2008 Fresh Summit Exhibitor Service Kit
Florida Exhibit Labor Jurisdictions
Florida is a “right-to-work” state. Exhibitors may use full-time company personnel to set up their booth, PMA’s official general service contractor (GES), or a designated Exhibitor Appointed Contractor. Exhibitors handling this work themselves must be prepared to provide proof of full-time employment. Exhibitors wishing to use an Exhibitor Appointed Contractor must complete the appropriate forms.
The following is a guideline of the work your company’s staff is permitted to do:
- Hand-carrying small items to your booth by hand or with personally owned 2-wheel carts such as luggage (items may be brought in through the front door only)
- Unpacking and uncrating of boxes, equipment, merchandise, etc.
- Fine-tuning/calibrating your equipment and interconnecting computers and peripherals
- Setting up small signs/graphics
- After electrical service has been ordered/delivered, plugging in your own equipment
Loading and Unloading Display Material and Equipment
The unloading and delivery of all display material and equipment from the convention site docks to the exhibitors’ booths and loading out from the exhibitors’ booths to trucks at the docks must be performed by the official service contractor who has jurisdiction to deliver such service at the convention site.
All mechanical equipment on the trade show floor must be under the care, custody, and control of GES. This includes forklifts, scooters, pallet jacks, genie lifts, etc. as well as all other equipment mechanical in nature.
If you have questions about the work you can perform, please contact GES or Show Management.