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Overview
Stage machinist work is about moving sets and stage elements during performances, preparing setups, carrying out changeovers and operating manual fly bar systems from plans, instructions and calculations.
In job descriptions, look for stage layouts, technical stage equipment, moving constructions, show communication, design quality checks, fly systems, scenery changeovers, location adaptation, technical documentation and performer coordination.
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Stage machinists work behind and around the stage, moving sets and performance elements according to the creative concept. They prepare setups, execute changeovers, operate manual fly bar systems and coordinate closely with designers, operators and performers from plans, instructions and calculations.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include drawing stage layouts, setting up technical stage equipment, maintaining moving constructions, communicating during a show, checking design quality during a run and adapting artistic plans to a location. Specialization can grow around fly systems, touring stages, theatre changeovers or technical stock.
Salary context
Pay positioning is shaped by venue scale, production complexity, responsibility for moving constructions or fly systems, live-show timing, evening and weekend schedules, technical documentation and whether the machinist leads a crew or manages technical resource stock.
Career paths
Development can move from stagehand or set technician work into stage machinist, fly system operator, chief stage technician, technical stage supervisor or broader theatre technician roles. Further paths may lead toward production technical management, touring crew leadership or stage safety coordination.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies focus on setup, live changeovers, fly bar operation, touring load-ins, scenery maintenance or crew leadership. Useful adverts name the venue type, stage systems, performance schedule, drawing and calculation work, communication routines and coordination with performers.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for stage machinist work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
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O*NET relationships: 1
Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other
27-4099.00
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Alternative labels
chief stage technician
theatre mechanist
theater machinist
flying system operator
flying operator
theater mechanist
stage & lighting technician
flyman
theatre machinist
set mechanics supervisor
set technician
scene-shifter
lighting and stage technician
stage and lighting technician
lighting & stage technician
stage mechanist
flying system technician
Occupation group
theatre technician (3435.25)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/50b41847-6dad-4a2e-9427-a0374c2963fd |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3435.25.4 |
| ISCO group | 3435 |
| Concept type | Occupation |