Job Description:

• 1) Fabricates, installs, and activates equipment to produce special effects, such as rain, snow, explosions, and other mechanical and electrical effects as required by script for television, motion picture, and theatrical productions: Reads script to determine type of special effects required.

• 2) Mixes chemicals to produce special effects, following standard formulas.

• 3) Constructs towers and similar objects used in making effects, using handtools and machine tools.