IATSE Local 8 Training

Local 8 had 2 Scaffold and Tower climbing classes on 3/10 & 3/11 at The Pine Box Studios. Participants were given classroom instruction on OSHA Scaffold standards, then had 4 hands on sessions including: Erecting and Climbing Scaffolding – (Learning proper techniques for building and climbing scaffolding)
Tower Climbing (Participants will climb a 45-foot tower)
Beam Moving (Learning how to safely move beams while handling truss setups) Headblock Station (Practice pulling chains over headblocks), and a Pinning Station – (Pinning trusses together with both hands free while in the air). We had about 100 people attend. Safety First!

Local 8 hosted 2 Concert Audio classes at The Met on 3/6 and 3/7 on how to mic up bands, and do changeovers for festival style concerts. We had over 40 people attend over 2 days sharpening their skills for live event productions.