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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare stage area
   • Refer to stage plan and consult with supervisor to obtain details of work requirements
   • Identify the need for general clearing and cleaning of stage area and take appropriate action
   • Mark out stage accurately in accordance with stage plan and directions from supervisor
   • Liaise with other production personnel to ensure timing of staging installation is appropriate in relation to other production requirements
2. Lay up floor and position set pieces
   • Lay up floor in accordance with stage plan and directions from supervisor
   • Move and assemble set pieces in accordance with stage plan and directions from supervisor
   • Follow appropriate safety procedures when laying floor and positioning set pieces
   • Identify any adjustments required in consultation with supervisor and other personnel and take appropriate action
   • Clean up and clean surrounding areas to ensure safe work space for all personnel

Required Skills

Required skills

literacy skills sufficient to interpret a stage plan numeracy skills sufficient to take basic stage and staging measurements

Required knowledge

role of staging personnel within the overall production and interrelationship with other production personnel stage geography and terminology including upstage downstage onoffstage stage rightleft scenery dock PS OP cameral left camera right for film and TV different types of common stage machinery and equipment and the main safety issues associated with their use basic set assembly including the correct way to run and float a flat to lashtoggle and pinhinge flats together and to use tech screws and bolts for assembling set pieces methods of tying cloths drapes tabs etc to a barrel including legs borders scrims gauzes cycloramas a variety of knots including bowline clove hitch halfhitch reef knot rolling hitch truckies hitch overhand knot figure of eight knot single and double whippings and rope seizing occupational health and safety requirements and their application to stage mechanics including the handling of hazardous substances

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 the roles and functions of staging departments and staging personnel knowledge of entertainment industry terminology in relation to staging ability to follow instructions and safety procedures
Context of and specific resources for assessment	The assessment context must ensure demonstration of skills through the installation of staging that includes as a minimum the installation of flooring and basic set pieces involvement of and interaction with a team with whom the candidate can work and which is able to provide the overall direction for staging setup
Method of assessment	Assessment may incorporate a range of methods to assess performance and the application of essential underpinning knowledge and might include direct observation of the candidate using appropriate and safe techniques to install staging inspectionevaluation of staging elements positioned by the candidate oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of staging terminology features and uses of different types of equipment and stage geography 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 staging machinery equipment and tools venue at which a production is being staged

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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.
Other production personnel may include:	designers directors production managers stage managers technical specialists venue management
Floor may be laid up using:	carpet dance floors, e.g. tarkett floor cloths/cladding masonite vinyl
Set pieces may include:	framed scenery, e.g.: flats, profiles, doors, windows furniture and other set props non-weight bearing scenery, eg: columns, trees revolves soft scenery, e.g.: canvas legs, borders, cloths, gauzes, cycloramas trucks weight bearing scenery, e.g.: rostra, ramps, steps

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