How do they match: Riggers

  • Crane Operator
  • Fly Rail Operator

  • Set up or repair rigging for construction projects, manufacturing plants, logging yards, ships and shipyards, or for the entertainment industry.

  • Load machines onto trucks to prepare for transportation.
  • Attach loads to rigging to provide support or prepare them for moving, using hand and power tools.
  • Control movement of heavy equipment through narrow openings or confined spaces, using chainfalls, gin poles, gallows frames, and other equipment.
  • Install ground rigging for yarding lines, attaching chokers to logs and to the lines.
  • Select gear, such as cables, pulleys, and winches, according to load weights and sizes, facilities, and work schedules.
  • Signal or verbally direct workers engaged in hoisting and moving loads to ensure safety of workers and materials.
  • Tilt, dip, and turn suspended loads to maneuver over, under, or around obstacles, using multi-point suspension techniques.

  • Load materials or equipment.
  • Operate cranes, hoists, or other moving or lifting equipment.