Skills Wig Assistant - Motion Pictures, Broadcasting And Performing Arts in Canada

Find out what skills you typically need to work as a wig assistant - motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Support occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting, photography and the performing arts (NOC 53111).

Tasks

  • Set up and operate mobile camera platforms, microphone booms and lighting equipment
  • Load film reels onto movie theatre projectors
  • Adjust focus, sounds levels and other projector and theatre settings and maintain equipment
  • Assemble, repair, place, build and oversee props
  • Keep detailed notes of all actions, positions and camera angles, and photograph and date scenes
  • Rig, place, move and dismantle sets, backdrops, scenery and other stage equipment
  • Clean, maintain, transport and store costumes
  • Assist performers to dress in costumes
  • Arrange schedules
  • Arrange travel, related itineraries and make reservations
  • Change and install an electronic control panel using automated equipment
  • Detect and repair mechanical and electrical problems
  • Set up equipment
  • Set up, assemble, adjust, maintain and replace reels and projector equipment

Skills and Knowledge Checklist

The following skills and knowledge are usually required in this occupation.

Skills

Handling Goods and Materials Help - Handling Goods and Materials
  • Loading and Unloading

Handling Goods and Materials

Working with goods and materials manually or with machines.

Loading and Unloading
Moving goods or materials, by hand or with the aid of equipment.
Building Help - Building
  • Constructing

Building

Working with materials to construct, renovate and maintain structures.

Constructing
Shaping, forming and joining building materials into a structure, or product according to specifications and plans.

Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles

Working with and/or repairing vehicles, machinery or stationary equipment.

Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery Help - Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery
  • Using Specialized Instrumentation and Equipment

Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery

Working with technical equipment, instruments, machinery and other systems.

Using Specialized Instrumentation and Equipment
Controlling, monitoring, calibrating and adjusting precision instrumentation.

Service and Care

Taking care of the needs of people and animals.

Communication

Using communication skills to share information, advise and influence.

Creative Expression Help - Creative Expression
  • Designing

Creative Expression

Using various materials and formats to create work that is intended to be artistically satisfying, entertaining, instructive or functional.

Designing
Producing work based on aesthetic or functional design concepts.
Information Handling Help - Information Handling
  • Processing Information

Information Handling

Creating and using systems for the storage and retrieval of knowledge and data.

Processing Information
Inputting, recording, transcribing and updating data using electronic or manual information systems.
Analysis Help - Analysis
  • Analyzing Information

Analysis

Examining and evaluating information.

Analyzing Information
Examining data or facts to determine appropriate actions or recommendations.

Management

Taking charge of the direction and resources of an organization.

Knowledge

Manufacturing and Production

Knowledge related to the delivery of a series of operations in large-scale production or processing of goods or crops, according to safety and quality standards.

Communications and Transportation Help - Communications and Transportation
  • Communications and Media

Communications and Transportation

Knowledge related to the provision and transmission of systems of communication and entertainment and the delivery of consumer goods or services.

Communications and Media
Knowledge of production and transmission to inform, persuade and entertain through written, oral and visual media.

Law and Public Safety

Knowledge related to the provision and enforcement of laws and regulations that safeguard the effective functioning of a democratic society.

Social Sciences and Arts Help - Social Sciences and Arts
  • Fine and Applied Arts

Social Sciences and Arts

Knowledge related to culture, origins and patterns of human activity, and the development and expression of thought.

Fine and Applied Arts
Knowledge of theory and techniques required to create, design, compose and perform works of music, dance, visual art, drama and sculpture.

Education and Training

Knowledge related to the theory and practice of teaching, and the methods used in the design, delivery and evaluation of the provision of knowledge or information.

Health Services

Knowledge related to the provision of medical science and technology for the physical and mental well-being of others.

Mathematics and Science

Knowledge related to specialized areas of research such as measurement, living organisms, physical substances, and properties and relationships of quantity, space, and matter.

Engineering and Technology Help - Engineering and Technology
  • Design

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge related to the design, building, use or repair of machinery, equipment, systems, and structures.

Design
Knowledge of principles, techniques and tools applied in the development of precision technical plans, drawings and working models.

Business, Finance and Management

Knowledge related to organization and control of business activities.

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