For my Theatre Organization and Management Course I'm doing a research
paper on a topic of my choosing. I'm interested in safety, but as it
an Organization and Management course I cannot merely talk about using
the proper hardware. I'm attempting to investigate the interface of
technician and management on the topic of safety.
As of now I'm looking into the following.
-The differences in this relationship of technician and management on
both the 'amateur' high school level and the professional level.
-Response of management to technician requests regarding safety. "We
can't do it with X we need Y." "We can't do it in X time we need Y
time." on both amateur and professional levels.
-Safety hazards caused by ignorance of management. e.g. The middle
school in my district didn't know enough to inspect the rigging
system. Untrained custodians land acoustic 'clouds' to adjust them
leaving a few hundred pounds of counterweight up in the air. At one
point enough slack in a lift line allowed it to hop off the head
block. (This issue has since been identified, letters have been
written, issue dealt with) How widespread are issues like this?
-How management has to respond to an incident. What happens after a
stage collapse. What about an incident at a high school?
So in short, what are you personal experiences with your interface to
management on the topic of safety? Good, bad, split?
I'm still honing my topic so wherever the discussion goes from here
will be interesting.
Thanks everyone.
ps, do we have anyone from J.R. Clancy floating around? I'd like to talk
about your Scary Rigging Photos of the week.
paper on a topic of my choosing. I'm interested in safety, but as it
an Organization and Management course I cannot merely talk about using
the proper hardware. I'm attempting to investigate the interface of
technician and management on the topic of safety.
As of now I'm looking into the following.
-The differences in this relationship of technician and management on
both the 'amateur' high school level and the professional level.
-Response of management to technician requests regarding safety. "We
can't do it with X we need Y." "We can't do it in X time we need Y
time." on both amateur and professional levels.
-Safety hazards caused by ignorance of management. e.g. The middle
school in my district didn't know enough to inspect the rigging
system. Untrained custodians land acoustic 'clouds' to adjust them
leaving a few hundred pounds of counterweight up in the air. At one
point enough slack in a lift line allowed it to hop off the head
block. (This issue has since been identified, letters have been
written, issue dealt with) How widespread are issues like this?
-How management has to respond to an incident. What happens after a
stage collapse. What about an incident at a high school?
So in short, what are you personal experiences with your interface to
management on the topic of safety? Good, bad, split?
I'm still honing my topic so wherever the discussion goes from here
will be interesting.
Thanks everyone.
ps, do we have anyone from J.R. Clancy floating around? I'd like to talk
about your Scary Rigging Photos of the week.