479 NEWS

Education Calendar (List)

March 21, 2023
  • MEWP @ Sunbelt Rentals Kennesaw

    March 21, 2023 @ 7:30 am - 2:00 pm
    2390 Cobb Pkwy NW, Kennesaw, GA 30152, USA

    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

    See more details

  • Introduction to the Electric Department with Stewart Ebneter Day 1

    March 21, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
    IATSE local 479, 4220 International Pkwy Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30354, USA

    INTRO TO ELECTRIC DEPT—bring your gloves

    We will cover all aspects of the job of lamp operator, including productions from the largest to the smallest.

    Day 1

    History

    Overview of functions and integration of grip, elec, cam departments

    Inventory and care of equipment, call sheets and timecards

    Tools and personal kit

    The truck

    Walkies

    Rigging

    Power distribution 

    Generators

    Safety

    Day 2

    Stands

    Tungsten

    HMI

    LED

    Gels, soft goods,  all other expendables 

    Knots, ropes

    More Safety


    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

    See more details

March 22, 2023
  • MEWP @ Sunbelt Rentals Empire Blvd. Atlanta

    March 22, 2023 @ 7:30 am - 2:00 pm
    3430 Empire Blvd SW, Atlanta, GA 30354, USA

    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

    See more details

  • Introduction to the Electric Department with Stewart Ebneter Day 2

    March 22, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
    IATSE local 479, 4220 International Pkwy Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30354, USA

    INTRO TO ELECTRIC DEPT—bring your gloves

    We will cover all aspects of the job of lamp operator, including productions from the largest to the smallest.

    Day 1

    History

    Overview of functions and integration of grip, elec, cam departments

    Inventory and care of equipment, call sheets and timecards

    Tools and personal kit

    The truck

    Walkies

    Rigging

    Power distribution 

    Generators

    Safety

    Day 2

    Stands

    Tungsten

    HMI

    LED

    Gels, soft goods,  all other expendables 

    Knots, ropes

    More Safety


    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

    See more details

March 23, 2023
  • MEWP TRAINING @ SUNBELT RENTALS DULUTH

    March 23, 2023 @ 7:30 am - 2:30 pm
    3885 Buford Hwy Duluth, GA 30096-4133

    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

    See more details

March 25, 2023
  • Food Styling Course with Elizabeth Grove Day 1

    March 25, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
    IATSE local 479, 4220 International Pkwy Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30354, USA

    Instructor: Elizabeth Groves

    Food Stylist and Food Historian covering 20 years of experience

    Food Styling Course

    This course will provide an overview of a 20-year career of a Food Stylist/Food Historian. Participants will be introduced to the tools of the trade and real experiences in your endeavor to becoming a Food Stylist.

    The attendee will receive technical and practical knowledge for workingas a Food Stylist in TV and film. There will be a focus on in-depthexplanations of proper food handling, time management of a Food Stylist,Organizing, understanding food life and death, understanding dietaryrestrictions, introduction to equipment, when is artificial the better choiceand hands on demonstrations and why learning photographyfor yourself will only make you better and is much needed.

    Even though Food Styling, Production catering and Craft service serve food. They are separate crafts and serve different purposes on set. This course will explain the differences. It will also show why a Food Styling skill applied on set is safer in many ways and why.

    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

    See more details

  • Heartsaver CPR with Sarah Mullis

    March 25, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
    IATSE local 479, 4220 International Pkwy Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30354, USA

    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.

    See more details

  • Vectorworks 103 & 104 Advanced with Chris Cotone Day 1

    March 25, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
    IATSE local 479, 4220 International Pkwy Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30354, USA

    Spotlight Drafting is a two-session course, that teaches motion picture professionals how to use Vectorworks Spotlight to create Light Plots for film and television

    Vectorworks 103 High Intermediate Concepts
    This class makes the jump to drafting completely in 3D. We re-create a set from the Major Motion Picture Dr. Sleep where we recreate the exact materials that are necessary to be presented at the highest level of film and television production.

