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	Media Type:	Website
	Website URL:	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASlJqIk1-pk
	Website Title:	Gigniks: Best Boy Electric
	Description:	Interview with Assistant Chief Lighting Technician. WHAT YOU DO: A best boy, also known as Assistant Chief Lighting Technicians, is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the lighting or grip department on a TV or film set. A best boy's many responsibilities include the hiring, scheduling, and management of crew; the ordering, inventory, and returning of equipment; overseeing workplace safety and maintaining discipline; completing timecards and other paperwork; stocking expendables; loading and unloading production trucks; and planning and implementing lighting or rigging of locations and/or sound stages. EDUCATION: Electrical training; plus familiarity with math, lighting instruments, and film and TV production. Courses in art, photography, and electrical engineering can be helpful. USEFUL SKILLS: Leadership skills, communication skills, physical fitness, knowledge of a hundred different lights. HOW TO GET IN: Become an apprentice or intern in the Electric/Lighting Department. CAREER PATH: Become an apprentice to get some experience as an electrician, and then move up to best boy. The next step is to become a gaffer, the head of the electrical department. PAYBACK: Median annual salary: $41,630. DOWNSIDES: Long hours, physically demanding. FUTURE OF JOB: The number of jobs is expected to grow 10-19% during the 2013-23 decade, which is average. NETWORKING: The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees offers an apprenticeship and journeyman program: http://www.iatse-intl.org/ The Professional Lighting And Sound Association also offers resources: https://www.plasa.org/ Video produced by students at LAHSA (Los Angeles High School of the Arts) working with Gigniks' career media program.
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	Categories:	02.05 Film 02.06 Television and Video

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