Rigging and lifting

About

Whether you are a grip, lighting technician, or set dresser, among others, you have to perform your tasks in all sorts of environments: for example, setting up a diffusion, hanging a light, securing a branch, or suspending a set element under a balcony, behind a barn, in a studio, etc.

How do you go about it? What equipment should you use? Is the setup safe or not?

You will find answers to these questions in a dynamic setting focused on demonstrations and hands-on practice, using exercises and workshops adapted to the reality of a film set.

This training is for anyone, beginner or advanced, wishing to learn or deepen their understanding of rigging and lifting principles and techniques.

OBJECTIVES

• Acquire techniques and working methods common to all relevant roles.
• Know the basic safety principles of slinging and lifting.
• Know how to choose equipment taking into account their strengths/resistances/limitations.
• Develop an approach based on knowledge rather than improvisation (deconstructing urban legends).
• Learn to recognize the limits of one's experience in order to identify when the maneuvers to be performed require the intervention of a professional rigger.

More specifically, the following techniques will be covered: types of rope and knots, use of pulleys and mechanical advantage systems, carabiners, hooks, shackles, and straps for creating anchors, lifting principles.

PREREQUISITES

• Already be a member of AQTIS 514 IATSE.
• Have taken the initiation to community life course

Training team

Martin Boiteau, SPRATT technician and instructor

Registration

• Write to formations@aqtis514iatse.com with your member or permittee number. Please mention the course that interests you in your email or
• Call 514 844-2113 ext. 3. You can leave a message with the course you’re interested in and we will call you back as soon as possible.

The number of participants allowed in each course is limited. On the day of the course, we will not admit any participants who have not registered in advance.