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Entertainment Rigging – Teamwork – Focus

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Entertainment Rigging

Discussing great performers to work with, unexpected hazards of the job, and the math involved in entertainment rigging.

  • Safety and regulations when setting up.
  • When safety equipment was optional.
  • Close calls when rigging.
  • Overcoming fear through gradual exposure.
  • What a lighting director co-ordinates during the show.
  • Greatest danger during event set up and where the safest spot is.
  • Best job on the set up.
  • How to recharge and what can help with focus.
  • Managing your own focus and composure along with everyone on your team.
  • Strange demands some artists have.
  • Surprise meeting with your childhood hero.
  • The ratio of job proficiency to communication skills.
    • Entertainment Rigging Terms
    Rigging Bridle
    • Steel aircraft cable hung between beams.
    • Used to mount a chain hoist to lift lights, speakers, trusses etc.
    • Adjust length by adding or subtracting links of deck chain.
    • Cable is generally 3/8" or 1/2".
      • 3/8" breaking strength of 14,400lbs.
      • 1/2" breaking strength of 24,000lbs.
        • Deck Chain
        • Chain with 3.75" links.
        • Working load limit between 12,000lbs to 15,000lbs.
          • Class III Harness
          • Has 5 points of contact.
            • Shoulders, waist, and legs.
            • Dorsal d-ring to attach to fall arrest system.
              • Tensile Strength
              • Amount of force material can withstand through stretching or pulling.
                • Breaking Strength
                • Amount of force required to break a material through stretching or pulling.
                  • Working Load Limit
                  • Amount of weight equipment can handle before breaking.
                    • 5 to 1 ratio in this episode.
                    • Can be between 4-10 to 1 ratio.
                      • Mentioned in Episode
                      • Sasktel Centre
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