NZQA registered unit standard
26691 version 3
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Title
Assist in a performing arts production by undertaking a specified
production role
Level
1
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify the
practical requirements of a specified production role; and
participate in a performing arts production by undertaking a
specified production role.
Classification
Performing Arts General > Performing Arts Technology
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Candidates being assessed against this unit standard must demonstrate safe
working practices at all times. These may include but are not limited to safe working
practices in situations involving – working at heights, working with electricity, lifting,
securing equipment safely, replacing and storing equipment, use of tools, use of
supplied safety equipment. Evidence of this may be provided by a teacher/tutor
attestation or candidate’s reflective statement. A useful reference for safe working
practice is the Entertainment Technology New Zealand publication A Guide for Safe
Working Practices in the New Zealand Theatre and Entertainment Industry, 2011,
which can be accessed at http://www.etnz.org.
2
Legislation
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and its subsequent amendments.
3
Range
A specified production role may include but is not limited to – Assistant Stage
Manager, Theatre Mechanist (stagehand), dresser, usher, floor LX, roadie, follow
spot operator, lighting technician, sound operator, front of house, costume assistant,
AV operator.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify the practical requirements of a specified production role.
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NZQA registered unit standard
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Specified production role is identified and described in terms of the tasks,
responsibilities and relationships.
Range
tasks, responsibilities and relationships may include but are not
limited to – the production team, lines of responsibility, production
process, production timeline, the text.
Outcome 2
Participate in a performing arts production by undertaking a specified production role.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Tasks and responsibilities are undertaken at all scheduled rehearsals and
performances in accordance with the requirements of the production.
Planned review date
31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
19 November 2010
N/A
Revision
2
17 July 2014
N/A
Rollover
3
16 July 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0226
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
26691 version 3
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Comments on this unit standard
Please contact NZQA National Qualifications Services nqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016