Stagehand jobs in Finland
Stagehands assist stage technicians setting up and preparing equipment for live performance. Their work includes setting up the scenery, lights, sound, props, rigging, and special effects for a production.
Stagehand - Which skills are essential?
Apply ergonomy principles in the organisation of the workplace while manually handling equipment and materials.
Check and safely operate machines and equipment required for your work according to manuals and instructions.
Make use of protection equipment according to training, instruction and manuals. Inspect the equipment and use it consistently.
Take steps to prevent fire in a performance environment. Make sure the space complies with fire safety rules, with sprinklers and fire extinguishers installed where necessary. Make sure staff are aware of fire prevention measures.
Put together all prepared scenic elements to prepare the rehearsal set.
Assemble scenic elements, dance and stage floors and stage cloths, based on written documents
Take the necessary precautions while providing temporary power distribution for performance and art facility purposes under supervision.
Apply the safety rules according to training and instruction and based on a solid understanding of the prevention measures and risks to your own personal health and safety.
Take apart all prepared scenic elements after the rehearsal.
Handle and assemble equipment and scenery material during rehearsal or on stage.
Change-over of scenic elements during performance, and follow the relevant documentation during performance.
Use trusses, metal structures that derive strength from their construction involving triangular shapes, to construct stages for performances.
Take necessary precautions and follow a set of measures that assess, prevent and tackle risks when working at a high distance from the ground. Prevent endangering people working under these structures and avoid falls from ladders, mobile scaffolding, fixed working bridges, single person lifts etc. since they may cause fatalities or major injuries.
Stagehand - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Make sure the pyrotechnic equipment for a performance is set up and ready for operation.
Intervene in the case of a fire in order to extinguish the fire or limit the effects pending the arrival of emergency services according to training and procedures.
The different components of which scaffolding is constructed, their usage cases and limitations. Weight bearing properties of each component and how they are assembled.
Put cameras in place and prepare them for use.
Set up sound, light and video equipment on stage before performance event according to specifications.
Assemble temporary scaffolding structures for construction, maintenance or event-related purposes. Set vertical standards on the base plate of the scaffolding structure. Ensure the scaffolding structure is secured from lateral forces and supported sufficiently. Place wood or metal scaffolding decks into the transoms to stand on and make sure they are aligned. Safely set scaffolding stairs and ladders, which allow enough room for safe and easy manoeuvring.
Safely dismantle a scaffolding structure according to a plan and in the set order.
Set up and test follow spots in different types of locations.
After the scaffolding structure has been completed, inspect it for compliance with safety standards, weight bearing properties, tensile strength, resistance to wind, any other outside influences and ergonomics.
Safely dismantle sound, light and video equipment after a performance event. Make sure the equipment is correctly stored away.