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 training@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

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 training@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

Introduction to the Sound Department with Allen Williams

Allen Williams will be instructing a class "The Red Pill, or The Blue Pill"  - Introduction to the Sound Department. Anyone interested in production sound at any level from Indie to the Big Budget Productions can benefit from attending.

Topics to be covered include the roles of each member of the sound department, the goals and what the sound department is trying to achieve and how to get yourself ready to join a production sound team. This class will not go into great depth or cover reality/ENG sound.

This course is open to all Local 479 Members!

Please email Allen Williams with any question for this training at:  Boom@IWorkInSound.com

There are 30 seats available for this class

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

In Solidarity,

Kevin Amick,
IATSE Local 479, 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 training@iatse479.org. Please include your name along with Course Title and Date of the Course. 

In Solidarity,

Kevin Amick,
IATSE Local 479, Education and Training

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 training@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

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 training@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

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 training@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

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 training@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

 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 training@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

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 training@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

Tailor Workroom Essentials IV-1: Bottoms UpIntermediate- Building & Altering Bottoms for Film/TVSeamstress-Tailor-Cutter Day 1

 **Bring** 

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

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

Tailor Workroom Essentials IV-1: Bottoms UpIntermediate- Building & Altering Bottoms for Film/TVSeamstress-Tailor-Cutter Day 2

 **Bring** 

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

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

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 training@iatse479.org. 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 training@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

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to training@iatse479.org. 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 5 seats available for this class

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to training@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

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 training@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

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 training@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

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 training@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

Class will be at the Lightscape Lighting/Ratpac Controls facility located at 640 Airport S Pkwy, Atlanta, GA 30349, USA. 


DMX Control for the Lighting Programmer & Set Lighting Technician

DMX Control for the Lighting Programmer & SetLighting Technician teaches students to understand how to use DMX for Television Shows and Feature Films. The class breaks the subject into a manageable progression of skills, starting with the basics of running DMX Cables, tools required for troubleshooting, understanding the basic concepts of how DMX works, and using those skills so that Set Lighting Technician, Programmer and CLT Can work together to implement the complex tools of control and more effectively light the set.

Topics to include: 

How to runDMX Cable.

What toolsare required on set to work with DMX.

What is thephilosophy of how DMX and the lighting console interact with the lightingfixtures to effect control of the lighting rug.

How toaddress and profile different lighting fixtures.

Determining Channelvs. DMX.

How to createarchitecture and structure to lay out the DMX, Channels, and IP address of yourlighting rig.

Helpingprepare students for the Reality of shooting on set, vs. the safer space oftraining in the classroom.

The class hasthree tests, where students can demonstrate their understanding of the classmaterials.

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to training@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

Class will be at the Lightscape Lighting/Ratpac Controls facility located at 640 Airport S Pkwy, Atlanta, GA 30349, USA. 


DMX Control for the Lighting Programmer & Set Lighting Technician

DMX Control for the Lighting Programmer & SetLighting Technician teaches students to understand how to use DMX for Television Shows and Feature Films. The class breaks the subject into a manageable progression of skills, starting with the basics of running DMX Cables, tools required for troubleshooting, understanding the basic concepts of how DMX works, and using those skills so that Set Lighting Technician, Programmer and CLT Can work together to implement the complex tools of control and more effectively light the set.

Topics to include: 

How to runDMX Cable.

What toolsare required on set to work with DMX.

What is thephilosophy of how DMX and the lighting console interact with the lightingfixtures to effect control of the lighting rug.

How toaddress and profile different lighting fixtures.

Determining Channelvs. DMX.

How to createarchitecture and structure to lay out the DMX, Channels, and IP address of yourlighting rig.

Helpingprepare students for the Reality of shooting on set, vs. the safer space oftraining in the classroom.

The class hasthree tests, where students can demonstrate their understanding of the classmaterials.

To request attendance to this course, please send an email to training@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

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 training@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

Camera Movement- 

(Intermediate) Qualifications to attend- 1 year working 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 training@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

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.