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The Technical Director is the person responsible for evaulating the finished designs and considering budget and time limitations. He or she engineers the scenery, has it redrafted for building, budgets time, crew and materials, and liaisons between the designer and the shop. Technical directors often have assistant technical directors whose duties can range from drafting to actually building scenery. A scene shop is often overseen by a shop foreman. This person assigns tasks, does direct supervision of carpenters, and deals with day-to-day matters such as absences, breaks, tool repair, etc. The staff of a scene shop is usually referred to as Scenic Carpenter s, but within that there are many specialities such as Plaster ers, Welder s, and Scenic Stitchers . Scenic Painting is a separate aspect of scenic construction, although the scenic painter usually answers to the technical director. There is also usually a separate man referred to often as a jack of all trades, but is also known to be whats called a Fred-John in parts of the country, he doesn't specialize in a particular aspect of construction, however he is skilled to some degree in most. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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