Grip

Mandatory Requirements

  • CSA Green triangle patch safety boots
  • Elevated work platform (Lift)
  • Required kit for Grip
  • Resume
  • WHMIS
  • Worker Health & Safety Awareness
  • Working at heights

Recommended

  • Carpentry - more than 1 year experience
  • CPR + Standard 1st Aid + AED
  • Driver's License
  • E.T.C.P.
  • Electronics - more than 1 yr experience
  • Forklift
  • 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
  • High angle rescue
  • Ironworking: more than 1 year experience
  • Machinist: 1+ yrs experience
  • Mechanics - more than 1 year experience
  • Name of a professional employed in the entertainment industry who is willing to be your reference
  • Piranha lift
  • 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
  • Proof that you purchased “The Grip Book” by Michael G. Uva
  • Propane Course - Record Of Training
  • Rigging - more than 1 year experience
  • Steel fabricating / fitting - more than 1 year experience
  • Telehandler forklift
  • Training familiarity with the Occupational Health and Safety Act
  • Welding Ticket
  • Welding: 1+ yrs experience
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Mandatory Kit

  • CSA Green triangle patch safety boots
  • Copy of certificates/certifications, hard copies or on Smartphone
  • Crescent Wrench
  • Flashlight
  • Head Lamp
  • Olfa Knife
  • Pen (completing deal memos)
  • Personal ID
  • Rain coat and pants (rain weather)
  • Tool belt
  • Tool holder
  • Warm clothing (Winter Weather)
  • Weather on film sets can be natural or artificial – Always be prepared
  • Work gloves
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