01 - What We Do

Eight capabilities. One TSA.

Drapes & Accessories→ Soft goods, FR treatment, hire fleet. Sets, Scenery & Props→ Scenic builds, props, set hardware. Lifting & Rigging→ Chain, pile & drum hoists, controllers, consumables. Production Engineering→ Production management, design, custom kit. Venue Engineering & Installation→ Fit-outs, integration, upgrades. Dance & Studio Equipment→ Sprung floors, barres, mirrors, vinyl. Compliance & Service→ Inspections, certificates, callouts. Hire & Touring→ Calendar-driven kit. National coverage.
Products
Services
Drapes & Accessories Soft goods, supplied and supported. Drapes, tracks, FR treatment and hire fleet from our in-house workshop. Theatre-grade soft goods, engineered, FR-treated and serviced under TSA.
Services
Sets, Scenery & Props Built in-house. Toured nationally. Set construction, prop fabrication, museum and gallery fit-out and exhibition builds from our dedicated workshop. Concept to strike, with the engineering paperwork to back it.
Products
Services
Lifting & Rigging Rated gear. Stocked and serviced here. EXE Rise and Ace chain hoists, TSA pile and Hercules drum hoists, Atlas controllers, full consumables range. Design, supply, install, service, recertify.
Services
Production Engineering When off-the-shelf stops working. Production management, technical design and drafting, custom fabrication and cue-driven motion control. The technical side of your show - managed, designed, built and run.
Services
Venue Engineering & Installation Fit-out to commission, one team. Venue fit-outs, system installation, integration and safety upgrades. From new-build PACs to retrofit refurbishments. Engineered, documented, signed off.
Products
Dance & Studio Equipment Made for the joints that depend on it. Sprung floors, Tarkett performance vinyl, ballet barres, studio mirrors, tap and sports flooring. Measured, manufactured and installed to the room.
Inspections & programmes
Specialist inspections
Compliance & Service The paperwork your insurer asks for. Service & Inspection Programme, Venue Systems Health Check, electrical testing, emergency callouts. Defensible documentation, on schedule.
Services
Hire & Touring Calendar-driven kit. National coverage. Drape hire, hoist hire, touring packages. The same kit you'd buy, available on a calendar. Picked, prepped, shipped, collected.
02 - Industries

Eleven industries. One TSA.

Theatres & Performing Arts Centres Lyric houses, regional PACs, repertory venues. Long-cycle compliance, dark-week installs. Schools & Education Term-break windows, school-budget cycles, training programmes. Worship Venues Acoustic-sensitive spaces, AV-led production, multi-purpose halls. Stadiums, Convention Centres & Live Events Arena rigging, convention fit-outs, large-format event delivery. AV & Production Hire Companies Trade supply, cross-hire inventory, servicing and specialist support. Touring Productions Tour-ready packages, on-the-road servicing, certified gear. Film, TV & Studios Studio rigging, broadcast support, motion-controlled scenic. Museums & Galleries Permanent galleries, touring exhibitions, heritage recreations, display fabrication. Dance Studios & Companies Sprung floors, ballet barres and studio mirrors, made to the room. Corporate & Conference Venues Conference stages, auditorium AV, corporate event rigging and staging. Government & Civic Venues Council-owned PACs, civic centres, town halls and public venues.
Proof of work Recent Projects Lyric theatres, arenas, museums, schools and studios. The jobs behind the capability, and what we specified, built and signed off on each one.

Fly System Inspection - a scoped inspection of your counterweight flying system by TSA's Competent Inspection Officers: battens, cradles and guides, hauling and loft wires and their terminations, head and loft sheaves and rope locks, assessed against discard criteria with every defect graded on priority and given a rectification timeframe

Compliance & Service · Fly System Inspection

Trust every line set. Line by line.

A scoped inspection of your counterweight flying system, carried out in-house by TSA's Competent Inspection Officers. Every component - battens, cradles and guides, hauling and loft wires, sheaves and rope locks - assessed against discard criteria, with every defect graded on priority and given a rectification timeframe. The depth a busy fly tower needs.

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Or call 1300 439 872

Inspected on stages and in venues around Australia
HOTA Home of the Arts Canberra Theatre Centre Brisbane Powerhouse Ipswich Civic Centre Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Brisbane Showgrounds Arts Queensland WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries National Gallery of Victoria Cairns Convention Centre Melbourne Olympic Park Griffith University Queensland University of Technology University of Melbourne University of Adelaide Logan City Council Mackay Regional Council Wollongong City Council Mueller College Anglican Church Grammar School
What a fly system inspection covers

The whole line set.
Not only the deck.

A fly system inspection goes the full height of the tower - from the rope lock you reach from the floor to the head and loft sheaves you do not. Here are the four component groups we check on every line set, against published discard criteria.

Counterweight cradles & guides

Cradle frames, weight stacks, locking pins and guides - checked for wear, deformation and balance against the batten.

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Hauling & loft wires

The hauling line that drives the set and the loft wires that carry the batten - assessed against the wire-rope and termination standards.

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Head & loft sheaves

Head and loft sheaves and the fleet angle - checked for groove wear, true running and alignment.

