Events & Venues Technician T Level
Kickstart Your Career in Broadcast, Media & Production!
Are you passionate about live events, media production, and the behind-the-scenes magic that makes it all come to life? The Broadcast, Media & Production T Level (Events & Venues Technician) is your ticket to an exciting, hands-on career! From managing high-energy events to operating cutting-edge technology, you'll gain the skills needed to thrive in fast-paced industries like TV, live music, Theatre, and more.
What’s the best part? You’ll gain invaluable experience through a real work placement with industry professionals, giving you the chance to see your skills in action at theatre venues, TV studios, and live events. Whether it’s setting up for concerts, Theatre or live broadcasts, you’ll learn directly from experts and build the connections that will jumpstart your career.
Join us to explore the dynamic world of media, master technical skills, and become an expert in ensuring every event runs smoothly. With real-world experience and industry connections, your future in tech-savvy production starts here!
Get ready to build, create, and innovate – the stage is yours!
Entry requirements
A minimum of 5 GCSE subjects at grade 4 or above including English and Maths.
What will I study?
The core units help you get to grips with what these creative industries are, how to work in them, researching and planning projects, working with others in a professional way and all the other skills professional media producers need.
You will also work to professional briefs through the Employer Set Project and work experience placements in relevant areas.
The Events & Venues Technician occupational specialism allows students to develop practical the skills needed to work in creative spaces. You will cover areas including client liaison and needs, establishing the purposes of venues and events, working in creative spaces with lighting, sound, video, etc. and maintaining venues for performances and events. As well as learning the professional vocabulary and processes of venue management you will also learn many of the skills traditionally associated with production arts.
Industry Placement
The 45 day industry placement allows you to develop your occupational specialism skills as well as those necessary to working in any environment, such as effective planning, working with others, health and safety and promoting equality and diversity.
Method of delivery
As a T Level student, you will spend 80% of the course in their learning environment, gaining the skills that employers need. The other 20% is a meaningful industry placement, where you will put these skills into action.
You will therefore typically be in college 4 days a week, with industry placement hours on the 5th day.
How will I be assessed?
The course is assessed through a combination of practical work, employer set projects and exams. It also includes an industry placement working with an employer that we will help you set up.
Good course combinations
This is a full-time course. It is not possible to combine this course with other Vocational,
T Level, Apprenticeship or A Level programmes.
Your next steps
The T Level qualification has been designed by a panel of employers, professional bodies, and education specialists. The purpose of the Level 3 Technical qualification is to ensure that students have the knowledge and skills to progress into skilled work and higher or degree level apprenticeships, higher level technical study, including university, creative degrees relevant to the T Level.
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