This training prepares an individual to understand the hazards involved in operating specific equipment. Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training for Mobile Elevated Work Platforms.

• Responsibilities as a user and operator
• Conducting a pre-start inspection
• Conducting a workplace inspection
• Various types of equipment
• Preventing accidents and identifying hazards in operation
• Teaching materials:
  • Safety guidelines booklet

  Course completion wallet card

There are 5 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, 

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

Camera Movement- 

(Intermediate) Qualifications to attend- 1 year working GRIP resume

Class length- 2- 6 hour days

This two day course will cover the broad strokes of camera movement. Attendees will be instructed in the practical use of all the toys that move the camera. This will include tools such as Chapman/Fisher dolly’s, western/doorway dolly’s, cranes/jib arms, Dana dolly’s and camera sliders. Members attending will learn, and be expected to participate in, the building, set up and wrap of each piece of equipment.

Tools- Gloves, speed wrench, crescent wrench

There are 15 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, 

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

This training prepares an individual to understand the hazards involved in operating specific equipment. Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training for Mobile Elevated Work Platforms.

Responsibilities as a user and operator

Conducting a pre-start inspection

Conducting a workplace inspection

Various types of equipment

Preventing accidents and identifying hazards in operation

Teaching materials:

Safety guidelines booklet

Course completion wallet card

There are 5 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, 

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

 Art of the C-Stand

This course is open to all experience levels

This class is designed to teach the proper use of C-stands, Combo stands, Rolling stands and Mombo - Combo stands in the art of cutting and shaping light. Members will also learn the many different types of flags, diffusions and nets/scrims used in a typical lighting set up. The instruction is held in a practical, hands on environment with a focus on using the equipment in a safe and expedient manner.

Tools- NoTools Needed

There are 15 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, 

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

Understanding Overheads

This course is open to all experience levels

This hands on class will focus on the building and application of the grip overhead frames.Members will learn how to build and implement the industry standard 6x6, 8x8,12x12, and 20x20 overheads. Attendees will also receive instruction on the proper knots to use and techniques on how to safely tie down the frames. Discussions will occur throughout the class in reference to the practical application of different overheads (rags) and why DP’s choose to use them.

Tools- Speed-wrench, C-wrench, Gloves

There are 15 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, 

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

Portable Power Distribution  for the Entertainment Industry

Upon Successful completion of this course, participants will be able to recognize and address electrical hazards in the workplace, safely setup and operate power distribution systems, and will have firm foundation for success on the ETCP Portable Power Distribution Technician Exam. 

TOPIC OUTLINE

• Safety Meeting - EAP - Risks of Electricity 

• Electrical Theory

• Basic Circuits

• Alternating Current

• Power Distribution 

• Transformers

• Dimmers

• Overcurrent Protection

• Conductors and Connectors

• Grounding and Bonding 

• Generators

• Measurement and Analysis

• Codes

• Written Practice Test

• Final Review

About the Instructor

Michael Matthews, M.F.A. is ETCP Certified as an Arena Rigger, Theatre Rigger, EntertainmentElectrician, and Portable Power Distribution Technician. Since beginning his career in 2001 Michaelhas served as a Head Rigger, Production Carpenter, Master Electrician, Technical Director, andProduction Supervisor for shows and events in a wide range of venues including Broadwaytheaters, arenas, convention centers, ballrooms and temporary outdoor installations. He currentlyserves as the Head Electrician for the Ziff Ballet Opera House at the Adrienne Arsht Center for thePerforming Arts of Miami-Dade County. Michael is a proud member of IATSE Local 500 where hedoes safety and skills training and serves as the chair of the Workplace Safety Committee.

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, Local 479 Director of Education and Training

This training prepares an individual to understand the hazards involved in operating specific equipment. Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training for Forklifts.

• Responsibilities as a user and operator
• Conducting a pre-start inspection
• Conducting a workplace inspection
• Various types of equipment
• Preventing accidents and identifying hazards in operation
• Teaching materials:
  • Safety guidelines booklet
  • Course completion wallet card

  There are 20 seats available for this class
  
  

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, 

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

Steward Training with Local 479 President, Raymond Brown and Local 479 Business Agent, Michael Akins

Local 479 Members, with TWO Years of membership and in Good Standing who are currently a Steward on a production or who wish to learn about being a Steward on a production are encouraged to attend. 

