White Light's popular Training Initiative training and education scheme, now in its ninth year, has a wide range of training courses on offer through the spring and summer, including courses on a wide variety of popular lighting control systems, in using and operating automated lighting and - new for the year - ‘Passport' health and safety training, part of the Safety Passport scheme organised by the Safety Pass Alliance in association with the Production Services Association (PSA).

The Passport training is a one day course run for White Light by Chris Luscombe, a well-known production electrician now also working as a health-and-safety trainer and so able to teach the course with a considerable amount of ‘real-world' experience. The course is divided into six modules covering: organising for safety, workplace safety, plant and machinery, noise and health, procedures (including risk assessments) and the environment.

The day concludes with a test; passing the test means that you receive a Safety Pass Alliance Passport, a qualification recognised by entertainment industry employers who will, increasingly, demand proof-of-knowledge of this type. The course, which is also being taken by White Light's own staff, is available to anyone interested at a cost of £110. Courses are currently scheduled for April 17th, May 7th and June 18th, held at White Light's base in Wimbledon, south-west London. Further information about the Passport scheme can be found at the Safety Pass Alliance website, www.safetypassports.co.uk.

The Passport courses sit alongside other long-established and popular courses, those currently scheduled including lighting consoles (Whole Hog 2 on 1st May, Zero88 LeapFrog on 13th May, grandMA on May 21st and 22nd, grandMA level 2 on 4th & 5th of June, Strand Palette on 11th and 12th June, Strand 500-series on June 19th-20th and 23rd-24th); moving lights; pyrotechnics; rigging and software.