Riggers

<ul><li>Signal or verbally direct workers engaged in hoisting and moving loads to ensure safety of workers and materials.</li><li>Test rigging to ensure safety and reliability.</li><li>Attach loads to rigging to provide support or prepare them for moving, using hand and power tools.</li><li>Select gear such as cables, pulleys, and winches, according to load weights and sizes, facilities, and work schedules.</li><li>Control movement of heavy equipment through narrow openings or confined spaces, using chainfalls, gin poles, gallows frames, and other equipment.</li><li>Tilt, dip, and turn suspended loads to maneuver over, under, or around obstacles, using multi-point suspension techniques.</li><li>Align, level, and anchor machinery.</li><li>Fabricate, set up, and repair rigging, supporting structures, hoists, and pulling gear, using hand and power tools.</li><li>Manipulate rigging lines, hoists, and pulling gear to move or support materials such as heavy equipment, ships, or theatrical sets.</li><li>Attach pulleys and blocks to fixed overhead structures such as beams, ceilings, and gin pole booms, using bolts and clamps.</li><li>Dismantle and store rigging equipment after use.</li></ul>