Departmental Professional Classifications

• Gaffer
• Best Boy
• Assistant Lighting Technician
• Trainee Lighting Technician

 Criteria for Gaffer  

• Classification Change request form
• Current professional CV.
• Minimum of 100 days of work as a Best Boy Lighting for series / dramas / features, of which there must be at least one full feature.
• 2 recommendations, only from gaffers who are also union members.

Criteria for Best Boy Lighting

• Classification Change request form
• Current professional CV.
• Minimum of 100 days of work as Assistant Lighting Technician, together with an updated list of productions and the name of the Gaffer on each production.
• 2 recommendations, only from gaffers who are also union members.
• Course qualification for working at heights.

Criteria for Assistant Lighting Technician

• Classification Change request form
• Current professional CV.
• Minimum of 60 days of work as a Trainee Lighting Technician, together with a list of productions and the name of the department head for each production.
• 2 recommendations from union members in the lighting department.
• Course qualification for working at heights.

Criteria for Trainee Lighting Technician

• Admission Request form
• Current CV.
• In any event a trainee cannot serve as the sole assistant to the Gaffer.

• Recommendations can only come from ACT union members.
• Admission certification will be provided by a member of the department serving in the Administrative Committee after checking that the candidate fulfills the criteria and confirmation by the recommenders.
• A personal meeting with the candidate may be requested based on the sole discretion of the approving committee representative.