Daily Safety Brief — show-day standupEasyStagecraft Suite · Module 1 resource pack · Print A4 · 5-minute brief at the stage door each morning

How to use. Fill in the top block the night before (Tomorrow's Call template). Read this verbatim at 08:00 (bump-in / dress / show day) before any high-risk work starts. The whole brief is 4-5 minutes. Sign the bottom + the SWMS register before anyone touches a tool, a fixture, or a fly line.

Production

Day / Date

Venue

Brief delivered by

Start time

Weather (if outdoor / load)

1 · Hazards present today

Tick every hazard live on site today. Anything ticked: brief the specific control before work starts.

Working at height (ladder, A-frame, EWP, bridge, fly grid, catwalk) — over 2.0m
Live electrical work (patching, distro, dimmers, three-phase)
Manual handling over 15kg, repetitive, or overhead
Power tools running (table saw, mitre, router, jigsaw)
Moving scenery (revolves, wagons, fly bars, automated)
Haze / atmospheric effects (fire-panel implications)
Pyro / open flame / smoke pots (licensed operator required)
Wet stage / dance numbers / quick changes in dim light
Audience present (FOH preset, rehearsal-with-audience, schools matinee)
Other: _____________________________________________

2 · Changes since yesterday

New rigging, new SWMS, gear swapped out, schedule shift, anyone newly on site. If nothing changed, say "no changes" — don't skip the section.

3 · Who's covering what

Role today	Name	Their first job at 08:00
Production Manager
Stage Manager
LX Head
Sound Head
Set / Crew Head
First aid officer on duty		(HLTAID011 ticket #)
Fire warden today

4 · Who's NOT on site today

Anyone called but absent, anyone leaving early, anyone on a different room. Naming the gap is how you stop people assuming someone else is covering.

5 · Emergency refresher (10 seconds — every day)

Call 000 → who calls
Nearest first-aid kit
Nearest AED
Evac assembly point
Power-kill switch / venue main isolator

The stop-the-clock invitation "If anyone — student, parent, staff, contractor — sees something they think is unsafe, stop the work. You will not be in trouble. We will reset and continue. Say it now if you're unsure of anything before we start."

6 · Sign-on register

Everyone on site signs. No signature = not working today. Year-9/10 crew need parent or teacher counter-sign (see SWMS).

Name	Role	Signature	Time in