Under the Victorian OHS Regulations 2017, counterweight fly systems, rigging grids and powered flying are plant — they legally require a documented risk assessment and inspection by a competent person. Most venues have neither. A stagecraft safety audit gives you the paperwork that proves compliance, before an incident or a DET audit does it for you.
If a student or staff member is injured on a fly system and the venue has no compliant documentation, liability falls on the principal or venue manager personally. DET's OHS Assurance Program audits schools on a ~4-year cycle. "We've always just used it" is not a defence. The fix is inexpensive; the exposure is not.
A half- to full-day site visit and a written compliance report your board, principal or insurer can actually read — not a 40-page document you'll never open.
You receive: a written compliance report, a Red / Amber / Green priority risk register, a plain-English summary for principals and boards, a populated Plant & Equipment Register, and a costed action plan — plus a 3-month EasyRisk seat so your team can keep the records current.
20+ years focusing lights from FOH, rigging fly systems and running counterweight rails. Generalists guess; Daniel has done the job.
Multiple WorkSafe high-risk work licences — rigging, scaffold, crane, forklift, EWP — plus access to a working theatre for bench testing. Credibility a Word-doc consultant can't match.
Every engagement comes with EasyRisk so your compliance stays live after the report — it doesn't die in a drawer.
Before the audit and the compliance retainer, there's a cheaper conversation: a theatre-practitioner review of your drawings before you build. FOH lighting that can't clear the ceiling, a fly tower too short to hide scenery, a get-in door the truss won't fit through — cheap to fix on paper, a demolition invoice once built.
See the design-review service →If you can't answer that, you're already non-compliant — and it's a quick, inexpensive fix. Book a free 15-minute discovery call and find out exactly where your venue stands.
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