Dep
Finder
The Head of Sound needs a No.3 for Thursday. You've been fitting radio mics all term. Dep Finder puts the two of you in the same room.
TECHNICIAN
Tomasz Nowak
Flys and automation, steady hands on a fly bar
he/him
Croydon, London
Graduated this summer. Flys on two in-house shows at Central, casual crew at a receiving house in South London since second year.
DEPARTMENTS / ROLES
Fly operator / flyman · Show crew (stage dep) · Ground rigger
TRACKS RUN
CREDITS
SKILLS
Stage, Flys & Automation
Counterweight flying (single purchase)■■■
Scene changes and show tracks■■■
Knots and line work■■■
Counterweight flying (double purchase)■■□
Hemp flying■■□
TAIT / Stage Technologies eChameleon (Acrobat consoles)■□□
Rigging
Electric chain hoists (CM Lodestar, Liftket, Verlinde Stagemaker)■■□
Shackles, masterlinks, round slings and spansets■■□
TRAINING
TICKETS / EXTRAS
IPAF PAL card 3a (mobile vertical / scissor lift) · IPAF PAL card 3b (mobile boom) · PASMA Towers for Users · Category B (car, up to 3,500kg) · Own hand tools (spanner, multitool, torch) · Right to work in the UK · Comfortable working at height
Found on Dep Finder · The Tech Table
A sample CV in the Call Sheet design
How a call goes
- Q1
You tick what you can run
Consoles, desks, flys, quick changes, the lot, each with a level: Learning, Confident or Can run it. Then mark the days you're free.
- Q2
A Head of Department puts out a call
"Sound No.3 dep, Thu and Fri, radio mics a must." Every call says the pay. No unpaid calls, ever.
- Q3
Dep Finder lines up the matches
Ranked by the skills they need, whether you're free and where you are, with the reason shown, not hidden.
- Q4
They send you the call
You see who, where, when and the pay. Accept or pass with one tap. They get your details only when you accept.
- GO
You're on the show
And the next time they need cover, you're already in their book.
Your first day in the building
Heads of Department open up a show plot, a maintenance session or a get-in for a day or two. You apply with your tech CV and watch how it's really done. Free, and shadowing only.
Hosts choose how many CVs they hold at once, so yours gets read. After a placement they can leave a private note that only other Heads of Department see.
- Q1HoD offers a plot day, holds 5 CVs
- Q2You apply with your CV and a line why
- Q3They accept, a place opens for the next
- Q4You watch the plot from the production desk
- GOA private note for the next HoD who looks
Every department, theatre to film
22 departments and 331 skills, in the words people use on the stage door: No.3, flys, book cover, quick changes, IPAF.
Cheaper than a round at the bar
Draft prices for the trial, for the team to agree.
Students
Student
Free while you study
- Your tech CV in all four designs
- Listed in Dep Finder searches
- Accept or pass on calls
- Download your CV as a PDF
Working technicians
Tech
£2 a month
- Everything in Student
- Custom CV colours and a share link
- See who viewed your CV
- Boost for the days you mark free
Heads of Department
HoD
£5 a month
- Search every technician by skill and level
- Put out unlimited calls
- Shortlist and send calls in one go
- Your own cover book of people you've used
Venues and companies
Venue
£40 a year
- Up to five HoD logins
- Calls shared across departments
- Your venue on the call
- Invoice billing
This is a trial you can click through.
It keeps everything in this browser for now. 8 sample technicians are loaded so there's someone to find.