Plan set construction for live productions
URN: CCSTTL5
Business Sectors (Suites): Technical Theatre and Live Productions - Stage, Sound, Lighting & Visuals
Developed by: Creative & Cultural Skills
Approved on:
2018
Overview
This Standard is about preparing detailed, accurate and practical plans of how to meet the design requirements in consultation with other members of the team, working within the practical constraints (for example, time, budget, venue, equipment and expertise available) and meeting creative requirements (for example, look, style, period or feel).
This Standard is for you if you plan set construction for live productions.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
- seek information from reliable sources to identify design requirements and deal with any information that is ambiguous or incomplete
- use information from reliable sources to identify factors that will impact on planning, budgeting, supply, health and safety and final design
- specify the type and purpose of the set components required in approved formats
- prepare realistic estimates of materials, tools and equipment for set manufacture
- specify materials with characteristics which meet design requirements
- record requirements in appropriate formats for productions
- check the details of your requirements with relevant people and make any necessary amendments
- make and justify proposals for set construction and confirm them with decision makers
- schedule the manufacturing of sets so that finished sets are available when required
- obtain sufficient materials and make appropriate supply arrangements
- identify tasks required to manufacture sets and assign them to people with the appropriate skills
- confirm that manufacturing facilities are available, safe and secure
- keep records in approved formats to monitor expenditure and budget use, providing appropriate people with information as required
- use reliable information to recognise and anticipate budget overspend, identifying the reasons for it and agreeing action to deal with it
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
- how to identify requirements from drawings, references and other documents including design briefs and scripts/scores
- the production requirements, constraints and deadlines including financial and resource constraints
- stage terminology and its meaning including upstage, downstage, stage left and stage right
- who is responsible for the creative and technical requirements on the production and the lines of communication
- how to record information so that it can be used and understood by other people
- current regulations, environmental and health and safety considerations including those relating to construction design and management
- methods for identifying style and design requirements from drawings, models and samples
- why it is important to note any specific requirements requested by relevant people and what to do about these
- types of factors that may affect planning, budgeting, supply and health and safety
- how to clarify unclear or incomplete information
- sources of information on manufacturing or painting facilities, including their safety features
- alternatives to realising set designs
- any special or mechanical effects required and how they could be achieved
- how to negotiate requirements
- reports required by decision makers
- how to deal with threats to quality, output and the schedule
- relevant aspects of legal and statutory requirements affecting manufacturing
- how to adjust plans to work within the limitations of different venues
- when it is appropriate to share information with others
- the types of drawings used relevant to your work, how they interrelate and how to extract dimensional or statistical information from them
- the symbols, terminologies and conventions used for electrical, mechanical or electronic drawings and specifications
Scope/range
Scope Performance
Scope Knowledge
Values
Behaviours
Skills
Glossary
Links To Other NOS
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Version Number
2
Indicative Review Date
2021
Validity
Current
Status
Original
Originating Organisation
Creative & Cultural Skills
Original URN
CCSTP49
Relevant Occupations
Artistic and Literary Occupations, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design, Performing Arts
SOC Code
3417
Keywords
technical theatre, live performance, live events, sets, scenary, props, live events; exhibitions