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to education@iatse479.org. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, 

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

Portable Power Distribution  for the Entertainment Industry

Upon Successful completion of this course, participants will be able to recognize and address electrical hazards in the workplace, safely setup and operate power distribution systems, and will have firm foundation for success on the ETCP Portable Power Distribution Technician Exam. 

TOPIC OUTLINE

• Safety Meeting - EAP - Risks of Electricity 

• Electrical Theory

• Basic Circuits

• Alternating Current

• Power Distribution 

• Transformers

• Dimmers

• Overcurrent Protection

• Conductors and Connectors

• Grounding and Bonding 

• Generators

• Measurement and Analysis

• Codes

• Written Practice Test

• Final Review

About the Instructor

Michael Matthews, M.F.A. is ETCP Certified as an Arena Rigger, Theatre Rigger, EntertainmentElectrician, and Portable Power Distribution Technician. Since beginning his career in 2001 Michaelhas served as a Head Rigger, Production Carpenter, Master Electrician, Technical Director, andProduction Supervisor for shows and events in a wide range of venues including Broadwaytheaters, arenas, convention centers, ballrooms and temporary outdoor installations. He currentlyserves as the Head Electrician for the Ziff Ballet Opera House at the Adrienne Arsht Center for thePerforming Arts of Miami-Dade County. Michael is a proud member of IATSE Local 500 where hedoes safety and skills training and serves as the chair of the Workplace Safety Committee.

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, Local 479 Director of Education and Training

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

This training prepares an individual to understand the hazards involved in operating specific equipment. Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training for Mobile Elevated Work Platforms.

• Responsibilities as a user and operator
• Conducting a pre-start inspection
• Conducting a workplace inspection
• Various types of equipment
• Preventing accidents and identifying hazards in operation
• Teaching materials:
  • Safety guidelines booklet
  • Course completion wallet card

CameraRigging- 

(Advanced) Qualifications to attend- 2 year working GRIP resume

ClassLength- 2- 6 hour days

This course is designed for the seasoned set and rigging grip that wish to learn more about the safe rigging and mounting of cameras. The 12 hour, 2 day course will cover the standard camera rigging equipment such as cheese plates, leveling heads, hood mounts, hostess trays, suction cups and the proper use and application of the mounts. Attendees will have a hands on experience that will include building camera mounts on a vehicle as well as learning the proper use of these tools to place a camera in a grid system.

Tools- Full grip belts required

There are 15 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, 

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

Tailor Workroom Essentials IV-2: Top It OffIntermediate- Building & Altering Tops for Film/TVSeamstress-Tailor-Cutter Day 1

 **Bring**

Your sewing machine & tools for sewing, cutting, altering.
Questions or examples of tops [blouses or shirts] alterations. [IF time permits, we'll share.]

1. Intros
2. Review basics on cutting from a pattern on fabric?
3. Top construction details/options.
4. Some construction details of tailored or mens shirts vs women's blouses.
5. Hands-on constructing a top.
6. Sharing alteration tips on top/blouse/shirt alterations.
7. Questions? Suggestions or feedback form

This training prepares an individual to understand the hazards involved in operating specific equipment. Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training for Mobile Elevated Work Platforms.

• Responsibilities as a user and operator
• Conducting a pre-start inspection
• Conducting a workplace inspection
• Various types of equipment
• Preventing accidents and identifying hazards in operation
• Teaching materials:
  • Safety guidelines booklet

  Course completion wallet card

There are 5 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, 

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

Camera Rigging- 

(Advanced) Qualifications to attend- 2 year working GRIP resume

ClassLength- 2- 6 hour days

This course is designed for the seasoned set and rigging grip that wish to learn more about the safe rigging and mounting of cameras. The 12 hour, 2 day course will cover the standard camera rigging equipment such as cheese plates, leveling heads, hood mounts, hostess trays, suction cups and the proper use and application of the mounts. Attendees will have a hands on experience that will include building camera mounts on a vehicle as well as learning the proper use of these tools to place a camera in a grid system.

Tools- Full grip belts required

There are 15 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, 

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

Tailor Workroom Essentials IV-2: Top It OffIntermediate- Building & Altering Tops for Film/TVSeamstress-Tailor-Cutter Day 2

 **Bring**

Your sewing machine & tools for sewing, cutting, altering.
Questions or examples of tops [blouses or shirts] alterations. [IF time permits, we'll share.]

