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Every inspection filed before you leave the site.

Line-set checks on a phone, a report link the same day, and every deficiency followed through venue approval to a re-check.

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From ESTA BSR E1.47 public draft, Entertainment Rigging System Inspections (draft) (a summary of the standard), checked Wed, October 28, 2026.

The rules, with where each one came from.

Each date this app counts and each check it runs on a save is listed here with its source and the day we last read it. Where a rule lives in a paid standard, we cite it and keep the same facts in our own layout; we never copy the standard's text or forms.

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sourced rules in this trade, each read on or after Oct 28, 2026.

Dates it counts

  1. Level One inspection: 1 year from the last inspection.From ESTA BSR E1.47 public draft, Entertainment Rigging System Inspections (draft), checked Oct 28, 2026.
    Rule
  2. Level Two inspection: 1 to 5 years, set on each rigging system as its level two interval, from the last level two inspection.From ESTA BSR E1.47 public draft, Entertainment Rigging System Inspections (draft), checked Oct 28, 2026.
    Rule

What it checks when you save

  1. The draft expects an inspector with about five years or 10,000 hours of relevant rigging experience.From ESTA BSR E1.47 public draft (draft) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference
  2. Manual and motorized equipment get a Level One inspection every year.From ESTA BSR E1.47 public draft (draft) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.
    For reference
  3. The inspector asks for the venue's logbook of rigging issues, inspections and repairs, and a written report follows.From Theatre Rigging Systems Should Be Inspected Annually (NFHS) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.
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Asked, and answered from the rule.

How often does a theatre rigging system need a Level One inspection?

  1. Manual and motorized equipment get a Level One inspection every year.From ESTA BSR E1.47 public draft (draft) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.

What records should a venue keep for its rigging?

  1. The inspector asks for the venue's logbook of rigging issues, inspections and repairs, and a written report follows.From Theatre Rigging Systems Should Be Inspected Annually (NFHS) (a summary of the standard), checked Oct 28, 2026.

What it keeps for you.

Rigging system

System ID, Type, Space, Level Two interval, Last Level Two inspection, and more.

Inspector

Name, Years of relevant experience, Hours of relevant experience, Qualifications.

What your client receives.

The rigging inspection report, as the app issues it the moment the inspection is saved: signed, dated and frozen, with what is next due. This one is filled with invented records so you can read it before you sign up.

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Sample Inspection Co. (fictional) · Stage Rigging

Rigging inspection report

System ID 1

Rigging system

System ID
System ID 1
Type
Manual counterweight
Space
North bay
Level Two interval
5 years

and 2 more fields

Inspection

Scheduled
Jul 5, 2026
Completed
Jul 5, 2026
Status
Completed

Level one

Walk of all accessible rigging: hoists, line sets, attachments, fittingsPass
Capacity and warning signage present and legiblePass
Facility logbook, crew training records and curtain flame-retardancy papers on handPass
Written report with condition and recommended repairsPass
Level Two scheduled or recordedPass

Photos

No photos on file.

Findings

No findings on file.

Signature

Not signed in the app; signed on paper if at all.

Next due

Level One inspectionSep 1, 2027Set by rule
Level Two inspectionSep 11, 2031Set by rule

Limitations

This report shows the records on file on the day it was issued.

A recordkeeping aid. It does not certify compliance and is not legal advice.

Every name, date and number on this sample is invented.

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