One Month to ETCP Testing Application Deadline - USITT 2013Entertainment Technician Certification Program provides evidence of the recipient's technical proficiency and professionalism in the industry and offers the opportunity to distinguish the holder when ETCP Certified. Having ETCP Certification demonstrates that the recipient is in the top third of the industry professionals in North America. To maintain the certification, the holder must accrue continuing education credits which shows their employer the holder is current with industry developments and practices. To date, ETCP has issued almost 1,600 certifications. The ETCP examinations will be given at USITT in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. All three ETCP examinations will be administered in one session the morning of Saturday, March 23, 2013. Candidates who wish to take more than one exam should contact ETCP. USITT members, and employees of member companies, receive a $100 discount on examination fees. Interested applicants must submit their application, along with supporting materials and fee, to the ETCP office no later than March 1, 2013. Candidate information, including eligibility requirements and applications, is available on the ETCP website at the URL below, or to have the information mailed, contact Meredith Moseley-Bennett, ETCP certification manager, at 212-244-1505 or etcp@plasa.org. In addition, ETCP examinations are given daily at over 190 computer based testing centers across the US and Canada. After an application has been received and accepted, candidates will be sent information on how to schedule an examination at a site, date, and time that is most convenient for them. The ETCP Council members are key leaders drawn from entertainment business, labor, facilities, associations, and academia representing the diversity of the entertainment industry. Membership includes PLASA, Actsafe, AMPTP, Cirque du Soleil/MGM Mirage, CITT, Disney Theatrical Productions, IAVM, IATSE, InfoComm, The League, Live Nation, PRG, TEA, and USITT. ETCP is a PLASA initiative created to promote industry safety. See ETCP at PLASA Focus: Orlando, May 15-16. 
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