Profession scenery technician

Scenery technicians setup, prepare, check and maintain pre-assembled sets in order to provide optimal scenery quality for a live performance. They cooperate with road crew to unload, set up and move equipment and sets.

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Personality Type

• Conventional / Realistic

Skills

• Modify scenic elements during performance

  Change-over of scenic elements during performance, and follow the relevant documentation during performance.

• Handle scenic elements during rehearsal

  Handle and assemble equipment and scenery material during rehearsal or on stage.

• Draw stage layouts

  Manual drawing or sketching of stage layouts.

• Work with respect for own safety

  Apply the safety rules according to training and instruction and based on a solid understanding of the prevention measures and risks to your own personal health and safety.

• Keep up with trends

  Monitor and follow new trends and developments in specific sectors.

• Work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision

  Take the necessary precautions while providing temporary power distribution for performance and art facility purposes under supervision.

• Manage personal professional development

  Take responsibility for lifelong learning and continuous professional development. Engage in learning to support and update professional competence. Identify priority areas for professional development based on reflection about own practice and through contact with peers and stakeholders.

• Adapt to artists' creative demands

  Work with artists, striving to understand the creative vision and adapting to it. Make full use of your talents and skills to reach the best possible result.

• Dismantle the rehearsal set

  Take apart all prepared scenic elements after the rehearsal.

• Prepare personal work environment

  Correct settings or positions for your working instruments and adjust them before starting operations.

• Understand artistic concepts

  Interpret an artist's explanation or demonstration of their artistic concepts, inceptions and processes and strive to share their vision.

• Use personal protection equipment

  Make use of protection equipment according to training, instruction and manuals. Inspect the equipment and use it consistently.

• Prevent fire in a performance environment

  Take steps to prevent fire in a performance environment. Make sure the space complies with fire safety rules, with sprinklers and fire extinguishers installed where necessary. Make sure staff are aware of fire prevention measures.

• Set up equipment in a timely manner

  Make sure to set up equipment according to deadlines and time schedules.

• Assemble scenic elements on stage

  Assemble scenic elements, dance and stage floors and stage cloths, based on written documents

• Ensure visual quality of the set

  Inspect and amend the scenery and set-dressing to make sure the visual quality is optimal with in constraints of time, budget and manpower.

• Assemble the rehearsal set

  Put together all prepared scenic elements to prepare the rehearsal set.

• Mark the information from the ground plans on the stage area

  Interpret the designs and other scenic drawings to clearly mark the information from the ground plans to the stage area.

• Work ergonomically

  Apply ergonomy principles in the organisation of the workplace while manually handling equipment and materials.

• Follow safety procedures when working at heights

  Take necessary precautions and follow a set of measures that assess, prevent and tackle risks when working at a high distance from the ground. Prevent endangering people working under these structures and avoid falls from ladders, mobile scaffolding, fixed working bridges, single person lifts etc. since they may cause fatalities or major injuries.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB