Riggers

SOC Code: 49-9096

Riggerss test rigging to ensure safety and reliability. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 84.3/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Operation and Control, Operation and Control, Active Listening.

AI-Proof Score: 84.3 — Very High
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Median Salary

$62,060

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Job Growth

3.2%

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Training Time

Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)

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Job Zone

Zone 2 / 5

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Training Cost

~$5,000

Key Skills

  • •Operation and Control
  • •Active Listening
  • •Reading Comprehension
  • •Coordination
  • •Monitoring
  • •Critical Thinking
  • •Operations Monitoring

Common 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.

Why AI-Proof?

  • ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
  • ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
  • ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
  • ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation