Brendan Polain Email & Phone Number

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Greeting guests and handling check-in, taking food/drink orders, handling till/ payment, ushering, delivering food/drinks during screenings, cleaning and resetting theatres, cleaning and resetting foyer lounge.

Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia

Performing sound, lighting and staging duties for a wide range of live events and gallery exhibitions at the MAC. Includes sound and lighting desk operation, staging setup and re-configuration, artist and public liaison, building maintenance and upgrades, EWP at height to rearrange, refocus or reprogram theatre lights, networking and configuring new electronic equipment, mastering audio and setting up cameras for live event recording.

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Designed, installed, inspected, maintained and programmed sound systems, theatre lighting, motorised fly-rigging systems, house curtains, orchestra pit lifts and integrated AV control systems in new and existing venues throughout WA and South-East Asia. Included concert halls, auditoriums, theatres, casinos, medical centres, administrative buildings, detention centres, performing arts centres, schools and school emergency PA systems, film and TV studios, restaurants, bars and clubs. (softwares include QSC Q-Sys, Crestron, Neets, Max/MSP, Bose ControlSpace, Yamaha, etc). Included visual patcher and traditional written coding. Manual labour skills included all common power and hand tools, drilling, cutting, grinding, sawing, cable running and termination, metalwork, woodwork, working off scaffolds and EWPs, supervising and directing a team of workers, liaising with site management. Also produced signal-flow diagrams for sound, control data, video and lighting systems.

Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

I am currently completing an experimental music film exploring the significance of vacant art gallery spaces during COVID conditions. Filmed by special permission during COVID restrictions at the Geraldton Regional Art Gallery (GRAG). Funded by the WA Dept. Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.

Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

Directed, shot and edited an 11-minute short documentary 'I'm Still Here" for composers Dane Yates and Clare Lynch, focusing on their musical collaboration. Both the film and the musical work were exhibited in the Geraldton Regional Art Gallery (GRAG) for several weeks, and further development of the film is ongoing.

Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

I am currently completing a dance film with choreographer/performer Talitha Maslin exploring the significance of vacant art gallery spaces during COVID conditions. Filmed by special permission during COVID restrictions at the Geraldton Regional Art Gallery (GRAG). Funded by the WA Dept. Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

This role involves attending lectures and tutorials alongside ECU students with a range of disabilities and learning difficulties. I take notes on key information, as if I myself were the student, and then email these notes to the student. The position also involves some classroom assistance and/or advocacy, where required. I have worked in a wide range of subject areas, including biomedical science, employment law, contemporary music, social work, psychology and OHS. I love that this job enables me to learn, and I love that I get to have a positive impact on students' university experience.

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

This role involved providing one-on-one tutoring sessions to WAAPA classical students in the area of aural and written music theory. My two main students had learning/attentional disorders, and it was my job to work with each of them to come up with unique exercises and approaches that would eventually allow them to take control of their own learning. In our first semester together both students went from having failed their unit/s twice to both achieving Distinction grades.

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

This role involves attending lectures and tutorials alongside ECU students with a range of disabilities and learning difficulties. I take notes on key information, as if I myself were the student, and then email these notes to the student. The position also involves some classroom assistance and/or advocacy, where required. I have worked in a wide range of subject areas, including biomedical science, employment law, contemporary music, social work, psychology and OHS. I love that this job enables me to learn, and I love that I get to have a positive impact on students' university experience.

Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Worked as part of a close team in a small custom wetsuit/divesuit factory in Fremantle, as the only gluer. The work involved gluing the neoprene pieces together to make the wetsuits, using a brush to apply the glue and using a particular "by-hand" method to join the glued edges. Custom orders were for private and military application. Also performed repairs on mass-produced wetsuits, including for victims of shark attacks.

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

My first job, in the deli section of Mt Lawley Fresh Provisions, packaging and serving small-goods and pastries, as well as preparing food and rotating both display and shelf stock.