Riggers

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High: $85,250.00
Average: $58,700.00
Hourly
Average: $28.22

What they do:

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

On the job, you would:

  • 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.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

89% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
88% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
77% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
75% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
74% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
73% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
73% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
73% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
71% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
71% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
70% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
69% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
68% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
66% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

100% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
67% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

72% Relationships  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
67% Support  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

69% Problem Sensitivity  -  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Communicate with coworkers to coordinate installations or repairs.
Test mechanical systems to ensure proper functioning.
Attach rigging to objects so they can be moved.
Determine types of equipment, tools, or materials needed for jobs.
Operate cranes, hoists, or other moving or lifting equipment.
Move materials, equipment, or supplies.
Align equipment or machinery.
Attach rigging to objects so they can be moved.
Move materials, equipment, or supplies.
Operate cranes, hoists, or other moving or lifting equipment.
Attach rigging to objects so they can be moved.
Dismantle heavy equipment or machinery.
Attach rigging to objects so they can be moved.
Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order.
Load materials or equipment.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

99% Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets  -  How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
94% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
92% Very Hot or Cold Temperatures  -  How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures?
90% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
90% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
90% Outdoors, Exposed to Weather  -  How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?
88% Responsible for Others' Health and Safety  -  How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
88% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
86% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
85% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
83% Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable  -  How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
80% Exposed to Hazardous Equipment  -  How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment?
80% Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)?
80% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
79% Exposed to Contaminants  -  How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
78% Spend Time Standing  -  How much does this job require standing?
78% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
77% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
77% Responsibility for Outcomes and Results  -  How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
76% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
73% Physical Proximity  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
73% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
73% Consequence of Error  -  How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
72% Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions  -  How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
71% Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions  -  How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions?
70% Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body  -  How much does this job require bending or twisting your body?
68% Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment  -  How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.)
67% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
67% Level of Competition  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures?
67% In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment  -  How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)?
66% Spend Time Walking and Running  -  How much does this job require walking and running?
77% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

81% Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials  -  Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
78% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
77% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
76% Performing General Physical Activities  -  Performing physical 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.
76% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
69% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
69% Controlling Machines and Processes  -  Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
67% Documenting/Recording Information  -  Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
67% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Getting Started

Education:
63%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
21%
Less than a High School Diploma

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