Elements and Performance Criteria
- Design make-up
- In consultation with relevant personnel and with reference to production documentation, confirm make-up requirements for performers and/or talent
- Generate a range of ideas for make-up designs that provide creative solutions to production requirements
- Identify factors that may have an impact on make-up designs for productions, including special requirements for performers/talent
- Prepare costings for make-upproducts and equipment and seek approval for expenditure as required
- Prepare make-upplans after reaching agreement about make-up designs with relevant personnel
- Ensure make-up products and equipment are available according to production schedules
- Prepare to apply make-up
- Lay out work area to ensure quick and efficient application of make-up
- Use and care for make-up products and equipment according to manufacturer recommendations
- Dress performer/talent with required protective covering to protect hair and clothes
- Use suitable cleansing product to cleanse performer's face
- Implement health and hygiene requirements during preparation of make-up and cleansing procedure
- Apply and maintain make-up
- Ensure performer's comfort is maintained during make-up application and they are protected from hazards
- Apply products in sequence with appropriate applicators according to the make-up plan and health and hygiene requirements
- While applying make-up, explain procedures and products to performers/talent as required
- Check that the final effect meets production requirements
- Identify and implement health and hygiene requirements during preparation, application and maintenance of make-up
- Make required adjustments quickly and accurately at appropriate times during productions
- Remove make-up
- Explain make-up removal procedures to performers/talent
- Remove make-up using appropriate cleansing products
- Ensure that performers' comfort is maintained during make-up removal and that they are protected from hazards
- Wash, disinfect or discard make-upequipment, as appropriate
- Clean and leave work areas in the original or an improved condition