Training consulting for Event production houses: warehouse sessions for rigging, AV and loading crews
The best training room for a production house is its warehouse. Short sessions run by seniors, with equipment in hand, build skill and safe habits faster than a lecture.
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Crew learn by doing a job beside a senior. That works until a busy season, when no one has time to teach. Day-rate helpers pick up bad habits from whoever they work with last, and safety lessons are repeated only after something goes wrong. Seniors are good at the work but have no training in how to teach it.
A simple training plan fixes most of this. A monthly warehouse session on one topic, such as truss assembly, cable handling or a sound check, run by a senior with a one page guide. A short train-the-trainer session for the seniors. A record of who attended and which tasks they have been signed off on, linked to your grades.
How to set it up
1. List five topics that matter most
Choose from safety at height, truss assembly, cable handling, sound check and load-out packing, based on past near misses.
2. Prepare a one page guide for each
Steps, common errors and a safety note with a photo from your own warehouse. Keep it simple.
3. Train the seniors to teach
A short session on demonstrating, watching and giving feedback on the spot. Pair with a junior for practice.
4. Run a monthly warehouse session
Forty-five minutes with equipment, on a quiet day. Include day-rate helpers who work regularly for you.
5. Record attendance and sign-offs
Add to the skill sheet, and use it when choosing who works the next large job. See training consulting.
Check these first
Before changing anything, find out what is true today. These take an afternoon and use your own records.
- Count the training sessions held in the last six months.
- Ask a helper who taught them truss assembly and how long it took.
- See whether the safety lessons from your last near miss were taught.
- Check how many day-rate helpers have attended any session.
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Questions owners ask
Forty-five minutes to an hour is enough for one topic with practice. Longer sessions tire the crew. Hold them on quiet days and pay for the time.
Regular helpers often are worth it, since you depend on them. Offer short sessions and a clear benefit, such as priority calls, and ask a professional about how to treat such time.
Teaching can be learned. A short train-the-trainer session and a one page guide help. Start with willing seniors and let others observe before taking a turn.