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Mandatory Requirements
- CSA Green triangle patch safety boots
- Resume
- WHMIS
- Worker Health & Safety Awareness
Recommended
- CPR + Standard 1st Aid + AED
- Driver’s license
- E.T.C.P.
- Elevated work platform (Lift)
- Have you attended a post-secondary program or apprenticeship in your area of interest
- Have you attended a workshop or seminar in your area of interest
- Name of a professional employed in the entertainment industry who is willing to be your reference
- Please name three members within the Costume department who endorse your application for permit status in the department
- Proof of one year or 200 days of experience in theatre, film or television in the selected trade
- Proof of two years or 400 days of work experience in the selected trade
- Knowledge of alterations & garment construction
- Knowledge of fabric content & garment care
- Knowledge of period designs / styles
- Pattern Making - more than 1 year experience
- Sewing - more than 1 year experience
- Training familiarity with the Occupational Health and Safety Act
Mandatory Kit
- Assorted thread or thread braid
- Cloth tape (black/white)
- Colour sticks (Shmere, Shmutz)
- Digital camera
- Disposable gloves
- Double sided toupee tape (topstick, superstick, stick-em)
- Elastics
- Emery board or nail file
- Extra pair of socks and shoes
- Folding set chair
- Hat (sun, rain, winter)
- Highlighter
- Lint brush / lint roller / wisk brush
- Manila tags
- Multi-tool with pliers (Swiss Army/Gerber/Sog etc.)
- Needles
- Pencil and pen
- Powders (Shmere, Ben-nye)
- Safety pins (assorted sizes)
- Sand paper or sanding block
- Scissors
- Seam ripper
- Seasonal appropriate bad weather gear (rain/winter)
- Shoe sponge
- Small hair dyer
- Small note pad
- Small selection of notions (hook, eyes, buttons, velcro, elastic)
- Small towel, rag, brushes, sponges
- Small wet / dry towel (sham-wow)
- Stage blood
- Stain remover (tide stick)
- Tape measure
- Thick and fine point sharpie
- Thimble
- Water spray bottle
- Wet Ones
- Work gloves