This three-day course covers most of the topics listed in the content outline of the ETCP Entertainment Electrician and Portable Power Distribution Technician Certification exams. It is designed to accommodate a wide range of skills and experience, starting with basic electricity, circuit laws, and theory, and building towards more advanced topics including power distribution, power factor, and harmonics, with an emphasis on electrical safety, the use of PPE, codes and regulations, grounding and bonding, GFCIs, Lighting Control systems (DMX, RDM, Ethernet and Ethernet-based protocols), and how to set up, test, and troubleshoot DMX, Ethernet, and Art-Net systems. Other topics: electrical terminology, Ohm's law, DC power, AC Power, impedance,  phase angles, power factor, 3-phase power, harmonics, electrical safety, human reaction to electrical current, lockout/tagout, arc flash & arc blast, boundaries of protection, categories of meters, codes and regulations, portable power generators, transformers, HMTs, grounding, enclosure ratings, over current protection, and more. Additional resources are also offered, including online videos, reading material, and web pages.