StarNewsOnline.com: "Kent Jorgensen, I.A.T.S.E. Local 80 safety coordinator, held up a metal cable made of three woven strands. He separated the strands, bent them into an oval and rewove them into a seamless loop.
To the men and women sitting in the class, though, this “trick” was everyday work. And a back-and-forth discussion about the loop’s strength and its safety began."
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I think this is great. While the big programs like ETCP are a good step in the right direction, its going to take a while for them to get fully wrapped up in the fold. Their sessions are, from what I can tell, too far and in between for a large amount of people to attend, and only really specializes in theater and rock 'n roll or "entertainment". The fact that film specific locals are continuing this kind of education on their own is promising. Continued education on the smaller scale, with already established institutions might be the key here.
This is a great thing that they did -- refreshing people in the industry on safety procedures. I know that when I graduate from CMU I will have a great base knowledge, but I won’t know everything. I am sure that as I am in the industry for longer and longer that things that I think are right will change and become not so right. This type of workshop would be great. It would allow people to remember what is actually right--not just what they think is right. I hope that they continue to do this type of workshop in the future. This is definitely a step in the right direction for the Union to go.
I think that this is a good start, and I hope that more programs like this will come from this. The idea of refresher courses is something that I think should exist in all jobs, not just ones that can cause real injury if done wrong. I agree with Jeremy in that it would be nice to see established institutions pick up this kind of education since many community colleges already handle things like EMT training and in some cases Drivers ED.
This is a great program to have going. To see all these people doing these refresher type courses and keeping up with what's going on in rigging is good to see. These workshops are key for keeping people informed about what they should and shouldn't be doing in a rigging environment, and the only problem seems to be getting more classes organized so that more people who want to be involved can be involved. I have to agree with Jeremy and Charlie that possibly putting classes on rigging into a community college environment would be a great idea for continuing education in the field so that more people can become involved.
I too think its really great that this refresher course was offered and that riggers from film/television, theater, and rock and roll were all there. I also, thinks it good that not only were people there from different disciplines within rigging, but that its also useful for people from different parts of the country to get together and make sure that ,even though they use different terms colloquially, they can all communicate with one another. This course sounds like it was fun. I think that ,once in the field, a course like this every so often would greatly improve the safety of rigs all across the industry. Also, courses like this ensure that the attitude towards safety will remain one where safety is at the forefront of every plan and doesn't get pushed by the wayside.
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