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Rope locks & battens

Rope locks, batten clamps, battens and trim chains - the parts that hold a set where you leave it, checked for grip and security.

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Not sure when your tower was last inspected, or how many line sets you are running? and we will scope it to your tower.

What a fly system inspection is

Every set,
checked top to bottom.

A fly system inspection is a scoped examination of your counterweight flying system - battens, cradles and guides, hauling and loft wires and their terminations, head and loft sheaves, the return sheave, and rope locks - assessed against discard criteria, with every defect graded on priority and given a rectification timeframe. It is the depth a busy fly tower needs between whole-of-venue Health Checks, carried out in-house by TSA's Competent Inspection Officers.

Each component gets a compliance result against published discard criteria, and every defect is graded on priority with a recommended action and timeframe - from routine through to remove-from-service. The result is a graded record of the whole flying system, line by line. For the whole-of-venue version, it sits inside the Venue Systems Health Check.

50+ standards assessed against 80+ line sets handled Priority graded defects Timeframed rectifications 12 mo chain-hoist certs
Counterweight line set · inspection points 6 Rope lock - the focal check
Counterweight line set, drawn in section through the fly tower A flat blueprint section through one counterweight line set. At stage level the batten hangs on trim chains (1). Lift lines, also called loft wires, rise from the batten (2) to the loft blocks mounted on the gridiron (3), then run across the loft and gather into the multi-groove head block at the top of the fly tower (4). From the head block the lift lines drop to the counterweight arbor, which rides between its guide rails and carries the counterweight bricks (5). The operating line loops from the top of the arbor, over the head block, down past the loading gallery and the fly floor to the return sheave at deck level, and back up to the bottom of the arbor. The rope lock, clamped on the operating line at the fly floor and highlighted in orange, is the focal inspection point (6). GRIDIRON LOADING GALLERY FLY FLOOR OPERATING LINE RETURN SHEAVE STAGE DECK 1 2 3 4 5 6 Batten + trim chains Lift lines (loft wires) Loft blocks Head block, multi-groove Counterweight arbor on its guide rails 6 ROPE LOCK Holds the set where you leave it. The focal check. COUNTERWEIGHT LINE SET SECTION THROUGH THE FLY TOWER

The rope lock is the focal check. It is the part that holds a set where you leave it, the one an operator touches most, and the one that fails quietly. Every inspection point is graded against discard criteria, with a recommended action and timeframe.

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In-house Competent Inspection Officers, Australia wide
What a fly system inspection does for your tower

Four jobs, one record.

Trust the line set Catch rope wear Keep it moving safely Document the system
What we inspect

The whole line set,
graded and dated.

We work the line set from the rope lock to the loft. Every component is assessed against its discard criteria, every defect is graded on priority, and each finding carries a recommended action with a rectification timeframe.

Battens & trim chainsThe load-carrying bar and its trim chains - checked for straightness, security and even trim.Graded
Counterweight cradles & guidesCradle frames, weight stacks, locking pins and guides - wear, deformation and balance.Graded
Hauling linesThe operating line that drives the set - condition, splices and terminations.Graded
Loft wiresThe wires carrying the batten - checked along their length and at the pick-up points.Graded
Wire ropes & terminationsAssessed against the wire-rope and termination standards for broken wires, corrosion and swage condition.Graded
Head & loft sheavesGroove wear, bearing condition and true running on the head and loft sheaves.Graded
Rope locksGrip, security and adjustment on the part that holds a set where you leave it - the focal check.Graded
Fleet angleThe lead-off angle from sheave to drum or cradle - checked so lines track without rubbing.Graded

A scoped inspection, in the depth a fly tower needs.

Each component carries a compliance result against discard criteria, and every defect is graded on priority with a recommended action and rectification timeframe - the graded record of your whole flying system, line by line.

Or audit the whole venue

A fly system inspection goes deep on the flying system; the Venue Systems Health Check covers all your stage systems, and the Service & Inspection Programme keeps them current with scheduled visits and a documented history. Either way, every electric chain hoist inspected is load-tested and certified for 12 months.

Inspected across Australia

From a single
tower to a flagship.

The same inspection method scales from a regional fly tower to a major arts centre with 80+ line sets - graded findings, prioritised actions and a record line by line, every time.

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Take the detail with you

Two documents,
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FAQ

Questions
about the fly system.

If your question isn't here, call us or send your tower detail - we will come back with the right answer for your room.

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A scoped inspection of your counterweight flying system - the battens, cradles, lines, ropes, sheaves and rope locks - assessed against discard criteria and graded with recommended actions and timeframes.
A Health Check covers all your stage systems; a fly system inspection goes deep on the flying system specifically. Both are carried out the same way - visual, tactile and functional - by the same Competent Inspection Officers.
AS 1418 and AS 4991 for the lifting and rigging elements, plus the wire-rope and termination standards, as part of the 50+ standards behind every TSA inspection.
Yes - we've assessed systems with 80+ line sets. Larger towers are multi-day engagements; smaller ones a single day.
Start with your tower

Trust every
line set.

Tell us about your fly tower and how many line sets you run. We will scope and book a fly system inspection, grade what we find, and hand you the documented record - here and Australia wide.

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Or call 1300 439 872 sales@theatresafe.com.au