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Master Carpenter
Cal Performances
Berkeley, CA
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Cal Performances is recruiting for the career position of Master Carpenter.
The Master Carpenter is a key member of the stage leadership team which also includes the Master Electrician and the Audio Department Head. The Master Carpenter is responsible for the successful implementation of all technical related elements for events under the purview of Cal Performances (primarily in Zellerbach Hall, but also in other venues used by Cal Performances: Zellerbach Playhouse, Wheeler Auditorium, Hertz Hall, the Greek Theatre and other off-campus venues). Duties include, but are not limited to: carpentry, rigging, stage management, vendor coordination, equipment and/or facilities maintenance, department liaison, and stage crew supervision, training and development.
The Master Carpenter reports to the Administrative Manager (Production) and has a high degree of independent and immediate decision making authority as it pertains to the on-site coordination of technical elements and stage labor. The scope of work includes advance work, performance days and post-event summaries and/or reports.
Required Qualifications
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in technical theater and production, primarily in the areas of theatrical carpentry and counterweight systems, with general experience in rigging.
• Experience in technical theater or stage production including knowledge of protocol, chain-of-command and stage equipment and practices.
• Experience working with and leading a stage crew with a variety of experience levels, including union members, touring crews and part-time staff, in the completion of their daily tasks. Experience with training, scheduling, supervising and employee performance management.
• Experience acting as Master Carpenter, fly person and/or rigger for live performances and events (both rehearsed and unrehearsed) in a roadhouse situation.
• Knowledge of and working experience with sprung-floor constructed stage decks, soft goods, counterweight systems, fire curtains, truss, theatrical motorized systems, chain hoists and motors, fall protection systems, symphony concert shells, and theatrical staging equipment such as portable risers and dance floors.
• Experience with framed, counterweighted, and motorized fire curtains.
• Experience reading and interpreting artist riders and stage drawings, including line set schedules, light plots, blueprints, sketches, schematics, ground plans and sections. Knowledge of and experience with AutoCad, Vectorworks, Lightwright and standard MS Office software.
• General knowledge of stage lighting and audio systems.
• General knowledge of portable projection screens for both front and rear projection.
• Strong experience with personnel lifts.
• Strong experience operating power tools, hand tools, and pneumatic equipment within safety guidelines.
• Knowledge of and skills with electricity to safely load circuits, identify overloads and short circuits, and diagnose and repair defective equipment.
• Knowledge of and skills to safely set up temporary 3-phase power distribution.
• Knowledge of current state and federal OSHA standards applicable to professional theatre environments.
• ETCP Rigger - Theatre certification or willingness to pursue.
• Able to coordinate across technical areas to ensure timely realization of event.
• Positive, approachable attitude; open mindedness and objectivity; and willingness to collaborate.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to successfully interact with a diverse constituency and ability to work with people with varied skill levels.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to independently follow through to successful completion of projects in a timely manner.
• Able to quickly and easily adapt to changing situations and priorities in a calm and professional manner. Flexibility to address emerging critical situations.
• Able to work under pressure of deadlines in a fast paced environment under performance conditions which require a near 0% failure rate.
• Able to work long hours, overtime, nights, weekends and holidays.
• Able to move items weighing up to 75 lbs.
• Able to work at heights, around moving machinery, and with exposure to noise, vibration, dust, and drafts.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience working as a stage professional on tour with various theatrical or touring productions, working in numerous theaters or venues with local stage crews.
• Active ETCP Rigger - Theater Certification as offered by ESTA.
• Active certification as a Fall Protection Competent Person.
• Appreciation for wide variety of performing arts including; dance, music and theatre.
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Cal Performances is recruiting for the career position of Master Carpenter.
The Master Carpenter is a key member of the stage leadership team which also includes the Master Electrician and the Audio Department Head. The Master Carpenter is responsible for the successful implementation of all technical related elements for events under the purview of Cal Performances (primarily in Zellerbach Hall, but also in other venues used by Cal Performances: Zellerbach Playhouse, Wheeler Auditorium, Hertz Hall, the Greek Theatre and other off-campus venues). Duties include, but are not limited to: carpentry, rigging, stage management, vendor coordination, equipment and/or facilities maintenance, department liaison, and stage crew supervision, training and development.
The Master Carpenter reports to the Administrative Manager (Production) and has a high degree of independent and immediate decision making authority as it pertains to the on-site coordination of technical elements and stage labor. The scope of work includes advance work, performance days and post-event summaries and/or reports.
Required Qualifications
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in technical theater and production, primarily in the areas of theatrical carpentry and counterweight systems, with general experience in rigging.
• Experience in technical theater or stage production including knowledge of protocol, chain-of-command and stage equipment and practices.
• Experience working with and leading a stage crew with a variety of experience levels, including union members, touring crews and part-time staff, in the completion of their daily tasks. Experience with training, scheduling, supervising and employee performance management.
• Experience acting as Master Carpenter, fly person and/or rigger for live performances and events (both rehearsed and unrehearsed) in a roadhouse situation.
• Knowledge of and working experience with sprung-floor constructed stage decks, soft goods, counterweight systems, fire curtains, truss, theatrical motorized systems, chain hoists and motors, fall protection systems, symphony concert shells, and theatrical staging equipment such as portable risers and dance floors.
• Experience with framed, counterweighted, and motorized fire curtains.
• Experience reading and interpreting artist riders and stage drawings, including line set schedules, light plots, blueprints, sketches, schematics, ground plans and sections. Knowledge of and experience with AutoCad, Vectorworks, Lightwright and standard MS Office software.
• General knowledge of stage lighting and audio systems.
• General knowledge of portable projection screens for both front and rear projection.
• Strong experience with personnel lifts.
• Strong experience operating power tools, hand tools, and pneumatic equipment within safety guidelines.
• Knowledge of and skills with electricity to safely load circuits, identify overloads and short circuits, and diagnose and repair defective equipment.
• Knowledge of and skills to safely set up temporary 3-phase power distribution.
• Knowledge of current state and federal OSHA standards applicable to professional theatre environments.
• ETCP Rigger - Theatre certification or willingness to pursue.
• Able to coordinate across technical areas to ensure timely realization of event.
• Positive, approachable attitude; open mindedness and objectivity; and willingness to collaborate.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to successfully interact with a diverse constituency and ability to work with people with varied skill levels.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to independently follow through to successful completion of projects in a timely manner.
• Able to quickly and easily adapt to changing situations and priorities in a calm and professional manner. Flexibility to address emerging critical situations.
• Able to work under pressure of deadlines in a fast paced environment under performance conditions which require a near 0% failure rate.
• Able to work long hours, overtime, nights, weekends and holidays.
• Able to move items weighing up to 75 lbs.
• Able to work at heights, around moving machinery, and with exposure to noise, vibration, dust, and drafts.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience working as a stage professional on tour with various theatrical or touring productions, working in numerous theaters or venues with local stage crews.
• Active ETCP Rigger - Theater Certification as offered by ESTA.
• Active certification as a Fall Protection Competent Person.
• Appreciation for wide variety of performing arts including; dance, music and theatre.
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