Advanced Certified Rigger Jobs

• Select and safely use appropriate equipment which may include (but not limited to) manlifts, forklifts, and company trucks
• Demonstrate ability to safely move a crane from one location to another
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in safe rigging practices
• Demonstrate ability to consistently obtain correct load weight and load placement information prior to performing any lifts
• Demonstrate ability to assemble, set up, and rig a crane properly
• Attach loads to rigging to provide support or prepare them for moving, using hand and power tools
• Demonstrate ability to determine the number of parts of hoist line required
• Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate hoisting problems to appropriate personnel
• Demonstrate ability to inspect all equipment used in the lifting process including slings, cables, shackles, chains, pins, safety catches, etc
• Tilt, dip, and turn suspended loads to maneuver over, under, and/or around obstacles, using multi-point suspension techniques
• Demonstrate ability to read an understand sling and shackle charts
• Select gear such as cables, pulleys, and winches, according to load weights and sizes, facilities, and work schedules
• Recognize various materials used in the craft and demonstrate a working knowledge of appropriate material handling techniques
• Control movement of heavy equipment through narrow openings or confined spaces, using chain falls, gin poles, gallows frames, and other equipment
• Signal or verbally direct workers engaged in hoisting and moving loads, in order to ensure safety of workers and materials
• Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate procedures required when performing lifts near power lines
• Demonstrate ability to assure adequate site preparation for cranes
• Identify, recognize and demonstrate safe usage of hand tools and power tools appropriate for the job
• Identify, explain and perform crane signals
• Demonstrate appropriate procedures in shutting down and securing cranes when they are unattended
• Identify functions, operating characteristics and limitations or various pieces of heavy equipment
• Test rigging to ensure safety and reliability
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills for hand rigging procedures
• Accurately interpret and apply information from work orders, job orders, specifications, blueprints or drawings

• Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance
• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems
• Demonstrate ability to plan and schedule work sequences
• The employee must be able to use standard and/or metric rule to measure
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job
• Demonstrate ability to use whole numbers, fractions and decimals to add, subtract, multiply and divide and be able to accurately follow instructions
• Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems
• Instructing - Teaching others how to do something

Attributes:

• Employee must be able to solve practical problems which deal with a variety of variables in situations where standardization exists. The problems that the employee will confront will be related to the job area and will be confined to the nature of the work experience or training that is available
• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions
• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects
• Follow the rules of safe conduct at all times
• Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged
• Must possess a minimum reasoning ability usually associated with this type of work
• Multi-limb Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion
• 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 there is a problem
• Depth Perception - The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object

Required Experience