Course Information and Booking Dates: Rigging Course sponsored by A.C. Rigging


Rigging Course sponsored by A.C. Rigging

Duration:
2 days

Cost:
£450 (ex VAT)

Venue:
LS-Live Studios

Tutor:
Eric Porter

Available Dates


Course description

Our rigging course is tutored by Eric Porter, experienced independent rigger, trainer, adviser and committee member for the PLASA National Rigging Certificate. Anyone attending the course will benefit from his wealth of experience and industry knowledge.

Freelance lighting technician/designer and rigger Dave Hughes signed up to consolidate his skills and knowledge. He comments:“I was amazed with how much we crammed into two days, and I learnt a lot about the engineering and calculation side of rigging, especially about truss from Marc at Prolyte. It was a great revision of skills and Eric shared many tips on achieving an efficient workflow. The area of fall prevention and arrest was particularly interesting and provoked much discussion. Huge thanks to the Backstage Academy - a really good course and a great new facility!”

What You Will Learn

Regulations, Guidance, Standards, and Working at Height

PPE inspection and Inspection records

Basic Lifting Principles

Rigging hardware - factors of safety, mode of use factors

Truss theory, beams, load distributions, bridles, and angled loads

Practical: - (Rigging hoists from bridles, Floating the hoists, Slinging & flying a truss-box,

Ropework from the flown box

De-rigging & packing away safely)

Bridle choice from Estimation, Measurement & Calculation

Calculation of loads from Vector Analysis (Parallelogram of forces)

Knots – Bowline & Clove-Hitch, and rope finishing

Basket and choke techniques, shackle types

Truss slinging

Hoist operation & Electrical safety

Rescue Planning


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