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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine props requirements
   • Correctly interpret production documentation to determine production props requirements
   • Liaise with relevant 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

Required skills

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

Required knowledge

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

Evidence Required

The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package
Overview of assessment
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit	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
Context of and specific resources for 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
Method of assessment	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
Guidance information for assessment	Assessment of this unit requires access to sourceslocations of props

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Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Production requirements may include:	director's specifications length of the run of the show occupational and health and safety requirements organisation standards performers' requirements production schedule resource constraints venue requirements
Relevant personnel may include:	designers directors set personnel other specialists
Props may include:	costume props equipment furniture hand props special effects props vehicles
Potential sources of props and different options may relate to:	borrowing buying having items specially made hiring making alterations to existing props

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