Elements and Performance Criteria
- Maintain appearance of special effects items
- Liaise with relevant personnel to confirm appearance of special effects items
- Check special effects items for dirt, stains or marks
- Clean items, taking particular care with delicate or problematic materials
- Apply new paint or other finish as required
- Label, code and store special effects according to enterprise procedures
- Repair special effects items
- Identify faults, rips or breakages in special effects items
- In consultation with relevant personnel, agree on minor repairs to be made in line with individual level of responsibility
- Use appropriate techniques, materials and tools to complete minor repairs to special effects items within agreed timeframes
- Organise repair of items requiring specialist expertise in line with enterprise procedures
- Complete documentation in accordance with enterprise procedures
- Follow up specialist repairs to check special effects items are available on location and functioning correctly in line with production schedules
- Advise relevant personnel of repair-related problems requiring attention in a timely manner
- Make alterations to special effects
- Confirm alterations that need to be made in consultation with production personnel
- Read and interpret instructions and scale drawings relevant to the required alterations
- Complete alterations in line with individual level of responsibility or refer them to other personnel for action
- Comply with health and safety procedures and industry safety guidelines while working on special effects items
- Complete relevant workplace documentation in accordance with enterprise procedures
- Maintain special effects items during productions
- Assist with the safe packing and loading of special effects items for transportation to production locations
- Confirm techniques, materials and tools required to assemble special effects items on location
- Participate in discussions throughout the assembly process to check special effects design requirements are met
- Store partially finished special effects items and equipment during assembly to avoid loss or damage
- Assemble and disassemble special effects items throughout productions in line with production requirements, checking continuity of appearance is maintained
- Disassemble special effects items at the conclusion of productions and safely pack and load them for transportation