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Basic Rigging in Jacksonville, FL | Local 115

  • Jacksonville Arena Jacksonville, FL (map)

This training course will show new riggers all of the basics needed to safely pull points for a show. Instruction will include knots, rope maintenance while in the air, and working safely in the air. Additional time will be spent on the ground building points and deciphering the world of rigging points. At the end of the course students should feel comfortable working at heights or on the ground as a rigger on a call for the IATSE.

  • Formulating a rigging plot

  • Layout and marking rigging points on the ground

  • Building points

  • Understanding floor markings

  • Build/Hang dead hang

  • Build/Hang 2 leg bridle

  • Work with 2 leg Diagonal bridle

  • Work with 2 leg High, Low bridle

  • Breast a bridle

  • Adjusting bridle leg lengths up on the steel

DATE: February 25, 2020

LOCATION: Jacksonville, FL

INSTRUCTOR: Steve Bloomberg & Nathan Ekenrode

This course is made possible through the IATSE TTF Course Reimbursement Program. If you are interested in this training, contact Local 115 for more information.