Did you know...
​The Department of Labor and Industries, and many state Administrative Codes, prohibit minors from:
  • Working at heights greater than 10 feet off the ground (i.e. catwalks)
  • Working with, or being in proximity to hoists (i.e. fly systems)
  • Riding on a lift or using ladders or scaffolds (i.e. focusing the electrics)
  • Operating power-driven machines (i.e. saws, drills, and sewing machines)
  • Loading or unloading trucks (i.e. set load-in day, load-out)
  • Working in the capacity of an electrician (i.e. re-wiring a lighting instrument)
  • Wrecking or demolition (i.e. strike)
  • And other activities inherent in high school technical theatre.

Unless...
the minor is:
  • A student enrolled in a vocational training program under a local educational authority
  • Participating in a bona fide vocational education program
  • Participating in a work experience program certified by the office of the superintendent of public instruction
  • Participating in a career experience program
  • Working with an electrical trainee certificate
  • And/or meets other requirements regarding the conditions of supervision and learning.

This means...
these types of activities cannot be performed by students who are:
  • In a drama class
  • In an after school program
  • Working on a set at school on the weekend
  • Hanging and focusing lights with a guest lighting designer
  • Performing these tasks in a curricular Technical Theatre Class
Unless the activity is done in formally a bona fide CTE (Career and Technical Education) class, taught and supervised
​by a certificated CTE teacher.

PRESETT strongly recommends that all students working in your theatre are taught by a Highly Qualified teacher who is Technical Theatre CTE endorsed. Your Tech Theatre classes should follow the same strict CTE guidelines and requirements of your woodshop classes, fashion design classes, metal work classes, culinary classes, or any other CTE discipline in your school.
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PLEASE NOTE: These are PRESETT’s paraphrases of the regulations. Please contact the Department of Labor and Industries, and/or consult the Administrative Code, in your own state to see what the requirements are for your school.