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Event Associate Rigger, Audio Visual - Gaylord Opryland
- Workplace
- On-site
- Commitment
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Junior
- Salary
- $20-27/hr
- Posted
Location
Nashville, United States
The Associate Rigger performs rigging activities in a hospitality or convention center environment, upholding safety and quality standards in line with trade, property and company guidelines and SOPs. The role reports to the Rigging Manager and involves gathering and organizing rigging tools and equipment, providing ground rigging support to teams building points from lifts, and establishing hang-points, hoists and attachments. The rigger also runs and dresses motor cables, performs cable picks, and conducts final safety checks on all hardware and scenic elements. Ongoing visual inspection of truss, motors, lighting, sound, projection and personnel lifts is part of the daily work, with any hardware issues escalated to a supervisor.
Responsibilities
- Gather and organize all rigging tools and equipment per event needs.
- Provide ground rigging support to teams building points from lifts by staging motors and equipment under rig points, handing up motor chain, tools and equipment and spotting lift movements.
- Establish hang-point, connect hoist and attachments to permanent rigging points, connect GAC Flex spanset attachments to truss, connect/run and dress motor cables, run cable picks, ensure safety of scenic elements to hang-points and proper use of all truss protection equipment, inspect all cabling tie-offs.
- Final safety checks.
- Verify all elements are securely fastened and checked for safety.
- Follow all manufacturer’s recommendations and local conditions when using personnel lifts.
- Learn and implement Encore Rigging and Safety SOP’s.
- Provide ongoing visual inspection of all hardware in use including truss, motors, lighting, sound, projection, and personnel lifts.
- Escalate any problems with hardware to supervisor.
Requirements
- 0-1 years of exposure to rigging and technical production
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Successful completion of Rigging 300 (1-day in person class)
- Lift Certification
- Ability to work comfortably at heights exceeding 15ft.