1. Intros
2. Review basics on cutting from a pattern on fabric?
3. Top construction details/options.
4. Some construction details of tailored or mens shirts vs women's blouses.
5. Hands-on constructing a top.
6. Sharing alteration tips on top/blouse/shirt alterations.
7. Questions? Suggestions or feedback form

This training prepares an individual to understand the hazards involved in operating specific equipment. Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training for Mobile Elevated Work Platforms.

Responsibilities as a user and operator

Conducting a pre-start inspection

Conducting a workplace inspection

Various types of equipment

Preventing accidents and identifying hazards in operation

Teaching materials:

Safety guidelines booklet

Course completion wallet card

There are 5 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, 

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

Camera Movement- 

(Intermediate) Qualifications to attend- 1 year working GRIP resume

Class length- 2- 6 hour days

This two day course will cover the broad strokes of camera movement. Attendees will be instructed in the practical use of all the toys that move the camera. This will include tools such as Chapman/Fisher dolly’s, western/doorway dolly’s, cranes/jib arms, Dana dolly’s and camera sliders. Members attending will learn, and be expected to participate in, the building, set up and wrap of each piece of equipment.

Tools- Gloves, speed wrench, crescent wrench

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, 

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

Camera Movement- 

(Intermediate) Qualifications to attend- 1 year working GRIP resume

Class length- 2- 6 hour days

This two day course will cover the broad strokes of camera movement. Attendees will be instructed in the practical use of all the toys that move the camera. This will include tools such as Chapman/Fisher dolly’s, western/doorway dolly’s, cranes/jib arms, Dana dolly’s and camera sliders. Members attending will learn, and be expected to participate in, the building, set up and wrap of each piece of equipment.

Tools- Gloves, speed wrench, crescent wrench

There are 15 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, 

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

This American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR and AED course was the first in the nation to combine hands-on AED instruction with CPR training. The course teaches the basic techniques of adult, child, and infant CPR and use of an AED.

Students also learn to use barrier devices in CPR and give first aid for choking in the responsive victim. The course teaches how to recognize the signs of three major emergencies: heart attack, stroke, and choking.

MEDIC SETIQUETTE 


This course is open to all Local 479 Medics

This 5-hour class is designed to provide members, who are working as medics, with a broad foundation of knowledge, tips, and techniques to enhance their job performance and ability to be hired. Attendees will review general set etiquette, as well as, specific responsibilities and behavior expected of medics, including a discussion of the unique conditions that on production and off production medics will be expected to know.

The business of the medic will be explored from negotiating with UPMs to scheduling additional safety personnel.

Focus will be given to the variety of paperwork that medics will encounter on a normal basis, including:Call Sheet, One Liners  Injury Reports & Claims, and Workers Comp.

A portion of the class will be spent exploring the typical responsibilities and conventional production practices for on/off-set medics, from billing of invoices to the type of medical aid that can be legally rendered based on your license, Medical Direction and Personal Liability Insurance. 

There are 30 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

In Solidarity,

Kevin Amick,
IATSE Local 479, Education and Training

"The Unseen Ear"-Plant Micing Course with Allen Williams

This class will cover the basics; from choosing when to use plant microphones and methods of planting them to microphone options to match vehicle acoustics. This class will be in lecture form and questions from attendees is encouraged. 

There are 30 seats available for this class

To register for this course, please send an email to [email protected] no later than Friday. March 10th. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

In Solidarity,

Kevin Amick,
IATSE Local 479, Education and Training

This training prepares an individual to understand the hazards involved in operating specific equipment. Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training for FORKLIFTS.

• Responsibilities as a user and operator
• Conducting a pre-start inspection
• Conducting a workplace inspection
• Various types of equipment
• Preventing accidents and identifying hazards in operation
• Teaching materials:
  • Safety guidelines booklet

  Course completion wallet card

There are 5 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, 

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

This training prepares an individual to understand the hazards involved in operating specific equipment. Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training for Mobile Elevated Work Platforms.

• Responsibilities as a user and operator
• Conducting a pre-start inspection
• Conducting a workplace inspection
• Various types of equipment
• Preventing accidents and identifying hazards in operation
• Teaching materials:
  • Safety guidelines booklet

  Course completion wallet card

There are 5 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, 

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

This two-day entry level course will be covering a variety of BASIC things that everyone coming into the Costume Craft need to know prior to being hired for a production. This is a hands on course that will cover an assortment of beginner level skills for the costumer. 

