Rigging Electrical Lighting Technician (RELT)

The work means rigging and hanging lights, running power and cable, and operating fixtures to a lighting plan, often up in the air under deadline. You're hands-on and physical, part of a crew that loads in and strikes fast. Safety around power and heights is constant, and a mistake can be dangerous, not just costly.

What people underestimate is the long, irregular hours and the physical toll: heavy gear, late nights, and feast-or-famine scheduling. Work tends to be freelance and gig-based, the pay uneven, and the conditions and venues vary wildly. The technology keeps evolving.

It fits someone physically capable, calm under deadline, and safety-minded. If you want predictable hours or a desk, the lifestyle won't suit. But if you like hands-on work and the energy of a production, and seeing a space transform when the lights come up, the work tends to be genuinely satisfying.