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Moving scenery over occupied spaces demands uncompromising standards. Learn load assessment, attachment hardware requirements, redundancy principles, and exclusion zone protocols for scenic rigging.
Performer flying is among the highest-consequence operations in theater. Learn the ANSI E1.43-2025 requirements, why specialists are mandatory, harness standards, and emergency procedures.
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Electrical knowledge is inseparable from electrical safety in theater. Learn the NEC Article 520 requirements, NFPA 70E electrical safety standards, grounding fundamentals, and lockout/tagout procedures.
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Theatrical lighting involves high voltage, extreme heat, overhead loads, and in some productions, Class 3B and 4 lasers. Learn the NEC Article 520 requirements, safety cable rules, and laser safety standards.
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Audio and visual systems in theater involve heavy overhead loads, high-power amplifiers, and occupational noise hazards. Learn the rigging requirements, OSHA noise standards, and hearing protection protocols.
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Every overhead item in a theater must have redundancy so that no single failure results in a falling load. Learn the safety cable requirements, hardware inspection criteria, and truss safety standards.
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Theater has a tragic fire history. Technicians are the first line of fire defense. Learn the fire curtain requirements, NFPA 13 sprinkler standards, extinguisher protocols, and emergency lighting testing procedures.
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The ADA is civil rights law, not a building code preference. Learn the accessible route requirements, wheelchair seating standards, assistive listening system requirements, and evacuation protocols for persons with disabilities.
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Health hazard identification is an active professional skill, not a passive reaction to injury. Learn the chemical, ergonomic, impairment, equipment, air quality, and fall hazard recognition skills every technician needs.
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The theater stage contains a high density of edges, drops, and level changes, many in low light. Learn glow tape standards, trap management, pit safety, OSHA guardrail requirements, and the pre-show safety walk.
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