STAFF SUPERVISOR POLICIES

When do you need an OPSEU Staff Supervisor?

• Power Tools are used (anywhere)
• The scissor lift is used
• The Fly system is used
• Arbour weights need to change
• Major electrical work happens (ie any time bare wires are worked on. The final product also has to be inspected by a staff member)
• Rehearsals which incorporate both the performance and production students. This would include Cue-Cues, Tech Runs, Scene Change Rehearsals, post technical rehearsal note sessions and all show runs.

A Faculty Member or Guest Artist (Director, Choreographer, Designer, and Specialist) can supervise when:

• The call does not combine the production students with the acting or dance students (ie. Main space focus & level sets, spacing rehearsals)
• The scissor-lift is not used
• The fly-system is not used and weights are not changed
• No power tools are used

There does have to be an OPSEU staff member available on campus in case of an emergency and to open up and lock up the spaces (please see the staff schedule posted in the production office)

Faculty and Guest Directors / Choreographers can supervise any actor / dancer- only rehearsals at any time.

You do not need in-room supervision when:

• You are hanging and focusing lights or working on sound equipment in the SLC’s Lighting and Sound Lab, Acting studios, or working in the Wardrobe shops

Rooms may not be unlocked and arrangements for access, or to book out keys, need to be made in advance. At no time should anybody be working alone. Even without supervision you must have another person with you whenever you are working (the “buddy system”)

An OPSEU supervisor would be any of the Resident staff.

Even though the Wardrobe shops (Teaching and Production) generally operate without in- room staff supervision, it is expected that they close down at the end of a Staff Supervisor’s shift and staff will ensure the spaces are locked.

AFTER HOURS WORK IN THE WARDROBE SHOP IS NOT ALLOWED.

The exception to the After Hours rule is in the case of laundry and clean-up after an evening rehearsal or performance

Staff try to be flexible with their hours if unforeseen changes are needed, but any changes in schedules that involve supervision must be approved by the Staff member in question BEFORE the change is announced and / or posted.