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.
Training & Resources
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