Rigging & Flyrail Safety

On a counterweight system, the metal cage where the operators put the counterweights to balance the weight of the scenery is called the ___________

• Locking rail

• Arbor

• Head block

• Pipe batten

In a counterweight system, a weight used to balance the load on a line that is being raised, lowered, or held in position.

• BATTEN

• COUNTERWEIGHT

• ARBOR

• GRID

Metal pipes that hang over the stage used for flying scenery and lighting instruments

• BATTEN

• COUNTERWEIGHT

• ARBOR

• GRID

• This type of curtain is called an AUSTRIAN.

• This type of curtain is called a TRAVELER.

• This type of curtain is called a GUILLOTINE.

• This type of curtain is called a TAB.

The rope that the operator pulls on to move the lineset on the counterweight system is called the _____________

• Lift Line

• Pipe Weight

• Purchase Line/Operating Line

• Rope Lock

The steel cable or ropes that attach to the batten are called

• Lift Lines

• Load ropes

• hemp lifts

• loft lines

In a counterweight system, a line set that becomes so far out of balance with load in the air that it cannot be held in position and the arbor moves uncontrollably.

• Lift Lines

• Run-Away

• Working Load Limit

• Attention On Deck

To move a curtain up or down is called

• traveling

• flying

• swinging

The type of rigging where battens are hung from the ceiling in a fixed position (can not be moved up or down) is called

• dead hung rigging

• counterweight rigging

• motorized rigging

• hemp rigging

True or False?

It is o.k. for me NOT to announce when I am moving a line set as long as I don’t think it will hit anybody.

• True

• False