Stage Manager plans, organises, supervises and coordinates the activities of workers responsible for placing sets and properties, and operating lighting and sound equipment as part of film, television or stage productions.
Occupation description
Stage Manager plans, organises, supervises and coordinates the activities of workers responsible for placing sets and properties, and operating lighting and sound equipment as part of film, television or stage productions.
Stage Manager is a VETASSESS Group B occupation
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the educational level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor degree or higher.
Applicants must have fulfilled at least one of the following four criteria (1–4):
Description of Pathways
The information below describes the available pathways for a Skills Assessment under Group B. Please note that in order to achieve a successful Skills Assessment Outcome, a positive assessment for both qualifications and employment is required.
Pathway 1
This pathway requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor degree or higher degree and in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
Bachelor degree or higher degree includes AQF Master Degree or AQF Doctoral Degree.
In addition, it is essential for applicants to meet the following employment criteria:
- at least one year of post-qualification employment at an appropriate skill level, undertaken in the last five years,
- working 20 hours or more per week, and
- highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
Pathway 2
This pathway requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor degree or higher degree and in a field not highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
Bachelor degree or higher degree includes AQF Master Degree or AQF Doctoral Degree.
An additional qualification in a highly relevant field of study at a minimum AQF Diploma level is required. Additional qualifications in a highly relevant field of study include those comparable to the AQF Diploma or AQF Advanced Diploma or AQF Associate Degree or AQF Graduate Diploma.
In addition, it is essential for applicants to meet the following employment criteria:
- at least two years of post-qualification employment at an appropriate skill level, undertaken in the last five years,
- working 20 hours or more per week, and
- highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
Pathway 3
This pathway requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor degree or higher degree and in a field not highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
Bachelor degree or higher degree includes AQF Master Degree or AQF Doctoral Degree.
In addition, it is essential for applicants to meet the following employment criteria:
- at least three years of post-qualification employment at an appropriate skill level, undertaken in the last five years,
- working 20 hours or more per week, and
- highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
Pathway 4
This pathway requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor degree or higher degree with or without a highly relevant major field of study to the nominated occupation.
Bachelor degree or higher degree includes AQF Master Degree or AQF Doctoral Degree.
In addition, it is essential for applicants to meet the following employment criteria:
- at least six years of employment at an appropriate skill level that includes at least one year of highly relevant employment within the last five years before applying,
- working 20 hours or more per week, and
- highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
Qualification & Employment Criteria
Qualification
Stage Management is a specialisation in Drama and Theatre Studies and may be combined with a Technical Theatre specialisation and/or offered within a Dramatic Art (Production) stream.
Stage Management is the study of the coordination and execution of small and large-scale live performances.
Technical Theatre or Theatre Design and Technology is a program of study that prepares individuals to apply artistic, technical and dramatic principles and techniques to the communication of dramatic information, ideas, moods, and feelings through technical theatre methods.
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor degree or higher degree and in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
Employment Criteria
Highly relevant tasks include, but are not limited to:
- Confers with production personnel to determine production requirements
- Interprets stage or set diagrams to determine layout
- Carries out Art Director's instructions by supervising crew engaged in placing of scenery, equipment or properties
- Implements instructions from Media Producers and Directors during course of production
- Reads annotated script during rehearsals and performances and gives cues for lights, properties and sound effects using cue cards, hand signals and radio
- Gives cues and directions to ensure that Actors, Singers or Dancers appear in the right place at the right time
- Conducts production meetings and controls communications during productions
- Administers running costs and petty cash float during rehearsals and performances
- Analyses and interprets the script, plans, models and designs for all relevant technical and production information
- Talks with management, designers and the director to determine requirements for rehearsal and performance
- Undertakes administrative functions including prioritising tasks and determining production resources such as time, finance, personnel and physical space
- Prepares for rehearsals and obtain all necessary resources, such as props, costumes and settings
- Prepares and distributes all necessary rehearsal, production and performance documentation
- Prepares the prompt copy, which defines actors' calls and movements, technical cues, stage elements, props and moving scenery, and front-of-house communications
- Organises the rehearsal space and process, including final transfer to the theatre
- Supervises and directs backstage staff and members of the stage management team
- Gives cues for lights, sound, cast entrances, moving scenery and other performance elements
- Makes sure production resources are stored safely
- Supervises the positioning of scenery, props and lighting and sound equipment
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