    Vectorworks 104 Advanced Concepts
    This class focuses on 3D modeling and complex Rendering. We craft a 3D lighting device and use this exercise to familiarize the students with the tools and processes to create full and complete 3D models and renderings.

    Suggested Prerequisite: Completion of the 101/102 module or commensurate drafting experience.

    What is this course about?
    Vectorworks Spotlight training Class (2 Day Class) teaches students to use the CAD (Computer Assisted Drafting) program Vectorworks Spotlight to make light plots and 3D Renderings of sets and lighting instruments & environments.

    What will course participants learn in this course?
    Students will learn skills including 3D Drafting, 3D modeling and rendering, and creating draft plots of complex lighting systems and professional level output and reports. Students will also learn complex symbol creation, how to create reports and how to facilitate database maintenance.

    There are 30 seats available for this workshop

    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

    See more details

March 26, 2023
  • "Weapons on Set" with Bob Shelley

    March 26, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 4:30 pm

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

    There are 30 seats for this course.

    Weapons on set!-  Crew safety-Member rights and responsibilities

    This is not a class to teach how to safely handle weapons, but guidelines for all departments when there are weapons on set.

    The class will cover firearms, edged weapons (knives, swords), and special effects guns.

    Instruction will include the various types/manufacturers of blank ammunition, and demonstration of the different loads. We will discuss various types of dummy ammunition and how to determine if a round is inert.

    We will discuss the few industry accidents, how they happened and how it could have been avoided. Will discuss four related  deaths and weapons used.

    Accidents happen. We are all responsible for our own safety. And that begins with knowledge of and respect for weapons.

    For questions on specific issues or topics, please reach out to Bob Shelley directly to : [email protected]

    Thank you,

    Kevin Amick, Local 479 Director of Education and Training

    See more details

  • Food Styling Course with Elizabeth Grove Day 2

    March 26, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
    IATSE local 479, 4220 International Pkwy Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30354, USA

    Instructor: Elizabeth Groves

    Food Stylist and Food Historian covering 20 years of experience

    Food Styling Course

    This course will provide an overview of a 20-year career of a Food Stylist/Food Historian. Participants will be introduced to the tools of the trade and real experiences in your endeavor to becoming a Food Stylist.

    The attendee will receive technical and practical knowledge for workingas a Food Stylist in TV and film. There will be a focus on in-depthexplanations of proper food handling, time management of a Food Stylist,Organizing, understanding food life and death, understanding dietaryrestrictions, introduction to equipment, when is artificial the better choiceand hands on demonstrations and why learning photographyfor yourself will only make you better and is much needed.

    Even though Food Styling, Production catering and Craft service serve food. They are separate crafts and serve different purposes on set. This course will explain the differences. It will also show why a Food Styling skill applied on set is safer in many ways and why.

    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

    See more details

  • Vectorworks 103 & 104 Advanced with Chris Cotone Day 2

    March 26, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
    IATSE local 479, 4220 International Pkwy Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30354, USA

    Spotlight Drafting is a two-session course, that teaches motion picture professionals how to use Vectorworks Spotlight to create Light Plots for film and television

    Vectorworks 103 High Intermediate Concepts
    This class makes the jump to drafting completely in 3D. We re-create a set from the Major Motion Picture Dr. Sleep where we recreate the exact materials that are necessary to be presented at the highest level of film and television production.

    Vectorworks 104 Advanced Concepts
    This class focuses on 3D modeling and complex Rendering. We craft a 3D lighting device and use this exercise to familiarize the students with the tools and processes to create full and complete 3D models and renderings.

    Suggested Prerequisite: Completion of the 101/102 module or commensurate drafting experience.

    What is this course about?
    Vectorworks Spotlight training Class (2 Day Class) teaches students to use the CAD (Computer Assisted Drafting) program Vectorworks Spotlight to make light plots and 3D Renderings of sets and lighting instruments & environments.

    What will course participants learn in this course?
    Students will learn skills including 3D Drafting, 3D modeling and rendering, and creating draft plots of complex lighting systems and professional level output and reports. Students will also learn complex symbol creation, how to create reports and how to facilitate database maintenance.

    There are 30 seats available for this workshop

    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

    See more details