Occupation Atlasprop master/prop mistress
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/bd94312f-05c8-455d-a2f6-5490489ac4a4
prop master/prop mistress
Prop masters/mistresses setup, prepare, check and maintain objects used on stage by actors or other small movable objects called props. They cooperate with road crew to unload, set up and prepare the props. During a performance they position props, hand them over or take them back from the actors.
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Typically associated skills
Essential (27)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adapt props
- adapt to artists' creative demands
- build devices into props
- change over props
- define prop building methods
- develop prop effects
- ensure visual quality of the set
- follow safety procedures when working at heights
- hand props to actors
- maintain props
- manage stage effects
- organise resources for artistic production
- prepare personal work environment
- prepare stage effects
- preset props
- prevent fire in a performance environment
- safeguard artistic quality of performance
- set up pyrotechnical equipment
- translate artistic concepts to technical designs
- understand artistic concepts
- use personal protection equipment
- use technical documentation
- work ergonomically
- work safely with chemicals
- work safely with machines
- work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision
- work with respect for own safety
Optional (34)
- advise client on technical possibilities
- assemble performance equipment
- assemble scenic elements on stage
- assemble the rehearsal set
- consult with stakeholders on implementation of a production
- define prop materials
- design props
- develop professional network
- document your own practice
- draw prop sketches
- draw up artistic production
- instruct on set up of equipment
- keep personal administration
- maintain stage weapons
- manage consumables stock
- manage personal professional development
- mark the stage area
- modify scenic elements during performance
- obtain pyrotechnic permits
- obtain stage weapon permits
- operate pyrotechnical control
- organise stage
- perform first fire intervention
- plan pyrotechnical effects
- plan weapon use on stage
- prepare stage weapons
- purchase props
- purchase stage weapons
- set up equipment in a timely manner
- store performance equipment
- store pyrotechnical materials
- store stage weapons
- train actors in the use of weapons
- work safely with stage weapons
O*NET equivalents
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