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.

Hoist Service - service and load test of electric chain hoists of any brand for venues, equipment owners and touring productions, delivered on site, in our workshop or in storage, with Test and Tag available as an add-on and an individual certificate per hoist

Compliance & Service · Hoist Service

Any brand of hoist. Serviced, certified. Load proven.

Service and load test of electric chain hoists for venues, equipment owners and touring productions - on site where the gear lives, in our workshop or in storage, on your schedule. Each hoist is serviced, function- and brake-tested, load-tested to a recorded figure and issued an individual certificate, typically valid for 12 months, with Test & Tag available as an add-on.

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Trusted 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 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 Cairns Convention Centre Melbourne Olympic Park
What we service

Your hoists.
Serviced, tested, certified.

Hoist Service is scoped to the powered lifting kit you own and tour - electric chain hoists and the brakes, limits and control that keep them safe. Here is what we cover, and how each part is proven.

Electric chain hoists

Serviced and thoroughly inspected - chain, gearbox, motor and clutch checked against the maker's limits.

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Brakes & limits

Functional and brake testing, upper and lower limit checks and E-stop response - the things that have to hold.

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Load test & certify

A calculated test load applied, held and recorded - minimum required, maximum applied and held at, on the certificate.

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Test & Tag Optional add-on

An optional add-on: in-service electrical testing to AS/NZS 3760, with a dated compliance tag fitted to each hoist tested.

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Load-tested without the test mass

We load test with purpose-built inline test equipment engineered in-house: the calculated load is applied and measured through the rig itself, so in most cases no test mass is required. Less handling, faster turnaround on site or in storage - and the same minimum-required, maximum-applied and held-at figures recorded on the certificate.

Bought your hoists from us or somewhere else, we service and certify them either way. New to the range? See the EXE Rise chain hoists we supply, stock and support - or for the gear you already own.

What Hoist Service is

The load,
proven and recorded.

Hoist Service is the service and load test of electric chain hoists - any brand, for venues, equipment owners and touring productions - with electrical Test & Tag available as an add-on. It is delivered on site more often than not - we come to the gear, wherever it lives or is stored - or in our workshop, carried out in-house by TSA's Competent Inspection Officers. Each hoist is serviced and thoroughly inspected, function- and brake-tested, then load-tested: a calculated load is applied and held through our purpose-built inline test equipment - no test mass needed in most cases - and the figures recorded on the certificate.

You get an individual certificate per hoist, typically valid for 12 months, showing the rated capacity, the load-test figures and the standards each hoist was assessed against. AS 1418 and AS 2550 are the main references, applied alongside the other recognised standards that fit the motor in front of us - different hoists can be assessed against different standards - plus AS/NZS 3760 when Test & Tag is added. It is the proof your venue, your insurer and your production manager want to see before the gear flies. Tour with confidence, not a verbal "she's fine". This is for gear you own and move; a venue's installed hoists are typically recertified in place under annual inspections. Need the gear as well as the service? See the chain hoists we supply and stock.

Per hoist individual certificate 12 mo typical certificate validity Held load figure recorded Add-on AS/NZS 3760 Test & Tag On site workshop or storage
Load test · what goes on the certificate Typically 12 months
Load test figures, held and recorded on the certificate A blueprint of a chain hoist on a test rig beside a vertical load scale. The calculated load is applied through TSA's purpose-built inline test equipment - no test mass in most cases. Three figures are marked on the scale: the minimum required load near the bottom, the maximum applied load near the top, and the held-at load between them, highlighted in orange. The certificate records all three against the hoist's rated capacity. Inline test equipment LOAD APPLIED Maximum applied Peak load reached during the test Held at Held and recorded Minimum required The load the hoist must carry All three figures on the certificate.

The load test. A calculated load is applied and held through our purpose-built inline test equipment - in most cases with no test mass required - and the minimum required, the maximum applied and the held-at figure are all recorded against the hoist's rated capacity. The certificate that comes back is typically valid for 12 months.

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Standards assessed against
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Typical certificate validity, per hoist
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Test & Tag to AS/NZS 3760
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In-house Competent Inspection Officers, Australia wide
What Hoist Service does for your gear

Four jobs, one certificate.

Use certified gear Service on your schedule Prove the load Service plus Test & Tag
What you get

Serviced, tested,
and on a certificate.

Hoist Service is not a quick look-over. Each hoist is serviced, thoroughly inspected and tested in a set sequence, and walks away with an individual certificate you can hand to a venue, a producer or an insurer.

Service and inspectEach hoist cleaned, lubricated and thoroughly inspected - chain, gearbox, motor and clutch checked against the maker's limits.Service
Functional + brake/limit testUp and down under control, brake hold, upper and lower limits and E-stop response all proven.Tested
Calculated load test, held and recordedApplied and held through our purpose-built inline test equipment - no test mass in most cases - with the minimum required, maximum applied and held-at figures written to the certificate.Load test
AS/NZS 3760 Test & TagOptional add-on: in-service electrical test, with a dated compliance tag fitted to each hoist tested.Add-on
Individual 12-month certificate, per hoistOne per item: serial, model, rated capacity and the load-test figures, valid 12 months.Certified
Standards each hoist was assessed againstAS 1418 and AS 2550 - plus AS/NZS 3760 when Test & Tag is added - named on the certificate alongside the result.Standards
Defects + recommendationsAnything found beyond discard criteria, with the recommended action - replace, repair or remove from service.Actions

One service pass, one certificate per hoist.

Have us come to the gear - most often we do - or send it to us: each hoist is serviced, function- and brake-tested and load-tested, with Test & Tag added where you need it, then certified for 12 months. Tour on the proof, not a hunch.

Or see the chain hoists we supply

A one-off service proves the gear for the next run; an ongoing programme keeps it proven, with the service, load test and any Test & Tag add-on repeating on a 12-month cycle so the certificates never lapse mid-tour. Either way, every hoist is load-tested to a recorded figure and certified for 12 months. Run a fixed venue instead? Start with a Venue Systems Health Check.

Serviced across Australia

From one motor
to a tour package.

The same service method scales from a single chain hoist to a full touring package - serviced, load-tested, Test & Tagged and certified, every time.

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FAQ

Questions
about Hoist Service.

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

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Venues, equipment owners and touring productions - anyone who owns chain hoists and needs them serviced, load-tested and certified. Hoists installed in a venue's fixed systems are typically recertified in place under annual inspections; everything else comes to us, or we come to it.
Service - including lubrication of the load chain - functional and brake testing, a recorded load test and an individual certificate for each hoist, with electrical Test & Tag to AS/NZS 3760 available as an add-on.
All of them. TSA is an entertainment hoisting specialist with in-depth knowledge of the core motor brands and models used across the industry - if it is an electric chain hoist, we can service, load-test and certify it, whether or not it came from us.
We apply a calculated test load through our purpose-built inline test equipment - no test mass needed in most cases - hold and record it, and the certificate shows the minimum required, maximum applied and held-at figures alongside the rated capacity and standards.
Yes - and more often than not we come to the gear, servicing it on site where it lives or is stored. It can also be freighted to our workshop, on your timeline.
Certified, on your schedule

Rig on the
proof.

Tell us about your hoists and your dates. We will service and load-test each one, add Test & Tag where you need it, hand you an individual certificate per hoist, and keep them current - here and Australia wide.

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