prop master/prop mistress

Code 3435.18

Prop masters/mistresses setup, prepare, check and maintain objects used on stage by actors or other small movable objects called props. They cooperate with road crew to unload, set up and prepare the props. During a performance they position props, hand them over or take them back from the actors.

Essential skills

Skills and competences

  • adapt props
  • change over props
  • preset props
  • understand artistic concepts
  • manage stage effects
  • define prop building methods
  • use technical documentation
  • use personal protection equipment
  • build devices into props
  • work safely with chemicals
  • maintain props
  • set up pyrotechnical equipment
  • organise resources for artistic production
  • prepare stage effects
  • prepare personal work environment
  • prevent fire in a performance environment
  • develop prop effects
  • hand props to actors
  • follow safety procedures when working at heights
  • work with respect for own safety
  • work safely with machines
  • work safely with mobile electrical systems under supervision
  • work ergonomically
  • translate artistic concepts to technical designs

Transversal competences

  • adapt to artists' creative demands
  • ensure visual quality of the set
  • safeguard artistic quality of performance

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences