CUASMT612Stage manage performances

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What an assessment for CUASMT612 must cover

47 assessable components: 4 elements (30 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 5 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 9 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Manage preparation for performances

  • 1.1Confirm tasks arising from previous performance have been completed
  • 1.2Confirm required personnel are present at specified times and have completed administrative procedures for which they are responsible
  • 1.3Conduct briefings with production and performance personnel as required
  • 1.4Confirm items and areas required by performers are prepared for performances
  • 1.5Confirm required personnel understand technical pre-show requirements
  • 1.6Inspect stage and backstage areas to identify potential problems that could impact on the smooth running of performances and take immediate remedial action
  • 1.7Liaise with required personnel to complete pre-performance work

2 Manage pre-performance work

  • 2.1Assess progress of work against timelines
  • 2.2Manage deadlines according to production briefings
  • 2.3Communicate with required personnel to ensure that all technical pre-show checks are completed within required timeframes
  • 2.4Confirm technical elements are operating as required
  • 2.5Communicate with required personnel to confirm that staging elements and equipment are correctly placed on or backstage according to design specifications and work health and safety requirements
  • 2.6Confirm cast and crew valuables are secured according to organisational policy
  • 2.7Communicate pre-show announcements to cast and crew as required
  • 2.8Confirm work health and safety issues have been addressed according to relevant legislation and organisational procedures
  • 2.9Liaise with front of house staff regarding production schedule

3 Manage performances

  • 3.1Use reference materials to ensure accurate and timely delivery of performances
  • 3.2Provide clear cues, calls and announcements according to production schedules
  • 3.3Confirm technical cues are actioned according to performance requirements
  • 3.4Monitor performances and resolve problems with minimum disruption to performances
  • 3.5Take notes on errors, omissions, breakages and other variations in performances
  • 3.6Communicate with cast and crew regularly throughout performances

4 Complete post-show duties

  • 4.1Complete own regular post-show procedures
  • 4.2Supervise post-performance procedures
  • 4.3Distribute corrective notes to cast and crew following performances as required
  • 4.4Discuss repairs and non-regular maintenance as required
  • 4.5Seek feedback from front of house on performances as required
  • 4.6Write and distribute performance reports according to organisational procedures
  • 4.7Update production documentation as required
  • 4.8Self-assess performance and implement feedback as required

Performance evidence

  • stage manage at least one performances in at least two different productions with a range of technical and performance elements.
  • manage competing tasks within time constraints experienced during the running of live performances
  • work collaboratively with supervising team members.

Knowledge evidence

  • documentation used for stage managing performances
  • key factors involved in the successful stage management of performances
  • issues and challenges that can arise when stage managing performances, and solutions to address them
  • industry standard technology used to automate aspects of performances
  • work health and safety legislation and regulations that apply to maintaining a safe working environment during performances.

Foundation skills

  • Learning: Uses feedback from others and self-evaluation to identify ways to improve own performance
  • Reading: Interprets production documentation in relation to own role
  • Oral communication: Seeks the views and opinions of others and obtains information using listening and questioning techniques; Discusses ideas and solutions using clear language to contribute information and express requirements
  • Numeracy: Keeps track of timings during performances so that cues are actioned at appropriate times
  • Self-management: Works independently and collectively with a strong sense of responsibility for goals, plans, decisions and outcomes; Takes responsibility for meeting work health and safety requirements within scope of own role; Stays calm under the pressure of stage managing performances
  • Teamwork: Collaborates to achieve joint outcomes; Leads effective group interaction and direction
  • Initiative and enterprise: Demonstrates initiative in dealing with variations to performances and the unexpected during live performances; Applies knowledge of technical equipment operation to stage management duties
  • Problem solving: Undertakes tasks involved in preparing for and staging performances to meet production requirements and timelines; Anticipates and resolves problems that could disrupt the smooth running of performances; Responds to problems requiring immediate attention, drawing on past experience to devise solutions
  • Technology: Uses standard word processing software to prepare reports; Distributes information electronically

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Questions about assessing CUASMT612

What does an assessment tool for CUASMT612 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CUASMT612 needs to address all 47 unit components: 4 elements with 30 performance criteria, 3 performance evidence requirements, 5 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for CUASMT612?

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