Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a rigging supervisor can go next

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

Rigging supervisors oversee rigging operations. They manage and coordinate employees who operate lifting and rigging equipment. They organise the day-to-day working activities.

Also known as rigging manager, lifting supervisor, rigging and lifting supervisor, rigging superintendent, lifting and rigging supervisor.

Craft and related trades workers 22 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: oil rig motorhand, 46%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
oil rig motorhand 46% covered rigger 44% covered tower crane operator 39% covered mobile crane operator 35% covered derrickhand 31% covered rigging supervisor You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from rigging supervisor, 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 rigging supervisor 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 rigging supervisor needs 14 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
  • understand rigging work orders information skills
  • direct rigging equipment operators communication, collaboration and creativity
  • provide rigging plans management skills
  • rigging terminology services
  • crane load charts services
  • plan schedule management skills
  • react to events in time-critical environments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • interpret 2D plans information skills
  • interpret 3D plans information skills
  • evaluate employees work management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a rigging supervisor’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.