Case Study:

Your $12-$year$-$old son has recently been offered a position as a dancer in the Australian Youth Ballet Company for their upcoming production of The Magic Faraway Tree. The company is a community not$-$for$-$profit organisation that employs two professional staff who are responsible for the artistic aspects of the production $($choreographing$,$ teaching and staging$).$ All other required work activities are undertaken by volunteers, primarily the dancers and the parents of dancers.

There are $90$ dancers in the company with ages ranging from $7$ to $17$ years and they rehearse the ballet over a $14-$day period, dancing $57$ hours each day. The majority of the rehearsals are conducted at a local ballet studio, but on the last day of rehearsals they move to the theatre. The performances are held at a professional theatre, with three performances per day for two days. On performance days the dancers are at the theatre for $12$ hours.

Parents are required to build the sets and sew the costumes, with these activities being overseen by a volunteer production manager. There are over $300$ costumes to be made, and extensive sets, including both $$hard sets$($made of wood$)$ and hanging canvas backdrops. The accompanying videos $($in the Blackboard folder$)$ provide footage of the set construction and the final product.

The company manager $($who is also a volunteer$)$ has heard that you have undertaken a university course in occupational health and safety so has asked you for some advice to ensure the health and safety of everyone involved in the production.

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Question $1$ OHS Priority Hazards:

You are thinking that there are probably lots of hazards, but you need to identify the $10($ten$)$ priority hazards that will need to be managed. For maximum marks include a broad and diverse range of hazards, including reference to:

a$.$ Creation of the sets and costumes

b$.$ Rehearsal of the production in the studio

c$.$Bumping$$ into the theatre $($this is when the sets are installed on stage$)$

d$.$ Theatre rehearsals and performances

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$(50+$ words for each hazard$)$ List controls that will need to be implemented if the hazard is going to be managed appropriately. $(50+$ words for each hazard$)$

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