What You'll Do

  • Signal or verbally direct workers engaged in hoisting and moving loads to ensure safety of workers and materials.
  • Test rigging to ensure safety and reliability.
  • Attach loads to rigging to provide support or prepare them for moving, using hand and power tools.
  • Select gear, such as cables, pulleys, and winches, according to load weights and sizes, facilities, and work schedules.
  • Control movement of heavy equipment through narrow openings or confined spaces, using chainfalls, gin poles, gallows frames, and other equipment.
  • Tilt, dip, and turn suspended loads to maneuver over, under, or around obstacles, using multi-point suspension techniques.
  • Align, level, and anchor machinery.
  • Fabricate, set up, and repair rigging, supporting structures, hoists, and pulling gear, using hand and power tools.
  • Manipulate rigging lines, hoists, and pulling gear to move or support materials, such as heavy equipment, ships, or theatrical sets.
  • Attach pulleys and blocks to fixed overhead structures, such as beams, ceilings, and gin pole booms, using bolts and clamps.

Essential Skills

Operation and Control 3.25/5
Reading Comprehension 3.12/5
Active Listening 3.12/5
Critical Thinking 3.12/5
Monitoring 3.12/5
Coordination 3.12/5
Operations Monitoring 3.12/5
Speaking 3.0/5
Complex Problem Solving 3.0/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.0/5
Time Management 3.0/5
Equipment Selection 2.88/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Analyst: Investigating problems and finding patterns keeps you engaged.

Common styles

Dependability, Cautiousness, Attention to Detail, Stress Tolerance, Integrity

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Problem Sensitivity 3.75/5
Control Precision 3.38/5
Multilimb Coordination 3.38/5
Near Vision 3.38/5
Depth Perception 3.38/5
Oral Comprehension 3.25/5
Information Ordering 3.25/5
Trunk Strength 3.25/5

Technologies & Tools

Autodesk AutoCAD Autodesk Maya Microsoft Excel Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Word

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Dependability (High importance: 4.77/5)
  • Cautiousness (High importance: 4.75/5)
  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.5/5)
  • Stress Tolerance (High importance: 4.26/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 4.19/5)

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How to Become One

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful but is usually not required. Training is often provided on the job.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Acrobatic Rigger Boat Rigger Certified Rigger Crane Rigger Fly Rail Operator Gantry Rigger Gear Repairer Grip Hand Rigger Heavy Lift Rigger High Rigger Hook Tender Loft Rigger Machinery Erector Machinery Mover Marine Rigger Motor Rigger Outside Rigger Parachute Rigger Rig Builder Rigger Rigging Fabricator Ship and Boat Building Rigger Ship Rigger Slinger Stage Rigger Theatrical Rigger Wire Rigger Yacht Rigger Yard Rigger

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Can this help if I want to stay in my field

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