Is this training video staged or real?

My friend Jay Dowling just led me to a training video on YouTube. The presenter is showing the use of an electrostatic gun to verify the ability of electronic components and products to survive encounters with electrostatic discharge.

Unfortunately, the presenter doesn't seem to know which end of an electrostatic gun is the "sharp end," although he soon finds out...

If you read the comments associated with this video you will see that some people think this is all staged (in which case the presenter must have an unnatural fascination with self-inflicted pain), while others think his actions were unintentional, but the film's editor left them in for laughs.

And lest you think that the presenter in the above video could not possibly be as inept as he appears to be, may I invite you to watch this video. Suffice it to say that I don't believe anyone can watch this without wincing and exclaiming "Oooohhhh" at least once...

But back to the first video – what do you think – ineptitude of the first order or staged?