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. 

Local 479 member Rich Koll will be teaching the course "Construction Basics". Class will begin at 9:00AM and should conclude around 4:00PM. 

The Construction Basics course will cover the following topics:

Construction Basics and Safety

Establishing a Mill Shop.

Safe use of Hand and Power Tools to make a Push Stick for your tool bag.

Additional skills and information as time allows.

This class is limited to 15 attendees and is on a first come, first serve basis. If you are not on the roster, you will not be permitted to attend. 

Thank you,

Kevin Amick, Local 479 Director of Education & 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.

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. 

Local 479 member Rich Koll will be teaching the course "Propmaking - Building Flats". Class will begin at 9:00AM and should conclude around 4:00PM. 

This Construction Propmaking course will cover the following topics:

Necessary tools and equipment and how to safely use them
How to layout, build and install modular 4x8 flats
The different types of flats used in the Industry

The use of flats are an essential building block for the construction department on most every set.

This class is limited to 15 attendees and is on a first come, first serve basis. If you are not on the roster, you will not be permitted to attend. 

Thank you,

Kevin Amick, Local 479 Director of Education & Training

“Hands-on” with ARRI

We will be hosting ARRI for a “Hands-on” learning event on June 10^th at 9:00AM. Come join the folks at ARRI to learn about best practices for HMI systems, recent updates on the SkyPanel and Orbiter, plus we will finally be answering the age-old question, “Which side of this 18K lamp/bulb/globe should be facing up?” that, and much more.

The morning will consist of presentations on the topics above, and after lunch, we will have some time to chat, ask questions, and play around with equipment that you might not have gotten a chance to use yet on set. If there are any specific ARRI topics that you think would be of benefit to Local 479 members, please reach out to Brian Doran - [email protected]. 

There are 30 available spots 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

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

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 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

WORKING IN THE ART DEPARTMENT:

This course will provide an in-depth look into the roles and responsibilities of the Art Department in the production of film, television, and commercials. The workshop is designed for prospective production designers, set decorators, art directors, and other Art Department crew. However, producers, directors, and directors of photography will all benefit by gaining a valuable understanding of the many details involved in creating the visual backdrop of a production.
Participants will have the opportunity to do a script breakdown (specific to the Art Department), learn about budgeting and tracking expenses, scheduling, and the division of labor. Using behind-the-scenes examples, students will see how a set can come together in a fantastic and successful way or fail completely.
The goal for this workshop is to showcase Art Department work as an exciting and fulfilling career path. Participants will learn about the creativity, skill, and hard work involved in taking an environment that exists only in someone’s imagination and creating a physical set that supports the vision of the production.

There will only be 30 spots for this class. No walk-ins please. 

COURSE OUTLINE:

SESSION 1 

●    Introduction
●    Art Department structure
●    Pathways to employment
●    Pre-production
●    Set creation from beginning to camera ready
●    Timeline
●    Design process
●    Script breakdown
●    Budgeting

SESSION 2

●    In production
●    Post production
●    Why work in the Art Department
●    Q and A

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, Director of Education and Training

WORKING IN THE ART DEPARTMENT:

This course will provide an in-depth look into the roles and responsibilities of the Art Department in the production of film, television, and commercials. The workshop is designed for prospective production designers, set decorators, art directors, and other Art Department crew. However, producers, directors, and directors of photography will all benefit by gaining a valuable understanding of the many details involved in creating the visual backdrop of a production.
Participants will have the opportunity to do a script breakdown (specific to the Art Department), learn about budgeting and tracking expenses, scheduling, and the division of labor. Using behind-the-scenes examples, students will see how a set can come together in a fantastic and successful way or fail completely.
The goal for this workshop is to showcase Art Department work as an exciting and fulfilling career path. Participants will learn about the creativity, skill, and hard work involved in taking an environment that exists only in someone’s imagination and creating a physical set that supports the vision of the production.

There will only be 30 spots for this class. No walk-ins please. 

COURSE OUTLINE:

SESSION 1 

●    Introduction
●    Art Department structure
●    Pathways to employment
●    Pre-production
●    Set creation from beginning to camera ready
●    Timeline
●    Design process
●    Script breakdown
●    Budgeting

SESSION 2

●    In production
●    Post production
●    Why work in the Art Department
●    Q and A

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, 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.

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

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

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

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 2D Drafting, 3D modeling and rendering, and creating draft plots of complex lighting systems. Students will also learn complex symbol creation, how to create reports and how to facilitate database maintenance.

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

Thank you,

Kevin Amick, Local 479 Director of Education and Training

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

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 2D Drafting, 3D modeling and rendering, and creating draft plots of complex lighting systems. Students will also learn complex symbol creation, how to create reports and how to facilitate database maintenance.

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

Thank you,

Kevin Amick, Local 479 Director of Education and Training