Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB)

Designation of occupation

Event technology specialist (m/f)
Recognized by ordinance of 24. March 1998 (BGBl. I, p. 621)

Duration of traineeship

3 years
The venues for training are company and vocational school (Berufsschule)

Field of activity

Event technology specialists provide technical, organizational and design-related services, e.g. for stage and open-air events, film and television productions, congresses, concerts, trade fairs, production presentations, shows, conventions and theatre productions.

Occupational skills

Event technology specialists

• apply technical regulations and standards, regulations relating to places of public assembly, and the legal provisions relating to data protection, intellectual property rights and personal privacy;
• evaluate the safety precautions and infrastructure of places of assembly;
• plan and organize the technical operations necessary for an event;
• work in teams and communicate with colleagues;
• securitize, transport and store event technology equipment;
• inspect event venues, and select and make available the required equipment;
• organize and check power supplies;
• erect podiums, scaffolding and rigging and mount fittings;
• operate technical stage and set equipment;
• instal, set up and operate lighting and projection equipment;
• instal, set up and operate sound equipment;
• instal, set up and operate recording and transmission equipment for audio, video and data systems;
• evaluate special effects and produce these in compliance with legal requirements;
• run events.

Last modified on: December 12, 2006