Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a rigger can go next

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

Riggers specialise in the lifting of heavy objects, often helped by a crane or derrick. They work with crane operators to attach and detach crane loads. They may also install the heavy object in place.

Also known as rigger/banksman, crane rigger, rigger/slinger, tent rigger, marquee rigger, lead rigger.

Craft and related trades workers 29 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: mobile crane operator, 69%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
mobile crane operator 69% covered grader operator 64% covered pile driving hammer operator 59% covered road roller operator 56% covered crane crew supervisor 53% covered rigger You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from 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 rigger already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A rigger needs 16 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
  • rigging terminology services
  • crane load charts services
  • secure heavy construction equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • keep heavy construction equipment in good condition constructing
  • inspect construction sites information skills
  • rig loads handling and moving
  • react to events in time-critical environments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • mechanical tools engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • interpret 2D plans information skills
  • interpret 3D plans information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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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 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.