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Can anyone guide me in gaining certification in theatre and lighting rigging for amateur type productions in the Perth metro area - I am not looking at full time training as this is for a hobby situation not career.

Thanks in advance.

Certification for lighting in WA can only be done through WAAPA as you need to be a registered training authority with the paperwork done.
You can get Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and certification over East easy, have a look at the ALIA website for posts www.alia.com.au
Rigging has to be done as a crane dogger and is available through several training colleges, one tied in to the ACTU and is expensive.

Don

Dear Ashbee.
Rigging is a federal assessment, You cannot "rig" unless you have the qualifications, nor should you be put into such a situation by any employer.
Some lighting courses do touch on rigging, but it does not gain any sort of qualification to be able to rig.
If you are wanting to do rigging, you must first obtain your dogging, then basic, and then intermediate rigging.
As much as most rigging courses throughout australia are construction based, there is a reason for this, apparently the entertainment industry only make up 5% of the building industry and therefore they cannot regulate us as our own industry.
As much as I say this Showtech do run the federal courses, yes you still need to work with a crane fo some of the modules, but the rest is related to our industry, yes we use hoists, yes we use truss.
if you need further information please go to www.showtechaustralia.com.au

i have a large rig.

that is all.