TechStage Crew confirmation and call sheet Sound Engineer · from USD 450
One sound engineer, conference day, 12 November
Central London. 08:00 call, 10 hour day, and a working time limit that decides your schedule.
One engineer, called at 08:00. The thing that will bite you is in clause 02: a 10 hour day from an 08:00 call ends at 18:00, and your published programme has a drinks reception with live music until 20:00. Somebody has to pay for that or the programme has to change.
Sam Whitfield, sound engineer, 08:00 call Thursday 12 November for a 10 hour day ending 18:00. Your programme runs to 20:00 with live music. Either extend to a 12 hour day at USD 90 per hour, or the room is unattended from 18:00. Decide by 5 November.
Order record
- Sound EngineerSam Whitfield, 10 hour day, 08:00 to 18:00 USD 450
- Overtime, 2 hoursNot booked. USD 90 per hour if added Included
- Stagehand CrewNot booked. Venue crew handling load in Included
- Production ManagerNot booked. Your producer runs the day Included
- Travel within Greater LondonIncluded Included
- PPE and own toolsEngineer supplies his own Included
Paid in full, 1 October 2026 · USDC on Base
The crew
Who is coming
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Name | Sam Whitfield |
| Role | Sound engineer, front of house |
| Experience | Conference and corporate, 12 years |
| Verified | Identity, three references, two prior TechStage deployments |
| Call | 08:00 at the venue loading bay |
| Day | 10 hours including breaks, ending 18:00 |
| Reports to | Your producer. TechStage crew take direction from your side |
| Brings | Own PPE, tools, test kit, spare cables, comms earpiece |
| Does not bring | Any sound system. This is a crew booking, not a hire |
The clock
The working time problem in your programme
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Crew call
The 10 hour day starts here, not at the first session.
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Set, line check, comms
Radio mics scanned and rung out.
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Speaker soundchecks
As many as turn up. Usually fewer than promised.
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Conference programme
Sam at the desk throughout, including breaks.
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10 hour day ends
This is the contractual and the working time limit.
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Your drinks reception, with live music
Not currently covered. Nobody is on the desk.
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Programme ends
Load out would then start with no engineer present.
| Option | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Extend to a 12 hour day | USD 180 | Sam covers the reception and load out. Simplest |
| Second engineer for the evening only | USD 270 | A handover at 17:45, which is a risk in itself |
| Band brings its own engineer | Ask them | Common for a band with its own system, useless if they are using the house PA |
| Leave it unattended | Free | Live music on an unattended desk in front of 300 people |
A 12 hour day is the maximum TechStage will roster on a single call, and 14 is the absolute limit with a break, which this does not approach. The USD 180 option is the one almost every client takes once the table is in front of them.
Scope
What Sam will and will not do
| Competent and will do | Will not do | |
|---|---|---|
| Operate the sound desk | Yes | |
| Mic up speakers and panels | Yes | |
| Radio frequency coordination | Yes | |
| Playback of your video sound | Yes | |
| Basic lighting desk operation | Yes, if it is simple | |
| Ground supported staging | Assist only | |
| Working at height or on a ladder | No. Not his ticket | |
| Rigging or anything overhead | No. Requires a rigger | |
| Electrical work beyond plugging in | No | |
| Operating a genie or scissor lift | No | |
| Working alone in the venue | No. Someone from your side present |
Competence is role specific and TechStage verifies it per role. A sound engineer who is asked to go up a ladder to reposition a speaker will decline, and is right to. If anything needs to happen at height, tell us by 5 November and a rigger is quoted separately.
The venue
What has to be true on the day
- Someone with access at 08:00, not 08:30
- The in house PA specification sent to us before 5 November
- A named person from your side in the room whenever Sam is working
- Break cover, or accept that the desk is unattended for 30 minutes at lunch
- Venue rigging, if anything is flown, done by the venue's own riggers
- Load out access until 21:00 if the evening extension is taken