- CUESTA05C - Apply a general knowledge of staging to work activities
Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
CUESTA05C Mapping and Delivery Guide
Apply a general knowledge of staging to work activities
Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024
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Unit of Competency | CUESTA05C - Apply a general knowledge of staging to work activities |
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| Description | This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide assistance with the installation of staging under direct supervision. No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement. | ||
| Employability Skills | This unit contains employability skills. | ||
| Learning Outcomes and Application | People assisting with staging for live entertainment events and productions apply the skills and knowledge outlined in this unit. At this level their work would be closely supervised. The role includes the need for an understanding of stage geography, staging equipment and staging terminology plus basic stage preparation and set positioning.This unit has linkages to a range of other technical units and combined assessment and/or training with those units is recommended, e.g.:CPCCCM1005A Carry out measurements and calculationsMEM18001C Use hand tools. | ||
| Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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| Prerequisites/co-requisites | |||
| Competency Field | Media and entertainment production - staging | ||
| Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
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| Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
| Element: Prepare stage area |
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| Element: Lay up floor and position set pieces |
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Evidence Required
List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.
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 set-up. |
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 inspection/evaluation 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 on-the-job performance by the candidate. Assessment methods should closely reflect workplace demands and the needs of particular groups (e.g. 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. |
Submission Requirements
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Assessment Tasks
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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, on/offstage, stage right/left, 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 lash/toggle 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, half-hitch, 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 |
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 |
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist
| Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice | Yes | No | Comments/feedback |
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| 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 | |||
| 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 |
Forms
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