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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine props requirements
   • Correctly interpret production documentation to determine production props requirements
   • Liaise with appropriate personnel to discuss the artistic requirements for props where required
   • Confirm the budget and timeframes that affect the acquisition of props with appropriate personnel
2. Source and obtain props
   • Undertake research on the style and nature of props required to establish a clear picture of precise requirements
   • Correctly identify potential sources of props, including investigation of various options to achieve the optimum result
   • Locate props that meet design specifications, time and budgetary constraints
   • Complete procedures for the acquisition of props in accordance with organisational requirements
   • Document acquisition details accurately
3. Prepare and maintain props during production
   • Prepare and check props prior to the performance to ensure that all required items are available and/or in working order, including adequate consumable supplies
   • Secure and store props in accordance with organisational procedures before, during and after the production
   • Identify the need for and organise appropriate prop replacements or repairs to meet production requirements
   • Where appropriate, dispose of props in accordance with environmental and safety requirements
   • Maintain accurate documentation in relation to the status of props, including appropriate cataloguing

Required Skills

Not applicable

Evidence Required

Underpinning skills and knowledge

Assessment must include evidence of the following knowledge and skills

the wide and varying scope of props including broad categories of props and the role of oneoff specialist items

typical sources of information on props

sources of different types of props including both period and contemporary items

research skills in relation to the ability to research options for props acquisition

literacy skills sufficient to interpret production documentation and other information from a wide range of sources

numeracy skills sufficient to work with props costings

Linkages to other units

This unit has linkages to a range of other props units and combined assessment andor training with those units may be appropriate

Critical aspects of evidence

The following evidence is critical to the judgement of competence in this unit

knowledge of different props acquisition sources and options

ability to use research techniques to source props which meet production requirements

Method and context of assessment

The assessment context must provide for

practical demonstration of skills through the sourcing of props to meet the needs of a particular production

sourcing of props within realistic workplace timeframes

Assessment may incorporate a range of methods to assess performance and the application of essential underpinning knowledge and might include

evaluation of props sourced by the candidate for a given production

case studies to assess ability to source props for different styles of production

oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of the scope of props possibilities and sources of props

review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of onthejob performance by the candidate

Assessment methods should closely reflect workplace demands and the needs of particular groups eg people with disabilities and people who may have literacy or numeracy difficulties such as speakers of languages other than English remote communities and those with interrupted schooling

Resource requirements

Assessment of this unit requires access to

sourceslocations of props

Key competencies in this unit

Key competencies are built into all workplace competencies The table below describes those applicable to this unit Trainers and assessors should ensure that they are addressed in training and assessment

Level Perform

Level Administer and Manage

Level Design and Evaluate

Collecting organising and analysing information

Researching and reviewing prop catalogues

Communicating ideas and information

Preparing props documentation

Planning and organising activities

Organising the props acquisition process

Working with others and in teams

Liaising with production personnel

Using mathematical ideas and techniques

Recording costs

Solving problems

Sourcing an unusual props item

Using technology

Using the Internet for research

Underpinning skills and knowledge

Assessment must include evidence of the following knowledge and skills

the wide and varying scope of props including broad categories of props and the role of oneoff specialist items

typical sources of information on props

sources of different types of props including both period and contemporary items

research skills in relation to the ability to research options for props acquisition

literacy skills sufficient to interpret production documentation and other information from a wide range of sources

numeracy skills sufficient to work with props costings

Linkages to other units

This unit has linkages to a range of other props units and combined assessment andor training with those units may be appropriate

Critical aspects of evidence

The following evidence is critical to the judgement of competence in this unit

knowledge of different props acquisition sources and options

ability to use research techniques to source props which meet production requirements

Method and context of assessment

The assessment context must provide for

practical demonstration of skills through the sourcing of props to meet the needs of a particular production

sourcing of props within realistic workplace timeframes

Assessment may incorporate a range of methods to assess performance and the application of essential underpinning knowledge and might include

evaluation of props sourced by the candidate for a given production

case studies to assess ability to source props for different styles of production

oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of the scope of props possibilities and sources of props

review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of onthejob performance by the candidate

Assessment methods should closely reflect workplace demands and the needs of particular groups eg people with disabilities and people who may have literacy or numeracy difficulties such as speakers of languages other than English remote communities and those with interrupted schooling

Resource requirements

Assessment of this unit requires access to

sourceslocations of props

Key competencies in this unit

Key competencies are built into all workplace competencies The table below describes those applicable to this unit Trainers and assessors should ensure that they are addressed in training and assessment

Level Perform

Level Administer and Manage

Level Design and Evaluate

Collecting organising and analysing information

Researching and reviewing prop catalogues

Communicating ideas and information

Preparing props documentation

Planning and organising activities

Organising the props acquisition process

Working with others and in teams

Liaising with production personnel

Using mathematical ideas and techniques

Recording costs

Solving problems

Sourcing an unusual props item

Using technology

Using the Internet for research

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Range Statement

The following explanations identify how this unit may be applied in different workplaces, sectors and circumstances.

Props may include:

hand props

furniture

vehicles

equipment

costume props

special effects props.

Appropriate personnel may include:

directors

designers

set personnel

other specialists.

Potential sources of props and different options may relate to:

buying

borrowing

hiring

making alterations to existing props

having items specially made.

Production requirements may include:

director's specifications

venue requirements

organisation standards

resource constraints

Occupational and Health and Safety requirements

performers' requirements

length of the run of the show

production schedule.

The following explanations identify how this unit may be applied in different workplaces, sectors and circumstances.

Props may include:

hand props

furniture

vehicles

equipment

costume props

special effects props.

Appropriate personnel may include:

directors

designers

set personnel

other specialists.

Potential sources of props and different options may relate to:

buying

borrowing

hiring

making alterations to existing props

having items specially made.

Production requirements may include:

director's specifications

venue requirements

organisation standards

resource constraints

Occupational and Health and Safety requirements

performers' requirements

length of the run of the show

production schedule.

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