SL2S203 - Event Rigging 01 Jul 2023 - 31 Aug 2029 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: SL2S203
Module Title: Event Rigging
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Music and Drama
Faculty Sub Group: Music
Module Leader: Philip Hughes
Module Team: Rob Locke, Ian Williams, Lucy Squire
First Intended Intake: APR 2024 Final Year of Intake: 2028
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 5
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100703 - stage management
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Jul 2023
Valid To 31 Aug 2029

Module Aims

This module aims to give an underpinning in the design, engineering and operation of event rigging systems to those who operate as sound, lighting and video professionals

Content Summary

Through a series of lectures and practical workshops, this module will broadly cover subject matter in the following areas:

Chain Hoists and Trusses

Truss types and uses

Common techniques for rigging trusses

Bridles

Categories of entertainment chain hoists and their allowable uses

Rigging Plots & Deployment

Interpretation of plots: Datums, point types and capacities

Drawing plots

Marking out

Mobile elevated work platforms

Control and Automation

Electrical considerations for controlling chain hoists: Direct, ELV and speed control

Systems for moving objects in 3D space

Custom systems for automation

Structures and Wind Loading

Considering the implications of building structures outdoors

Contact pressure and wind loading calculations

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 24
Practical classes and workshops 12
Independent Study 114
Directed Study 50
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Investigate common rigging practices in the context of live production environments.
LO2 Apply engineering knowledge in evaluating and developing safe rigging designs

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Project 1 Design and build a rigging system 0 2000 50 No 50
Synchronous Online Assessment (Exam) Online Open Book Examination (Not Proctored) 1 A test of knowledge learned on the module 60 N/A 50 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Project 1
Online Open Book Examination (Not Proctored) 1

Reading List

Prolyte (2020), Blackbook, Technical Matters Edition. Independent

Sapsis, B (2014) Entertainment Rigging for the 21st Century: compilation of work on rigging practices, safety, and related topics. Focal Press

Greet, N. (2019) PLASA National Rigging Certificate Handbook, 5th Edition. PLASA

ISE et al (2017) Temporary Demountable Structures: Guidance on procurement, design and use (Fourth Edition) ISE