Description
Set up or repair rigging for construction projects, manufacturing plants, logging yards, ships and shipyards, or for the entertainment industry.
Interests
- Realistic
- Conventional
Work Values
- Relationships
- Support
- Working Conditions
Work Styles
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Integrity
- Initiative
Tasks
- 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.
Work Activities
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Getting Information
- Performing General Physical Activities
Detailed Work Activities
- Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Performing general physical activities includes doing activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
- Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
- Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Technology Skills
- Spreadsheet software
- Electronic mail software
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Word processing software
- Computer aided design CAD software
Abilities
- Problem Sensitivity
- Control Precision
- Depth Perception
- Multilimb Coordination
- Near Vision
Skills
- Operation and Control
- Active Listening
- Coordination
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
Knowledge
- Mechanical
- Production and Processing
- Public Safety and Security
- Customer and Personal Service
- Administration and Management
Most Common Education Level
The “Most Common Education Level” refers to the level of education held by the majority of workers in a given occupation. For example, if the highest percentage of workers in a role have an Associate’s Degree, that suggests this is the typical educational requirement. Knowing this helps you plan how many years of education you may need to pursue that career.
Certificates
Certificate name
ETCP Certified Rigger - TheatreCertifying Organization
Professional Lighting and Sound Association
Type
Specialty
Certificate name
Rigging Equipment InspectorCertifying Organization
Crane Institute of America
Type
Core
Certificate name
Certified Master Rigger and Signaler/Lift DirectorCertifying Organization
Carpenters International Certification Council
Type
Advanced
Certificate name
Rigger and Signal Person CertificationCertifying Organization
National Center for Construction Education and Research
Type
Advanced
Income Percentile
The income percentiles show how earnings are distributed within a profession. The 10th percentile means that 10% of workers earned less than that amount. The median (50th percentile) indicates that half of workers earned more, and half earned less. The 90th percentile reflects what the top 10% of earners in the field make.
Income Percentile | Annual Income |
---|---|
Low (10%) | $43,255 |
Median (50%) | $52,062 |
High (90%) | $70,482 |
Income by Experience
This table shows how income typically grows with experience—from entry level (0–2 years), to mid-level (3–5 years), to senior level (6–8 years), to expert level (8+ years).
Experience | Income |
---|---|
Entry Level | $50,311 |
Mid Level | $59,165 |
Senior Level | $64,684 |
Expert Level | $67,573 |
Employability
There are currently 24,200 jobs in this career path. Over the next 10 years, that number is expected to increase to 25,400 positions, reflecting a projected growth of 5%.
The Projected Job Growth figure refers to the expected increase or decrease in employment within a specific career field over a certain period of time.
Projected Job Growth of 5%
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