There are 30 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

In Solidarity,

Kevin Amick,
IATSE Local 479, Education and Training

Key Grip, Eddie Evans will be instructing day 1 of a two-day workshop on Introduction to Grip. The following topics will be covered in day one.

The Absolute Basics of Gripping
Equipment....What it's Called
Grip Jargon
The Tool Pouch
The Walkie.....
Paperwork
Set Protocol
Grip Hierarchy

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course.

Thank you,

Kevin Amick,

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

This training prepares an individual to understand the hazards involved in operating specific equipment. Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training for FORKLIFTS.

Responsibilities as a user and operator

Conducting a pre-start inspection

Conducting a workplace inspection

Various types of equipment

Preventing accidents and identifying hazards in operation

Teaching materials:

Safety guidelines booklet

Course completion wallet card

There are 5 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, 

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

This two-day entry level course will be covering a variety of BASIC things that everyone coming into the Costume Craft need to know prior to being hired for a production. This is a hands on course that will cover an assortment of beginner level skills for the costumer. 

There are 30 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

In Solidarity,

Kevin Amick,
IATSE Local 479, Education and Training

This American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR and AED course was the first in the nation to combine hands-on AED instruction with CPR training. The course teaches the basic techniques of adult, child, and infant CPR and use of an AED.

Students also learn to use barrier devices in CPR and give first aid for choking in the responsive victim. The course teaches how to recognize the signs of three major emergencies: heart attack, stroke, and choking.

Key Grip, Eddie Evans will be instructing day 2 of a two-day workshop on Introduction to Grip. The following topics will be covered in day two. 

All things Stands
The uses for Sandbags
Diffusion
Flags/Overheads
Overall Safety

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course.

Thank you,

Kevin Amick,

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

To attend this course, please send an email to [email protected] with the course dates, title and your full legal name. Thank you.

Kevin Amick, Local 479 Director of Education and Training

On Saturday and Sunday, March 18th - 19th, Set Costumer and Local 479 member, Montel Johnson, will be teaching the "The Set Costumer v/s The Truck Costumer" workshop. This is two - day in person workshop with class times rom 9:00AM to 3:30 PM. 

This workshop will cover: 

1- Understanding the different roles and responsibilities 
2- Identifying the departments key players
3- How to Prep and Wrap the Truck
4- Understanding the call sheet, shooting order, character lines, etc.
5- The importance of communication from the Set to the Truck (Lingo)
6- The Truck Kit v/s The Set Kit (kit, tools, costume shop supplies, tricks, tips)
7- Setting up the Principals trailer
8- The importance of Continuity and how to take proper SyncOnSet Photos

In order to attend Local 479 training workshops, you must be in good standing. To reserve a spot for this two - day workshop, please send an email to [email protected]. There will be 30 spots for this course. 

In Solidarity,

Kevin Amick, Director of Education 
IATSE Local 479

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course.

This training prepares an individual to understand the hazards involved in operating specific equipment. Course includes in-classroom and hands-on training for Mobile Elevated Work Platforms.

• Responsibilities as a user and operator
• Conducting a pre-start inspection
• Conducting a workplace inspection
• Various types of equipment
• Preventing accidents and identifying hazards in operation
• Teaching materials:

Safety guidelines booklet
Course completion wallet card

There are 20 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to [email protected]. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

Thank you, 

Kevin Amick, 

Local 479 Director of Education and Training

To attend this course, please send an email to [email protected] with the course dates, title and your full legal name. Thank you.

Kevin Amick, Local 479 Director if Education and Training

On Saturday and Sunday, March 18th - 19th, Set Costumer and Local 479 member, Montel Johnson, will be teaching the "The Set Costumer v/s The Truck Costumer" workshop. This is two - day in person workshop with class times rom 9:00AM to 3:30 PM. 

This workshop will cover: 

1- Understanding the different roles and responsibilities 
2- Identifying the departments key players
3- How to Prep and Wrap the Truck
4- Understanding the call sheet, shooting order, character lines, etc.
5- The importance of communication from the Set to the Truck (Lingo)
6- The Truck Kit v/s The Set Kit (kit, tools, costume shop supplies, tricks, tips)
7- Setting up the Principals trailer
8- The importance of Continuity and how to take proper SyncOnSet Photos

In order to attend Local 479 training workshops, you must be in good standing. To reserve a spot for this two - day workshop, please send an email to [email protected]. There will be 30 spots for this course. 

In Solidarity,

Kevin Amick, Director of Education 
IATSE Local 479