Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a high rigger can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a high rigger already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

High riggers assemble and hoist temporary suspension structures on heights to support performance equipment. Their work is based on instruction, plans and calculations. Their job can include rope access, working above colleagues, assemble constructions to lift performers and lifting heavy loads, which makes it a high risk occupation. They work indoor as well as outdoor. They cooperate with ground riggers to unload and assemble constructions on ground level.

Also known as climbing rigger, level rigger, bucket high rigger, up rigger, rope access rigger, rigging crew member, height rigger, aerial rigger.

Craft and related trades workers 37 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: event scaffolder, 60%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
event scaffolder 60% covered followspot operator 47% covered stagehand 41% covered pyrotechnician 36% covered instrument technician 34% covered high rigger You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from high rigger, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a high rigger already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A high rigger needs 21 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • hang chain hoists constructing
  • evacuate people from heights assisting and caring
  • maintain rigging equipment constructing
  • assemble truss constructions constructing
  • react to emergency situations in a live performance environment assisting and caring
  • provide power distribution working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use rope access techniques handling and moving
  • write risk assessment on performing arts production information skills
  • assemble performance equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • promote health and safety communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a high rigger does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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High rigger is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a high rigger’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.