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: March 9, 2020
LOCATION: Tallahassee, 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.