Rigger J1-J4

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 chain falls, 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, chain falls, 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

• Shipyard experience preferred but not required. Industrial experience welcomed.
• Must be able to access all Navy installations and other shipyards.
• Must be able to pass drug screen and background check to work on site.
• Must be a US Citizen. Must be able to provide proof of citizenship to work on site
• 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.