Theatre Technician

Job Title

This is a non-exempt, part-time position with the Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space Department, not to exceed 1039 work hours in any fiscal year.

This class specification lists the major duties and requirements of the job and is not all-inclusive. Incumbent(s) may be expected to perform job-related duties other than those contained in this document and may be required to have specific job-related knowledge and skills.

• Availability to work on call days, evenings, nights and weekends is required.
• Program facility LED message center; intake message requests, format messages including correct spelling, punctuation and grammar, schedule messages appropriately.
• Maintain facility social media, website and electronic calendar; ensure spelling punctuation and grammar is correct for all facility electronic media communications.
• Assist with and/or set up and supervise theater events including load in, performance, strike and load out.
• Safe professional operation of lighting consoles and/or sound consoles and/or single purchase line sets or other assigned technical equipment.
• Hang, patch and focus theatrical lighting to lighting plots or as directed.
• Set up audio system equipment and patch channels according to stage plots and/or technical riders.
• Troubleshoot theatrical lighting, sound and staging systems.
• Perform custodial duties such as cleaning dressing rooms, restrooms, auditorium floor, seats, stage floor and emptying trash receptacles.
• Ability to provide quality customer service and assistance to facility clients and the general public using the facility.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Graduation from high school or equivalent.
• 2 years professional experience and/or technical school and/or college level experience with electronic marketing such as social media, websites and LED message centers preferred.
• 2 years professional and/or technical school and/or college level experience with professional audio, theatrical lighting, rigging and staging systems or equivalent preferred.
• Custodial and/or public event/facility supervision experience preferred.
• Must be able to routinely lift 50 lbs., and possess sufficient physical mobility to perform required duties.

Language skills:
Ability to read and communicate with basic English skills.

Mathematical skills:
Ability to add, subtracts, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percentage.

Physical demands:
The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Working environment:
The work environment characteristics described herein are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.