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1. Reads, interprets, and adjusts shop drawings and AutoCAD drawings. 2. Constructs complex scenery. 3. Communicates with Technical Director to provide and obtain information relating to the materials and methods used to execute designs. 4. Develops and adjusts cut lists. 5. Uses a variety of complex tools, processes, materials, and equipment in completing assigned projects. 6. Assists in maintaining the safety and efficiency of all scene shop operations. 7. Prioritizes and performs maintenance and repair of scene shop, tools and stage facilities. 8. Participates in the transportation, installation, strike and disposal of scenery. 9. Supervises appropriate staff and students. 10. Attends appropriate meetings. 11. Works occasional nights, weekends and holidays. 12. May perform other duties as assigned.
Required Skill/ability 1: Demonstrated mastery of scenic carpentry and metalworking techniques and materials (for example: dimensional and engineered lumber, sheet materials, structural steel/ pipe, aluminum stock/extrusions and scenic fabrics).
Required Skill/ability 2: Demonstrated knowledge of all standard scenic and rigging hardware and tools (examples: fasteners, plastics, measuring and layout tools, woodworking/metalworking tools, welding equipment, rigging tools, machining/cabinetry tools, and computerized router). As well as knowledge of job-related health and safety issues and ability to identify potential hazards.
Required Skill/ability 3: Strongly demonstrated ability to work as a team player effectively and flexibly with a large number of staff, students, interns and others with a commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Demonstrated ability to work with a high level of autonomy.
Required Skill/ability 4: Demonstrated ability to guide, advise, mentor, and lead students and staff in a professional setting.
Required Skill/ability 5: Calm and collected under pressure with a strongly demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and follow schedules and instructions.
Preferred Education: A degree or experience specifically in theatre production.
Work Week: Standard (M-F equal number of hours per day)
Posting Position Title: Theatre Technician 3, Scenery
University Job Title: Theatre Technician 3, Scenery
Preferred Education, Experience and Skills: A degree or experience specifically in theatre production.
1. Six years of related work experience, four of them in the same job family at the next lower level, and high school level education; or four years of related work experience and an Associate's degree; or two years of related work experience and a Bachelor's degree in a related field; or little or no work experience with an M.F.A. in a related field; or an equivalent combination of experience and education. 2. Professional or graduate-level experience as a scenic carpenter.
Internal Number: 80668BR
About Yale University
Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.
