What you are training

The light plot is the drawing every rig is built from, and reading one quickly is a skill designers, electricians, and operators all need. Symbols stand for fixture types, numbers carry channel and address, lines show circuits and positions, and the notes in the margin are where the real information hides: the special that has to be re-hung, the unit that shares a dimmer, the position that is too close to the sprinkler. This drill puts a plot in front of you with its key and asks the questions a crew actually asks: which fixture is this, what does it need, where does it go, what changed. Five rounds move from a simple club plot to a festival rig with multiple universes. The reveal shows the line on the plot that answered each question, so the next drawing reads faster than the last.

After this drill, the plan: The daily plan follows plot reading with the paperwork drill, where the hookup and the schedule have to agree with the drawing.