From the desk
Real rooms, real kit
This is the gear and the rooms our students train on and work in — not a classroom mock-up.
The Event Technician's Private Training Academy. Practical courses in audio, video, vision, lighting and network for people entering — or growing inside — the corporate live events industry.
Industry research from ESSA, reported by Event Industry News in late 2025, found that the large majority of member companies had struggled to recruit over the previous year — with a shortage of available workers as the overwhelming cause, and the gap widest in operational and technical roles.
That's not a job-advert problem. It's a pipeline problem. OK.Standby exists to put trained, work-ready technicians into that gap for the corporate live events industry.
SOURCE: ESSA / EVENT INDUSTRY NEWS, NOV 2025On the cue sheet
Short, practical training — built around our core disciplines and the freelance realities of working in the corporate live events industry.
From the desk
This is the gear and the rooms our students train on and work in — not a classroom mock-up.
The running order
Start with the fundamentals, or go straight into your discipline.
Real desks, real workflows — plus lifetime access to session videos, notes and checklists.
Share your availability with every trainer for on-site work and work-experience placements.
Graduate into freelance work, an apprenticeship, or a full-time role with a partner company.
Coming alongside the courses
Conversations from the crew room — working technicians, freelancers and production companies talking honestly about what it actually takes to build a career in the corporate live events industry.
For production companies
Get in front of trained, work-ready technicians before anyone else does — and help shape what we teach.
Logo placement, a podcast mention, and a seat on any course for your own crew.
Early access to graduating students, a podcast guest slot, and logo on every certificate.
First-refusal hiring rights, a dedicated podcast episode, and a seat on our curriculum panel.
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