Jobs / Physical work / 49-9096.00
Riggers
Set up or repair rigging for construction projects, manufacturing plants, logging yards, ships and shipyards, or for the entertainment industry.
- US jobs
- 22,530
- Median wage
- $62,640 a year
- Job family
- Physical work
Can agents do the work of riggers?
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Typical tasks
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- Test rigging to ensure safety and reliability.
- Signal or verbally direct workers engaged in hoisting and moving loads to ensure safety of workers and materials.
- 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.
- Select gear, such as cables, pulleys, and winches, according to load weights and sizes, facilities, and work schedules.
- Dismantle and store rigging equipment after use.
- Attach loads to rigging to provide support or prepare them for moving, 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.
- Align, level, and anchor machinery.
- Load machines onto trucks to prepare for transportation.
- Attach pulleys and blocks to fixed overhead structures, such as beams, ceilings, and gin pole booms, using bolts and clamps.
- Fabricate, set up, and repair rigging, supporting structures, hoists, and pulling gear, using hand and power tools.
Other job titles for this occupation (31)
Gantry Rigger · Hand Rigger · Heavy Lift Rigger · Machinery Erector · Machinery Mover · Marine Rigger · Motor Rigger · Rigger · Rigging Fabricator · Ship Rigger · Acrobatic Rigger · Boat Rigger · Certified Rigger · Crane Rigger · Fly Rail Operator · Gear Repairer · Grip · High Rigger · Hook Tender · Laborer Journeyman · Loft Rigger · Outside Rigger · Parachute Rigger · Rig Builder · Ship and Boat Building Rigger · Slinger · Stage Rigger · Theatrical Rigger · Wire Rigger · Yacht Rigger · Yard Rigger