Rigger

Overview

Responsibilities

• Fabricates, installs and repairs rigging and weight handling gear on ships. 
• Attaches hoists and pulling gear to lift, move, remove, install or position machinery, equipment, structural parts and order heavy loads aboard ships. 
• Selects and attaches chainfalls, jacks, rollers, levers and/or pulleys according to types of loads being moved. 
• Signals cranes or other equipment to move loads.
• Controls movement of heavy equipment through narrow openings or in confined spaces. 
• Lays out and handles lines on cleats or bollards and hauls in ships with capstans when assisting dock master in ship dry docking operations. 
• Installs or repairs ships’ rigging such as mast on antenna wires, small boat handling gear, shipboard cranes, winches, windless, replenishment and weight handling equipment. 
• Move barges and derricks with tug boats and yard boats. 
• Works in engine rooms, boiler rooms, aloft or in confined spaces as required. 
• Thorough knowledge of shackles, natural, synthetic and wire ropes, steamboat jacks, hydraulic jacks, turnbuckles, rollers, chainfalls, clamps, swivels, crane signals, shipboard nomenclature, forklifts and aerial lifts. 
• Splice natural and synthetic ropes, tying knots, use of electric, pneumatic and hand powered tools. 
• Knowledge of OSHA standards.

Qualifications & Experience

• Must have a minimum of 3 years of experience as a Rigger.
• Must have shipyard experience.
• Must be able to access all Navy installations and other shipyards.
• Must be a US Citizen and be able to pass a background check and drug screen in order to obtain a DBIDs.
• Must be able to enter confined spaces, work at heights and in confining or restricted spaces aboard vessels under construction/repair. Physical dexterity must allow for bending, reaching, climbing, crawling, and working on ladders and scaffolding. Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds of weight. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to vapors, gases, dust, welding/burning fumes, and smoke.
• Must be able to spend up to 90% of time in an outdoor shipyard environment in all climates. The noise level is usually moderate to extremely noisy 90% of the time, which may include sirens, horns, chipping, and hammering.