Zero 88 supports Leisuretec’s training
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This is the third of four Lighting Basics sessions being run by Leisuretec throughout 2018. Over 30 customers and interested parties attended over these latest three one-day courses, and Leisuretec has now trained over 170 people via this straightforward, hands-on process, with great results.
Friedli devised and developed the course - initially for Leisuretec staff - three years ago, having joined the Leighton Buzzard based company five years ago. With a background in theatre and a 25-year career that includes working for leading production lighting companies, he’s seen a lot happen in that time - and recognised that a little basic information goes a long way.
It can assist sale teams to better understand the precise needs of their customers, and for those working in other technical departments, it can provide insight into some of the theories behind, and reasons for, making light work.
The first courses proved so popular that Friedli and his colleagues at Leisuretec decided to open the training to their customers - specifically systems integrators and venue or event production staff and crew who may be involved in the peripheries of lighting, and who can benefit massively from a little bit of extra knowledge.
As the concept gained traction, Friedli appealed to the leading lighting brands in Leisuretec’ s portfolio and asked for their support, including Eation, who were delighted to participate by providing a selection of consoles to illustrate the control side of lighting.
The current package of desks includes the new Zero 88 FLX S range.
“Training and technical support that empowers end-users is right at the top of our agenda,” confirms Zero 88’s international sales manager Tyler Holpin, “We have supported Friedli’s initiative right from the start, and it’s great to see it become such a success.”
In fact, the Eaton Zero 88 team took it one step further when their chief UK technical sales manager Mandy Bullock-Williams joined Friedli as the second presenter.
‘We work extremely well together,” comments Friedli, “being able to banter is good fun and livens up the atmosphere, and to have another knowledgeable person to bounce ideas off and recall and share their own experiences - and between us there’s many - is highly beneficial. So, it’s very much become a collaborative effort.”
Topics covered on the Lighting Basics course include looking at the different types of available fixtures, what they do and how and when to use them - including profiles, fresnels, washes, PARs, LEDs, tungsten, arc sources and moving lights - for which Eaton provided several generic fixtures from Italian theatrical specialist, LDR.
Zero 88 and Leisuretec also stage console dedicated courses at other times in the year which currently focus on Zero’s award-winning new FLX and FLX S ranges and how easy they are to use. Zero 88 also run their own product training and awareness programmes.
(Jim Evans)
