Daniel Chalk

Education

Equipment

My Equipment/Kit: Apple Macbook Pro, Behringer X1204USB, Garage Band (software), Numark Mixtrack Quad (DJ Equipment), Virtual DJ (DJ Software)

I can use: Etc Eos Ion Lighting Desk, Numark Mixtrack Quad (Dj Equipment), Virtual Dj (Dj Software), Logicpro (Software), Drummergog (Software), Melodyne (Software), Reason (Software), Garage Band (Software), Protools (Software), Etc Eos Gio Lighting Desk, Behringer X1204Usb, Avid C24 Protools Mixer, Ilive 78 Track Mixing Desk, Apple MacBook Pro

About me

I am an enthusiastic, energetic and creative individual who has recently worked as a Junior Installations Engineer for a major sound system design and installations company and has successfully completed an Advanced Apprenticeship in Technical Theatre with the Ambassador Theatre Group and a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Music Technology. I have substantial experience to offer that has been gained through both paid and voluntary experience not only in relevant industry areas but also in key transferable skills such as teamwork, problem solving, responsibility, communication, trustworthiness and commitment to excellent customer service. I believe that the education and experience that I have gained to date have given me a very thorough grounding on which to develop further a career in the live music and events industry. I would be very willing to travel for work both nationally and internationally and would be interested in touring work.
Additional skills:
Successfully gained the Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT) Bronze Award:

 Electrical fundamentals
 Knots and splicing
 Manual handling and introduction to Health and Safety
 Fundamentals of flying
 Working at height
 Safe use of temporary access equipment

Lighting: qualified and experienced in using the Eos Gio and Ion lighting desks as well as gaining extensive followspot experience;

Sound: extensive experience of working with a range of sound-desks across various venues and shadowing a number of sound and monitors engineers in major UK venues. Additionally I have recently undertaken a four day training workshop with Entertainment Sound Services (ESS) on the basic operation of a number of desks including Midas, Yamaha, Avid, Cadac, Allen & Heath and Digico.

Substantial experience of ‘get-ins’ and ‘get-outs’ of a diverse range of major touring productions including Mary Poppins, Status Quo, The Illegal Eagles, The Bodyguard, Guys and Dolls, English National Ballet’s productions of ‘Giselle and ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Sister Act, Hairspray etc;

Stage work: including setting up staging, scenery, flooring and assisting with the installation of a video wall;

Rigging: setting up motors, flying pieces of truss;

Installation Engineer: Assisting engineers in wiring venues and mounting equipment, repairing audio equipment, setting up equipment such as sound processors and video projectors, preparing equipment for hire and testing and cleaning on return

Qualified PAT tester.

DJ - I'm a well experienced DJ playing in some big clubs in Birmingham, Stourbridge and Wolverhampton. I've had to play anything from House to Disco, from Metal to Bangra and back again - I'm very versatile!
Referees:
Steve Cressy
SM, Son of a Preacher Man
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John Mace, Chief Technician
The Palace Theatre
97 Oxford Road, Manchester M1 6FT
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Other referees available on request

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Lighting, Followspot Operator
Job Titles	Production Assistant (PA), Theatre Technician, Lighting Tech / Operator, Sound Operator / Engineer, Production Support