Crew a theatre bump in

What is going on

The Night Music season for Northbank Chamber Orchestra bumps into the black box theatre at 8 am on Monday 14 September with six crew. The production risk assessment is signed and the Stage and Lighting Technician is leading the overhead rig. Chain hoist 3 is tagged out after a worn hook latch was found and the Equipment Test and Tag Register shows nine items overdue for testing. Your tasks are the floor package, running temporary power for the stage monitors and assisting with focus. Opening night is Wednesday and a full evacuation drill will run during Tuesday's technical rehearsal.

Your brief

Take part in the bump in under the Bump In and Bump Out Procedure: attend the toolbox talk, complete your allocated floor, power and focus tasks safely in the correct sequence, check every item of equipment you use for a current test tag, and report anything unsafe on the day.

Work through it

You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.

• Read the Bump In and Bump Out Procedure and the signed production risk assessment and write down three questions to raise at the toolbox talk.
• Attend or simulate the toolbox talk, sign the attendance record and confirm exclusion zones and the order of overhead and floor work.
• Assemble the floor package to the stage plan after overhead rigging is complete and the area is cleared, using correct manual handling for rostra and decking.
• Run temporary power to the stage monitor positions through residual current protection, with cables flown, matted or taped, and check every lead and fixture for a current test tag.
• Assist with the focus session, operating the lighting console at the technician's direction and recording the focus notes.
• Identify at least one untagged or damaged item planted in the kit, tag it out and report it on the Incident and Hazard Report Form.
• Write a short end-of-day report covering tasks completed, outstanding items for tomorrow and any safety concerns for the Production Manager.

What someone in this role would produce

• Toolbox talk questions and signed attendance
• Completed floor and power tasks checked against the plan
• Incident and Hazard Report Form for the tagged-out item
• End-of-day report