performances
- Apply safe working practices when setting up flying equipment and components
Source materials and equipment for setsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the constraints that impact on the materials and equipment used for constructing sets
- Know the set requirements of the production
- Manage financial resources for the construction of sets
- Manage suppliers to support the construction of sets
Source sound equipmentReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know the sources of information regarding sound equipment
- Know the criteria used to select sound equipment
- Effectively source sound equipment
- Know the constraints that impact on the selection of sound equipment
- Develop a specification for sound equipment within project constraints
- Source suitable sound equipment in accordance with the specification
Sourcing lighting and special effects equipment and consumablesReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and confirm the equipment and consumables that are needed to meet the lighting design requirements
- Identify a range of suppliers and sources from which to obtain the equipment and consumables needed
- Obtain the equipment and consumables needed taking account of budget constraints, licences and permissions, health and safety requirements and deadlines
Supervise sound operation for a live performanceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Supervise sound operation for a live performance
- Control sound for a live performance
- Understand the functions and features of equipment used in the operation of sound
- Identify and respond to faults in the operation of sound
- Supervise the operation of sound for a live performance
Supervise the set up and operation of special effects for live performancesReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know the factors that need to be effectively supervised when operating special effects
- Supervise the use of special effects for live performances
Supervising getting in and getting out in technical theatreReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Agree the requirements for getting in and getting out and communicate these to the team
- Supervise getting in and getting out activities
- Supervise the checking and storage of equipment and items
Supervising the operation of lighting control systemsReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Clarify and communicate the lighting requirements for the performance
- Supervise the preparation of the required equipment and pre-show checks
- Supervise the operation of the equipment throughout the performance
- Deal with problems and emergency situations
Supervising the reporting of common faults in stage and lighting equipment in theatre and live performanceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand fault identification and reporting procedures
- Supervise checks on light and stage equipment
- Supervise fault repairs by team members
Understand how to record sound for a live performanceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Know the legal constraints that impact on the recording of sound
- Know the problems that may commonly occur when recording sound
- Work effectively with the client to identify sound requirements
- Know the basic principles of sound recording
- Understand the technical qualities of a range of sound recording equipment
- Edit sound recorded for a live performance
Understand how to set up flying equipment and components for use during a live performanceReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to prepare for the setting up of flown components for use in live performance
- Set up flying equipment for use in live performances
- Check the safety of flying equipment
Understanding the core knowledge needed by those who work with children and young peopleReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of effective communication and engagement with children, young people and their families/carers
- Understand the development of children and young people
- Understand the importance of safeguarding children and young people
- Understand the types of transitions affecting children and young people
- Understand the nature and importance of their role in multi-agency and integrated working in meeting the needs of children and young people
- Understand the importance of information sharing
Understanding the core knowledge needed by those who work with children and young people, and its impactReal unit · Pearson EDI
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to promote effective communication and engagement with children, young people and their families/carers
- Understand the development of, and the impact of this upon, children and young people
- Understand the importance of safeguarding children and young people, and associated responsibilities and procedures
- Understand how to support children and young people through transitions, and circumstances requiring specialist support
- Understand sources of information regarding individual children, young people and families/carers, and the importance of effective information sharing
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Where these credits take you
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- Agree venues and incoming productions
- Arrange facilities to demonstrate immersive products
- Assist factual productions
- Assist gallery operations and the production of multi-source recorded productions
- Assist in administering the floats and petty cash of a production
- Assist live multi-source productions
- Assist management of production filming
- Carry out stagehand housekeeping and security procedures
Where this can lead
Production Assistant / AV Technician
Your journey starts here, learning the foundations. The events industry is a vibrant, challenging, and incredibly rewarding place to build a career. If you're willing to put in the hard work, stay curious, and embrace the chaos, there's a huge world of opportunity waiting for you.
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Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
- Remember
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- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson EDI Level 3 Certificate in Technical Theatre: Sound, Light and Stage (QCF)
43 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson EDI.
- Assist with the running of a live performance
- Assist with the running of an ongoing production
- Cleaning up own work area
- Co-ordinate the sound requirements for a rehearsal
- Conduct a health and safety risk assessment of the workplace
- Contribute to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults
and 37 more in the full unit list below.
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No two people run this the same way
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- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
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Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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Why the companion is worth £70 a month
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That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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