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CTS 1: AV Technology (Previously Essentials of AV Technology) Virtual Classroom

CTS 1 establishes the foundational knowledge required for aspiring AV professionals. It is the first course in a two-course series designed to prepare learners with the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities essential to the CTS® exam.

Who Should Take This Course

Professionals who:

• Plan to take the CTS Exam in the near future
• Work as AV technicians or in an adjacent position
• Coordinate and collaborate with AV professionals and wish to deepen their knowledge of AV systems, technology, and the industry itself

Prerequisites

None

Course Features

This course contains 24 hours of material and will be taught virtually on:

    -Tuesday, March 18
    -Wednesday, March 19
    -Thursday, March 20
    -Tuesday, March 25
    -Wednesday, March 26
    -Thursday, March 27

After taking this course, you will be able to:

• Explain the scope and significance of the AV industry and describe the role of standards within it.
• Explain the fundamental scientific principles that underpin the AV industry, including sound, light, and electricity.
• Identify the components of audio and video systems for various AV setups.
• Describe the role of networking in AV systems.
• Describe the purpose and components of control systems in AV technology.
• Identify the different roles within the AV industry, fundamentals or AV project management, and effective communication skills.

It is highly recommended that upon completion of this course you proceed to the next course in the series: CTS 2. Completion of this course in no way guarantees you will pass the CTS exam, nor will this program cover all the topics listed in the exam content outline. By registering for this course, you are not signing up for the CTS exam. The CTS exam must be applied for, paid for, and then scheduled separately at a Pearson Vue testing center. Candidates should review the CTS candidate handbook to learn more about the CTS Exam. Remember, there is no requirement to take any classes or buy study materials to take the CTS exam. However, many of your peers have found courses like these helpful in their exam preparations.

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*Class recordings are for internal purposes only and are not available to registrants.

Instructor Information

Greg Carstens
Staff Instructor/Technical Advisor
AVIXA

Greg is a 20+ year veteran of the AV industry, having started his career in the production equipment sales side and quickly branching into AV and commercial installations. He worked in parallel with other low-voltage trades, often working in access control, security, and nurse call systems. For most of the past ten years, Greg has worked in higher education with campus technology departments, designing classrooms, auditoriums, and various types of conference systems.   Greg has presented at a number of conferences in the past focusing on campus standards development and other areas on in-house integration topics.  He's helped publish several universities' AV standards.  
Greg holds Crestron's Masters in Commercial Architecture, Level 3 Dante, QSC Level 2 and Video level 1.  Greg holds CTS-D and CTS-I certifications and has been active with AVIXA’s Standards Steering Committee and other Standards task forces.  Formal education includes an undergraduate degree in Business Administration with and Emphasis in Entrepreneurial Management and a Masters of Engineering in Engineering Management.  Greg is a US Army Veteran and was a Combat Communications Specialist during his time in uniform.